It was for VHF and FB2 stations. I went back and looked and they did allow NXDN/P25P1 and NFM as one charge.
SOAPBOX: Why do they care what emission I use as long as it fits in the mask?
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Simplex on Business band repeater frequencies
- Thread starter W5AMP
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SOAPBOX: Why do they care what emission I use as long as it fits in the mask?
lenk911
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Your SOAPBOX has a partial point. The emission designator, i.e. 11K2F3E (NB analog FM) has two pieces of information within. The first is the width of the mask, 11K2 which means for the newbies 11.2 kilohertz in FCC speak. The suffix is the modulation type if any. F3E is analog FM voice. What the frequency coordinator is doing is prescreening your emission designator for compatibility. You haven't typo wide band video in a 11.2 kilohertz mask. Their job is to prescreen the technical portion of your application per FCC instructions. Some charge for the service and some include it in the basic charge.
bill4long
Member
Have you considered leasing talkgroups on a commercial trunking system for your repeater needs? (You could still license simplex frequencies separate from that.)
