[FADCA] D-Star Status Request

[John H. Green]

If I remember right the 440 frequencies were only taken back in the 
Tampa and Miami areas - has this changed? And this was only certain 
Frequencies. If this is the case and James is located in the panhandle 
then this part is a non-issue.
    The real concern is what type of operation is being requested:
If it is a repeater type operation that needs a pair of frequencies then 
FRC should respond to a request for a repeater pair.. They have 
coordination responsibility for repeater pairs no matter what the use..

If the request is for a direct link between two points then FADCA should 
respond.. One exception to this is if the direct link is for a repeater 
link which falls under FRC (if they ever got a handle on these!!)
Is Neil actually receiving coordination requests and responding to them?
73  John

Chuck Hast wrote:
> On 11/13/06, James Lindley <kg4raw at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have filled out the form on that site twice before, I can't get 
>> anyone to respond. It seem funny that other states have worked out 
>> where to put D-Star Repeater. Once again i have contacted the FRC 
>> many times about this. Anyway i don't want to waste any ones time on 
>> this any more.
>>
>
> Jim,
> Don't give up, I for one did not know you had already filled out the 
> form, we
> have been in the process of changing the spectrum management.
>
> Did you request a specific freq? if so you can send me a e-mail direct 
> and we
> will see what we can do. I will see what I can find out from the freq
> coordinator,
> and we will have to take it up from FRC, if the sent you to us then we 
> will have
> to see what they are going to do about it. The only way we can whip 
> this is to
> work as a team, again this is exactly what I was afraid of when they 
> (FRC)
> took our freqs in the 440 Mhz band. We do have all of the space down 
> below
> 430, I do not know if the radios work down there but that is pretty 
> much open
> except for the FSTV and I do not know if they are doing anything or not.
>
>