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Does a private repeater have to be licensed through the FCC?
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The base station class of land station and the control station class of land station aren't (or weren't under the 1988 version of the rules) allowed to communicate with each other. You weren't allowed to communicate base-to-base via simplex, or control-to-control via a repeater (or base-to-control or vice versa via a mix of simplex and repeater assistance).
However, a land station was allowed to be licensed as both a base station and a control station, in order to communicate with mobile station units. When operating simplex, it was a base station. When operating through a repeater, it was a control station. (95.25(a) through (f); 95.55(a) & (b); 95.57(a) & (b); 95.59(a) through(c), <i>from the 1988 version of the rules</i>.)
Oh, and control stations were required, under 95.47(b)(1) & (2) to use a directional antenna with a 15dB front-back ratio, and were required to use the minimum transmitter power necessary to establish and maintain realiable communications, which was determined by a control station power test. Again, this is from the 1988 version of the rules.
I really wish the latest version of the rules had actually been rewritten, and not, as it seems, just been the result of deleting sections of the previous version. It might make it a bit less confusing...
John
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Peoria, AZ
However, a land station was allowed to be licensed as both a base station and a control station, in order to communicate with mobile station units. When operating simplex, it was a base station. When operating through a repeater, it was a control station. (95.25(a) through (f); 95.55(a) & (b); 95.57(a) & (b); 95.59(a) through(c), <i>from the 1988 version of the rules</i>.)
Oh, and control stations were required, under 95.47(b)(1) & (2) to use a directional antenna with a 15dB front-back ratio, and were required to use the minimum transmitter power necessary to establish and maintain realiable communications, which was determined by a control station power test. Again, this is from the 1988 version of the rules.
I really wish the latest version of the rules had actually been rewritten, and not, as it seems, just been the result of deleting sections of the previous version. It might make it a bit less confusing...
John
WPXJ-598
Peoria, AZ
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