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Sorry Jim, but part of what you mentioned is wrong. When a ham transmits he only needs to be on the frequency and mode he is licensed for.? What happens to his signal through a repeater does not matter as long as the repeater is legal for the control operator (trustee/ call sign on repeater)? license class. That was decided on many years ago when the first OSCAR satellite that had a repeater (translator)? on it that received on 2 meters and down linked on 10 meters.? The FCC said it was fine for a Technician class to use it even though the Tech did not have 10 meter privileges. For a while the novice class had some privileges on the 220 MHz band.? My wife and some others had a novice class? .? As we had a 2 meter and 220 mhz repeater and a controller we linked the 2 together so they could also come out on the 2 meter machine.? All legal. Ralph ku4pt
On Friday, January 1, 2021, 02:51:06 PM EST, Jim Barbour <wd8chl@...> wrote:
On 12/31/2020 8:34 PM, Eric Fort wrote: > Not quite the same legal result between one 4 channel trundled system with multiple talk groups and 4 separate repeaters. The key difference is in the case of 4 separate repeaters the licensee holding the mike always transmits on the single input frequency of that one single channel repeater and has positive control over which frequency his transmitter is tuned to. With a trucked system the system, not the operator sets the transmit frequency thus the operator with the mic is no longer is in complete and direct control of the emission emanating from their radio. Sorry, but that is not a correct interpretation. These are frequencies setup and known in advance. Therefore, the user knows. And really, the only requirement a ham has for frequency is to know that he is operating withing his license privileges. If a repeater trustee sets up a repeater with input frequencies outside of a users privileges, then that user can't use his system. But I don't see how that could be anyway, because the only band that has repeater inputs authorized that could be outside a class of licensee is 10 M, since you have to have general or above to operate there. Otherwise, all repeater bands are within every license class privileges. There is no requirement for frequency tolerance for hams, if that's what you're thinking. Just what is needed to prevent interference and keep your emissions within your operating privileges. |
