The
SouthEastern Repeater Association, Inc., in keeping with its goals to provide
excellent services to the Amateur Radio community through coordination and
insightful planning, has adopted provisions to allow for accommodations that
will facilitate the amateur operation, in its districts, of digital voice
technology repeaters (DVT repeaters) and systems including those such as APCO
P25 and D-Star repeaters.
At
the organization's winter board meeting on January 5, 2008, in connection with a
proposal submitted as a motion by Mississippi Director Steve Grantham - AA5SG,
which was subsequently passed by the board, President Roger Gregory - W4RWG,
appointed a working committee to implement that needed on the SERA web site and
within the SERA FUP, SERA CP&G, and any other SERA documents or forms as
needed, and also to assist district coordinators in matters pertaining to the
coordination of such DVT repeaters.
In
addition to serving in implementation and advisory capacities, the committee
will continue to study and bring forth new information as needed to facilitate
ongoing effective DVT repeater coordination efforts. Applicants should be aware
that due to the level of comprehensive study presently required for coordinated
DVT repeater coordination assignments, these will take a bit longer to process
than applications for analog FM repeaters and their patience will be
appreciated.
The
digital voice technology repeater coordination study, implementation, and
advisory committee, led by Mississippi Director Steve Grantham - AA5SG, includes
other members as Secretary and West Virginia Director Alex Hedrick - N8FWL,
South Carolina Vice-Director Jim Cantrell - WJ4C, North Carolina Director Danny
Hampton - K4ITL, and North Carolina Vice-Director Frank Lynch - W4FAL.
The
full web presentation of the details is a work-in-progress. Please see the links
below to view the newly posted 144-148 MHz and 420-450 MHz Frequency Utilization
Plans, which were posted on February 07, 2008, and be sure to return and
check the web site for updates.
SERA 144-148 MHz Frequency Utilization Plan
SERA 420-450 MHz Frequency Utilization Plan
Dated
this 08th day of February, 2008.
H.
Alex Hedrick, Jr., N8FWL
SERA Secretary
Anxious & interested
viewers since 02/08/08