[MRIC] D-Star and SERA

Tue Jul 15 14:13:35 EDT 2008

That would make sense to me. Since T-MARC seems to be aligning with  
the SERA model for D-Star and P25.

Dan
KA8YPY

On Jul 15, 2008, at 2:09 PM, wb0egr wrote:

> As far as knowing what goers on in PA or other adjacent states, I  
> think the "new" T-MARC needs to open the lines of communications  
> with the other frequency coordinators that we are adjacent to.   
> Since Dave, W8AJR, is on the T-MARC executive board and is a fellow  
> member of MRIC, he would be a logical pipeline of information to and  
> from T-MARC for MRIC.
>
> Pat, wb0egr
>
> Dan Blasberg wrote:
>> Most of the restructure will cover the HF bands and hardly touch  
>> the VHF/UHF bands, so there may not be much change.
>>
>> It would be nice to know what PA is doing as far as band plans for  
>> repeaters as well since they are to the north of us.  Anyone have  
>> any idea?
>>
>> Dan
>> KA8YPY
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Bob Long wrote:
>>
>>> A local ham raised a question - Shouldn't the coordinating  
>>> committees across the country wait until the ARRL restructures the  
>>> band plans?
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> brettham at aol.com wrote:
>>>> Bob,
>>>>
>>>> Well said! Perhaps we can put this on the agenda for our Nov MRIC  
>>>> meeting, to develop a formal MRIC position. Thanks for providing  
>>>> the complete SERA band plan.
>>>>
>>>> Brett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Bob Long <rjlong61 at myactv.net>
>>>> To: MRIC at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Sent: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:12 pm
>>>> Subject: [MRIC] D-Star and SERA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is the full band plan from SERA. Please we need to be alert.  
>>>> This is a change to meet the needs of one set of products (rather  
>>>> expensive as I see it) to move us into a direction that may or  
>>>> may not be to the advantage of Emergency Communications. Let's do  
>>>> a lot of research and hard thinking before we take a definitive  
>>>> stand on this proposal.  Bob, KD3JK RO WASH  * SERA FREQUENCY  
>>>> UTILIZATION PLAN for 144 - 148 MHz*  144.000 - 144.050 EME CW  
>>>> 144.050 - 144.100 General CW Operation 144.100 CW National  
>>>> Calling Frequency 144.100 - 144.200 EME and Weak Signal SSB  
>>>> 144.200 - 144.300 General SSB Operation 144.200 SSB National  
>>>> Calling Frequency 144.275 - 144.300 Propagation Beacons 144.300 -  
>>>> 144.500 Multi-Mode Operation 144.390 APRS Nationwide (Mode = 1200  
>>>> Baud FM Packet) 144.510 - 144.890 FM and D-Star Repeater Inputs  
>>>> 144.910 - 145.090 FM Digital/Packet Simplex and D-Star Repeater  
>>>> Outputs 145.110 - 145.490 FM and D-Star Repeater Outputs 145.510  
>>>> - 145.790 FM Digital/Packet Simplex (Auxil
>>>> iary) 145.800 - 146.000 Satellite Sub-Band 146.010 - 146.385 FM  
>>>> and APCO P25 Repeater Inputs 146.400 - 146.585 FM Voice Simplex  
>>>> and Alternate Repeater Inputs 146.420 - 146.480 D-Star Voice  
>>>> Simplex and Repeater Inputs 146.520 FM National Calling Frequency  
>>>> 146.610 - 147.390 FM and APCO P25 Repeater Outputs 147.405 -  
>>>> 147.585 FM Voice Simplex and Alternate Repeater Inputs 147.420 -  
>>>> 147.480 D-Star Voice Simplex and Repeater Inputs 147.600 -  
>>>> 147.990 FM and APCO P25 Repeater Inputs   
>>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>> *Repeater Sub-band 144.50 - 145.50 MHz 20 Repeater Pairs, 20 KHz  
>>>> spacing, 600 KHz in/out*  144.510 - 145.110 144.530 - 145.130  
>>>> 144.550 - 145.150 144.570 - 145.170 144.590 - 145.190 144.610 -  
>>>> 145.210 144.630 - 145.230 144.650 - 145.250 144.670 - 145.270  
>>>> 144.690 - 145.290 144.710 - 145.310 144.730 - 145.330 144,750 -  
>>>> 145.350 144.770 - 145.370 144.790 - 145.390 144.810 - 145.410  
>>>> 144.830 - 145.430 144.850 - 145.450 144.870 - 145.470 144.890 -  
>>>> 145.490  These pairs are available for the coordination and  
>>>> assignment of analog FM repeaters. Their coordination and  
>>>> assignment is determined using nominal FM coordination guidelines  
>>>> and other considerations, and those pertinent to co-channel and  
>>>> adjacent channel assignment.  *19 D-Star Only Repeater Pairs, 20  
>>>> KHz spacing, 600 KHz in/out*  144.520 - 145.12
>>>> 0 144.540 - 145.140 144.560 - 145.160 144.580 - 145.180 144.600 -  
>>>> 145.200 144.620 - 145.220 144.640 - 145.240 144.660 - 145.260  
>>>> 144.680 - 145.280 144.700 - 145.300 144.720 - 145.320 144.740 -  
>>>> 145.340 144.760 - 145.360 144,780 - 145.380 144.800 - 145.400  
>>>> 144.820 - 145.420 144.840 - 145.440 144.860 - 145.460 144.880 -  
>>>> 145.480  These interleaved pairs are exclusively available for  
>>>> the coordination and assignment of D-Star digital voice  
>>>> technology (*DVT*) repeaters, which is determined using nominal  
>>>> FM coordination guidelines and other considerations relating to  
>>>> the narrow bandwidth signals of *DVT* and those pertinent to co- 
>>>> channel and adjacent channel assignment.   
>>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>> *D-Star Only Repeater Pairs (wide offsets)* *4 D-Star Only  
>>>> Repeater Pairs, 20 KHz spacing, 2500 KHz in/out*  147.420 -  
>>>> 144.920 147.440 - 144.940 147.460 - 144.960 147.480 - 144.980  *4  
>>>> D-Star Only Repeater Pairs, 20 KHz spacing, 1400 KHz in/out*   
>>>> 146.420 - 145.020 146.440 - 145.040 146.460 - 145.060 146.480 -  
>>>> 145.080  _*IMPORTANT NOTE*__*:*_ Due to the prior assignment of  
>>>> frequencies in these ranges for alternate FM repeater inputs,  
>>>> these D-Star only pairs may not initially be available in all  
>>>> areas.   
>>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>> *Digital/Packe
>>>> t Simplex Frequencies* *25 Simplex Channels*  144.910 144.930  
>>>> 144.950 144.970 144.990 145.010 145.030 145.050 145.070 145.090  
>>>> 145.510 145.530 145.550 145.570 145.590 145.610 145.630 145.650  
>>>> 145.670 145.690 145.710 145.730 145.750 145.770 145.790   
>>>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>> *FM Voice Simplex Frequencies*  146.400* 146.415* 146.430*  
>>>> 146.445* 146.460* 146.475* 146.490* 146.505* 146.520 146.535  
>>>> 146.550 146.565 146.580 146.595 147.405* 147.420* 147.435*  
>>>> 147.450* 147.465* 147.480* 147.495* 147.510 147.525 147.540  
>>>> 147.555 147.570 147.585  *146.520* is the National FM Voice  
>>>> Simplex Calling Frequency  *_IMPORTANT NOTE:_* = Frequencies  
>>>> marked with *** are permitted for simplex use as long as it does  
>>>> not cause interference to nearby repeater inputs. Please be aware  
>>>> that SERA coordinates some of these frequencies as repeater  
>>>> inputs in some areas. Check the repeater directory in your area  
>>>> to see if any such repeaters are present.  
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