So, you are going to monitor the frequency 24/7 and testify that something didn¡¯t key the repeater to trigger the ID?
So, you're admitting that what you're doing is wrong, but as long as nobody complains then it's OK?
The FCC requires we ID every 10 minutes when the repeater is in use. It is in use from 0600 until 2359.
If you have continuous activity (USER activity) for 18 hours straight my hat is off to you, God Bless, keep doing what you're doing. If you're saying that the repeater is ENABLED for 18 hours, only during and following a period of activity should the repeater ID every 10 minutes.
The only way the FCC would even check on when a repeater IDs is if a sad ham complains.
"If the FCC doesn't know about it then I can get away with it." Again, you're demonstrating that you know that it's not proper yet you're doing it anyway.
What is the reason for ID'ing every 10 minutes? To pollute the channel with more RF? To remind everybody what the repeater's callsign is? What exactly is the purpose?
Likewise, what is the purpose of 'grandfather clock' ID's? Doesn't everybody have a watch, a cell phone, a clock, or some other timekeeping device with or near them at all times already? More RF pollution, more FCC violations.
Going back to the original discussion regarding DMR beaconing, that, too, has already been "addressed" by the FCC in several instances in my area. The relevant rule section is 97.203(d):
(d) A beacon may be automatically controlled while it is transmitting on the 28.20©\28.30 MHz, 50.06©\
50.08 MHz, 144.275©\144.300 MHz, 222.05©\222.06 MHz or 432.300©\432.400 MHz segments, or on the 33
cm and shorter wavelength bands.
Nobody has repeaters in any of those segments because none of those segments are eligible for repeater operation per 97.205(b).
--- Jeff WN3A
