duke energy - ham radio

[ShawnCowden]

Shelbyville 444.050 is now off the air due to duke energy being anti-ham they took Will's repeater off the air the 1st. He could of left it but would have had to paid 600/mo
sad thing is KYEOC used it for emergency communications so keep Will in though and prayer as to help in steps on what to do next

[spooney]

Madisonville in Hopkins County, Ky just recently received a grant from Homeland Security to upgrade their EOC. I don't know how the process works to receive funds, but I would start with contacting your local Senator or Congressman.

[unitcharlie]

Where is there more written about this? Tell us more.... Someone in Shelby County surely has some tower space they'd donate for this machine with all the good it does...

[mastr]

Originally Posted by ShawnCowden

Shelbyville 444.050 is now off the air due to duke energy being anti-ham they took Will's repeater off the air the 1st. He could of left it but would have had to paid 600/mo
sad thing is KYEOC used it for emergency communications so keep Will in though and prayer as to help in steps on what to do next

While the loss of that repeater is regretable, based on the information you posted, I think Duke is more "anti-giving away tower space" than anti-ham- a situation all too often caused by someone else offering $$$ for the space. They did offer to let the repeater remain for a monthy fee, which is more than what had to be done. A truly anti-ham company would have just said "take it down, that space is no longer available to you". The days of free tower space for amateur repeaters are numbered now that nearly everyone with a substantial tower knows that space on same = $$$ from a cell company or similar operation..

[trashman43]

$600/mo must be the going rate, Murry was told to remove the W4SJH Springfield repeater a few years ago, unless he wanted to pay the fee
W4SJH is still off the air

Originally Posted by ShawnCowden

Shelbyville 444.050 is now off the air due to duke energy being anti-ham they took Will's repeater off the air the 1st. He could of left it but would have had to paid 600/mo
sad thing is KYEOC used it for emergency communications so keep Will in though and prayer as to help in steps on what to do next

[ShawnCowden]

Please delete this thread

[LouisvilleScanMan]

Originally Posted by shawncowden

please delete this thread

why???

[ShawnCowden]

the site was darn good though we could get people from lex louisville, indiana, cincy, and dayton so it is a bummer but as I said delete this thread Id rather not say anymore about it

[scannerfreak]

I don't see a reason to delete this thread..If you no longer wish to talk about it, then don't post to it