[TowerTalk] Amateur Exemptions

[Ronald C. Barnes]

Seems to me you would be exempt per FCC rules (under however many watts ERP 
on 2m).  A statement, signed off by the trustee/licensee would be 
adequate.  I'm not sure, but I think a digipeater would be considered a 
"repeater station" and be allowed the even higher limits.

BTW: If anyone on the list is not exempt, some other tenant on the tower 
WILL pay for it and probably share it with you.  That will be good enough, 
as the exposure tests are done over all frequencies, not just the 
client's.  Also with that in mind, all tenants of the tower can chip in for 
one test, eliminating repeated work.

On my tower, there is an FM, many many two-ways and my TV station.  Last 
year the FM paid for the test, this year the two-way repairer paid.  Next 
year we (the TV station) will probably pick up the tab.

Ron KA1KJZ
Chief Engineer WSAH TV 43


At 08:47 PM 5/31/00 -0400, "Barry Martz" <k8bk@speedconnect.com> wrote:

>Hi All:
>
>This may be way off the mark for this reflector but I am trying to get as
>much info as possible.
>
>I am a sysop for the local packetcluster.  We are located at a comercial
>tower site.
>We are losing our spot high on the tower due to some problems I don't want
>to go into here.  Anyway, I asked if we could install a small Ringo antenna
>on a small Rohn 35 tower at about 30'.  The owner would gladly let me do it
>except all the EMP tests or whatever they are, need to be done.  He told me
>the FCC is really going to CRACK DOWN this fall.  The site / antenna tests
>would cost $1200.00.
>If this is true, it would seem to me that a lot of repeaters/digipeaters are
>in trouble if they have to pay the costs.
>
>Do we have ANY exemptions that would cover this?  We have no money to cover
>the test and if we can't put up even the simplest antenna, we will lose the
>packetcluster completely.
>
>Sorry to use the bandwidth, but I have a bunch of guys depending on me to
>keep this thing running and I want to cover all the bases.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>73 de Barry/K8BK
>
>W8BAD Packetcluster system.
>
>
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