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to us by Larry-WQ6V and to see if it
can be used for the 450 packet port
to our 145.05 digipeater. The unit
will then be turned over to Paul­
KB5MU for adding it as a port to
145.05. We still have room to add a
10m port if someone is interested in
helping with that project.
In John's SPARE TIME. he is
working on another Motorola repeater
which will be used to replace the
present 146.730 repeater. The old
146.730 repeater can then be used as
a backup to 146.730, a new
frequency. or packet operation.
John really could use some help with
these projects so let us know if
there is anything that you could
help us with in the near future.
- BK ­
Please remember that we do not
discuss certain things on PARC
repeaters: l)repeater location.
2)repeater systems and operation.
3)access codes. and 4)controversial
subjects that might be offensive to
others inviting them to jam or
create other types of interference
to our systems.
- BK ­
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) forbids your using
amateur radio to conduct business.
You cannot use Ham frequencies to
run your business. order parts. tell
employees where to go. tell them
where to stop for pick ups. etc.
You cannot ask someone to contact a
place of business to pick up a pump
for your job site. You cannot use
the repeaters (autopatches) to order
pizza. ask a bookstore if they have
a magazine. ask a plummer to come to
your house. ask a ham to stop by a
commercial establishment to buy
something for you or your business.
Also. if you are trying to avoid a
toll call by calling your spouse
from the office or from the office
parking lot by amateur radio, you
are in trouble •••and PARC too for
providing you with the opportunity
to sin.
You can probably call your spouse
about whether you are to stop for
groceries (a "few" since that
implies a ·spur of the moment" state
of mind) but don't do it from the
parking lot of the store picking up
a list a mile long. You can use the
autopatch to report telephone or
power outages. You can probably ask
a ham to stop by HRO for something
that you need since it is obvious
that it is connected with amateur
radio and probably the operation of
your station. You probably can get
away with asking someone to stop in
someplace to find out the cost of
coax for your station •••but not for
a commercial station. You can
indicate that you have a rig for
sale with the approximate price but
you had probably better tell them to
give you a "land line" to discuss
the exact price. There are swapnets
that mention specific prices but
they are certainly operating in a
GRAY area of FCC rules and
regulations.
The club's viewpoint is that if
you are in doubt about what to do.
don't do it! Until the FCC spells
out what is legal (and they won't).
we have to use good judgement in
what we do or they will fine us and
pass very restrictive rules. Some
present amateur fines have been for
$2.000 and these were not
interference fines.
Over the past four months we have
been told that several amateurs have
been using improper language on the
147.13 repeater after 2am. If you
hear any of this, please copy down
call letters (if any) and notify a
club officer immediately (later in
the morning?). The repeaters can be
put on ·standby· during the early
morning hours with a speCial code
required to ~wake· them up if this
continues.
- BK ­
10 METER KA6UAI LINK. Greg­
WB9MII uses the 10m link probably
about the nicest of anyone. He
comes on the repeater. announces
access like he was using an
autopatch. calls CQ 10m de WB9MII
remote. listens S seconds. and calls
CQ again. If he gets no response,
he shuts down the link and leaves.
Some users bring the link uP. call
CQ. and listen for 10 minutes which
causes all sorts of problems.
Sometimes while they are listening
another conversation starts up on
the repeater •••which of course is
now going out on 10m. Please do not
listen on 10m for more than a few
seconds. If there is activity on
29.6. you will hear it almost
immediately. Call several short 10m
CQ's with little space between your
calls. If you are interferring with
anyone on 29.6. I'm sure they will
let you know right away.
The club should should have a
beeper on the repeater when the
repeater is in the 10m mode so that
others could recognize that the
"blank space with beeper" was
someone listening to the 10m link.
The easy thing would be to remove
the squelch from the 10m receiver so
that you could hear the "hiss" of
the ·open" 10m receiver but this
might be somewhat obnoxious. We
will work on the problem.
The 10m link is only for Generals
and above unless you can get a
general class licensee to bring up
the link and shut it down for you.
- BK ­
WORKPARTY (06-01/02-91): Erik­
KA6AUI and crew took the 147.13
repeater off the mountain for
deviation adjustments and
installation of a Motorola part
"that never was soldered in" but
appeared in the schematic. There is
still a problem with its deviation
which will require another trip to
the mountain. TASHA specifies that
repeater deviation must be kept at a
3.Skc maximum while industry
standards are below Skc (4.5kc is
usual).
- BK ­
WORK PARTY (06-16-91): John­
WB6IQS, Mike-KC6KCQ, and Ron Mieley
(waiting for call) trenched two new
1.S" AC lines (Iax3 220) and 12VOC
lines (112x2 4pr) between the bunker
and the battery shed. They also
pulled in an a-conductor control
cable. We hope to connect
everything up next trip. Afterwards
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