FCC Amateur repeater database - if any
 

Gidday

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.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

TIA Bob VK2YQA.

amateur stations are in there. but you won't find a list of repeaters.
there may be some really old repeater calls, but they won't have lat/lon
info. to find that information you would have to contact the repeater
coordinating organization for that area who may or may not have the details
you want and may or may not let you have it... they are volunteer
organizations.

"Bob Bob" wrote in message
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Gidday

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.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

TIA Bob VK2YQA.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:34:05 +1100, Bob Bob
wrote:

Gidday

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.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

TIA Bob VK2YQA.

Try this database:

http://rptr.amateur-radio.net/arn/rptr/

bob
k5qwg

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:34:05 +1100, Bob Bob
wrote:

Gidday

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.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

TIA Bob VK2YQA.

Try this database:

http://rptr.amateur-radio.net/arn/rptr/

bob
k5qwg


If this link doesn't help (I've not checked it out) - perhaps get a hold of
a repeater control Op and ask them who the Repeater Frequency Coordinator is
for that region. Once you find that out, then write them and while getting
info from them, ask about the others in the State. Then from there, you can
contact others. They usually share information to help in solving
Interference problems (hopefully) before they start.

Now that I think about it, the ARRL Repeater guides have Repeater
Freq.Coordinators listed - at least they used to.
Also, that guide would be able to fill in all but any unknown repeaters. Not
so much with coordinates, but at least a location.

TBA

Gidday

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.

--
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