From T-MARC -- April 2014 146.000 SIMPLEX ?

[Nan and Sandy Sanders]

The 1 Meg split 2 M repeater comment was just 
another example of band plan conflicts.
     Sandy


At 12:43 AM 5/10/2014, Chip Fetrow wrote:
>Sandy:
>
>Except that this is not a 1 MHz split 2 M 
>repeater, but one that is considered to be 
>“upside down” in a bit over half the 
>country.  It is a “standard” 600 kHz split 
>repeater.  It just happens to be where 
>high-in/low-out exchanges with low-in/high-out.
>
>This kind of crap happens all the time.  When I 
>ran a wide coverage area repeater, we had a 
>couple on our input from Pennsylvania, through 
>Delaware, through Maryland and into Virginia, 
>using our input frequency as an illegal, 
>unlicensed simplex frequency.  We were FINALLY 
>able to reach them from a high rise building 
>roof in Springfield, and they immediately shut 
>up.  Five hours of interference.  They could not 
>have picked a worse frequency.  I should have called friends at the FCC.
>
>The other was when some NVFMA officers and big 
>wigs were plotting out simplex coverage for some 
>kind of race and they decided to use our input 
>frequency as their test simplex frequency.  They 
>should have known better.  Three hours of stupidity.
>
>The 1 MHz split repeaters really get clobbered 
>in the NYC area, where many of them have been on 
>the air, and coordinated, for over 40 years.
>
>—chip
>
>On May 7, 2014, at 11:10 AM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:
>
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 13:37:11 -0500
> > From: Nan and Sandy Sanders <radiodog77 at pobox.com>
> > To: andre.kesteloot at verizon.net,'AMRAD reflector' <tacos at amrad.org>
> > Subject: Re: From T-MARC -- April 2014  146.000 SIMPLEX ?
> >
> > The problem is that people will look at the ARRL
> > band plan and not read the footnote for 146.400
> > and research local usage before going on the air.
> > The band plans came after the bands were in use.
> > There are some 1 Mhz split repeaters around and
> > the like that are exceptions to the band plan.
> >      Sandy
> >      WB5MMB
> >
> >
> > At 11:51 AM 5/6/2014, Andre Kesteloot wrote:
> >
> >> April 2014
> >> ?
> >> We are asking that you please distribute the
> >> following to members of your organization:
> >> Lately, a number of people have been using
> >> 146.400 for simplex. Please note that 146.4000
> >> is used as a repeater input frequency in the
> >> TMARC area. It is paired with 147.000 as the
> >> repeater output frequency. Please do not use
> >> 146.400 for simplex activity. Thank you
> >
>
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