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New GMRS Repeater in Staten Island (p25)

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I Was Looking thru the EMails and Got a Notification from MyGMRS--This is Interesting Below---Whats Your Thoughts ??--I Left the Frequency Out of the Text Due to I Dont Want to Hear any Conflict


myGMRS.com - SINY 550: Staten Island, NY

SINY 550 Staten Island, New York

Network: NYC EmComms
Type: Permission Required
Updated: March 01, 2018
Owner: TARU
Travel Tone: No
ORI: No
Apprx. Range: 10 Miles

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Status: Offline

Repeater is in the process of being reconfigured at the moment

P25 / Analog

Emergency / Disaster Relief, Emergency Communications

Radios that use this repeater must have MDC-1200 signalling to gain access to the Analog System and must be able to transmit Radio ID while on P25
 
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You stated you left the frequency out.....I wonder what else the purpose of having 550 in the title would be..lol :p

I made a post about one similar on the MyGMRS forums, the repeater was promptly taken down off the website listing. Whoever posted it made a real fool out of themselves the way they worded the description..

https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/1116-am-i-the-only-one/
(it's in the private discussion, you'll have to login to view it)

Ugh.. Prolly just said they put something up to make him/herself seem cool.
 
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Motoballa said:
You stated you left the frequency out.....I wonder what else the purpose of having 550 in the title would be..lol :p

I made a post about one similar on the MyGMRS forums, the repeater was promptly taken down off the website listing. Whoever posted it made a real fool out of themselves the way they worded the description..

https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/1116-am-i-the-only-one/
(it's in the private discussion, you'll have to login to view it)

Ugh.. Prolly just said they put something up to make him/herself seem cool.
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Yet, when I pointed out the illegal FRS simplex repeaters, as well as, a couple of Digital Repeaters listed on their site at the time, they locked my account and flagged my IP so I can't even view the forum anymore. Called me too snarky for the site.

Last I checked (last month) the local simplex repeaters were still listed brazenly as simplex repeaters. The actual FRS freq is listed in the comments. They've known for well over 6 months that there are illegal repeaters listed and yet they have done nothing.
 
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Don't feel all alone on this.... You are not the only one this has happened to.... At least you were called snarky which is still better than argumentative and having anger issues..... seems like anyone that states a fact that goes against the staff/owner over there they're treated all the same...
 
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ipfd320 said:
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Status: Offline

Repeater is in the process of being reconfigured at the moment

P25 / Analog

Emergency / Disaster Relief, Emergency Communications

Radios that use this repeater must have MDC-1200 signalling to gain access to the Analog System and must be able to transmit Radio ID while on P25
Click to expand...

Interesting that it is yet another illegal repeater being put up under the guise of C.E.R.T. Not familiar with P25 repeaters in the area yet. I say yet because a local Ham is planning to put up an analog repeater and eventually a P25 and states that it is for C.E.R.T. (Yes, my snarky side will probably show in this post.) Thus, the reason that I will have to move my legal GMRS repeater since he already listed the analog on myGMRS (like that makes it legal and gives him exclusive use of that channel).

I've posted in the past about the 4 illegal simplex repeaters, all run by licensed Hams. One is brazen enough to use his call sign on the morse ID every half hour. 2 are supposedly for CERT.

They know they are illegal but feel that being CERT gives them the right to violate FCC regulations. Verified by a discussion I've had with them in the past. Even though the CERT comms powerpoint on the FEMA site specifically states that it is illegal to extend the range of FRS radios using external antennas or simplex repeaters and that any one using GMRS must have a license IAW the FCC rules. (With the new regs that translates to Wideband and more than 2 watts.)

Point is that people get on the chaos on FRS/GMRS but all of the violations that actually are causing issues in the area are being done by licensed Hams. It's worse when they feel that the title CERT (Emergency / Disaster Relief, Emergency Communications) makes it okay. (some kid playing with a 2 watt handheld or even a 4 watt BaoFeng doesn't really affect a legal license GMRS user much )
 
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