[CAham] Remote base-type linking (was 146.520)

Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:03:12 -0800

On a (semi-) related issue, we've got a 440 system out here which uses the
input frequency to link to a 220 machine...from 3045' ASL!  It is a
controllable link, but regardless of that, it is interfering with our local
220 machine on the same pair as the machine they are linking to.  I have
emailed SCRRBA and CC'd the 220SMA, but have yet to receive a reply--or even
an acknowledgement of my inquiry--from either group.  It's been almost two
weeks since I sent the email.

What are your thoughts on this?  If this was a remote base, then (I guess)
we'd have to live with it, but it's a point-to-point link, which last thing
I knew was supposed to take place on a link frequency, NOT on the input from
a high-level (at least in HAAT) site!  The site in question is Sierra Peak,
BTW, near Santiago.  This problem has been occurring for over a year, and
the offending system has interfered with our weekly RACES net on more than
one occasion.

In regards to the "146.520" thread:

I agree completely.  Too many remote bases sit on 52 and tie it up.  They
belong on the designated (146.460/147.525) frequencies, and not on 52.  I
know of one un-named system who used to tie up the V/UHF calling channels
all the time...now they tie up IRLP. ;)

Mike KE6ALV

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Corbin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 16:33
Subject: [CAham] 146.520

|
| Now that we know folks are monitoring, I'll stir the pot
| a little...  what's with the remote-bases that keep popping
| up on 146.52?  Do these folks not realize that when they
| transmit from Frazier, or Oat, or Lukens, or Santiago, or...
| they effectively prevent low-level users throughout their
| coverage area from using the national calling freq?  Do they
| not realize there is a simplex frequency set aside on 2m
| specifically for remote-bases to keep them from jamming .52
| over such a wide radius (Last time I was in Yosemite, I could
| hear one of the near-Frazier sites with little/no problem on
| my HT!) ?
|
| Does SCRRBA make any effort at all to educate R/RB owners when
| coordination is granted?
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