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I want to do some RF coverage plots (theoretical) of the VHF/UHF repeaters in East Texas. I am looking for repeater callsigns, frequencies and Lat/Lon of the sites within a 100 feet or so. (Pref in WGS84) I dont seem to be able to find it in the FCC database. It seems to omit amateur stations altogether. There is no requirement at all for amateur repeaters to be registered with the FCC, and as far as I know they do not make any attempt to maintain such a database. The FCC stopped requiring registration of amateur station locations, in most cases, some decades ago. The best information you're likely to find would be from your local repeater frequency coordination council or organization. See the ARRL's page at http://www.arrl.org/nfcc/coordinators.htm to find your coordinator. There's a couple of further gotchas, though. Many repeaters are not coordinated (there's no legal requirement that they be coordinated, as long as they aren't interfering with other repeaters), and many repeater owners are reluctant to publish the actual location of their repeater sites (for fear of vandalism or theft, I suspect). You can find some information about repeaters on the ArtSci Publications page at www.artscipub.com/repeaters/, and the ARRL has a repeater directory and, I think, a version on CD-ROM. As far as detailed coverage analysis goes, though, I suspect that neither will have the detailed latitude/longitude/altitude information you'd need to do any sort of high-definition coverage maps in areas with hills. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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