NESMC News November 7, 2009
A revised bandplan document, incorporating the 7 November 2009 change to 902 MHz, is now available in the documents section of this website.
At the 2009 General Meeting, members present approved by a majority vote, with no objections and two absentions, a change to the 902 MHz band plan to allow a limited number of repeater pairs in the low part of the band. Specifically, 927.0375, 927.0500, 927.0625, and 927.0750 (and the corresponding -25MHz inputs) are available as a last resort to systems which are unable to function in the "standard" part of the band, 927.4 - 927.9. No new coordinations will be assigned these pairs; only after a repeater owner has demonstrated (1) a serious impact at a standard pair and (2) that the special pair will show significant improvement will a coordination be given on one of these channels. Furthermore, automatic control of transmitter at these special inputs (for example, an on-channel link transmitter) is not coordinated. A more detailed explanation of the rationale behind this change will be made available on this website in the next two weeks.
We have added a new section to the website to explain how repeaters are grouped in the ARRL repeater directory. Check it Out.
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At the NESMC General Meeting on August 23, all existing officers were reelected to the current positions. Due to the approved bylaw change, all vice directors now hold the title of director. An updated version of the bylaws will be made available soon on this website. In the meantine, the marked up version (with the approved changes) of the bylaws can be found here.
Welcome to Dave Bushong, KZ1O, who was elected to fill the vacant secretary position.
Electronic filing is the preferred method of filing coordination applications.
Paper applications will continue to be available, but the coordination process by this method will be
significantly slower. If possible, please use the NESMC on-line system to apply for all new coordinations, renewals or modifications.
The NESMC bandplans are now available in an easy-to-ready chart format. See the documents area of our website.
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