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Welcome!
The Arkansas Repeater Council, Inc. welcomes you to our web-page.
We hope the information helps you to understand
the
Coordination process and the guidelines used to implement your
coordination.
We will be continually working to update / upgrade this web site to better
serve the Amateur Community in Arkansas.
This page will be used to communicate Council business and happenings with
it's
Members. It will also be used, in the future, to communicate pending
coordination
(status) information with applicants. This should save on phone calls and
time spent e-mailing, to check on applications.
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Members,
Owners and Trustees!
There is now a YAHOO Group for the ARC.
Click on the link...
and if verified, you will be added to the Group.
Yet another way to communicate to the ARC Members / Staff.
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THE ANNUAL ARC
MEETING WILL BE...
At the MENA HAMFEST, Saturday, September 11th, 2010 @ 1400
in the Lodge Conference Room.
THIS WILL BE A FULL BUSINESS MEETING WITH BOARD ELECTIONS AND VARIOUS TOPICS
RELATED TO COORDINATION GUIDELINES/PARAMETERS/UPDATES/ETC.
ALL ARC MEMBERS AND REPEATER OWNER/TRUSTEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!
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UPDATES ARE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY!
If you haven't updated your system information in the last (3) years, PLEASE
do so NOW!
Check the REPEATER LISTINGS page and see if your system or a system near you
is listed and furnish FULL updates ASAP! Any systems NOT updated in '06-'07, will NOT be published on the website listings or in the ARRL
RD in upcoming years.
MANDATORY UPDATES STARTED IN 2007!!!
ALL systems are REQUIRED
to update every (3) years, as of 2007!
If there is NO update received in a 3 year period, the system will NOT
be listed on the website, published in the ARRL RD and will be removed from
the ACTIVE database.
This will be the final steps before DE-COORDINATION!
UPDATE forms are available in .pdf and MSWORD formats on the ARC Homepage
menu.
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Minutes of
Arkansas Repeater Council for 0/12/09
1.
Called the meeting to order by Don McDaniel, welcome, sign-in
sheets were passed, and introductions were given:
President Don
McDaniel WA5OOY (elected 2008 for 2 year term) - present
Vice President
Glenn King N5GK (elected 2008 for 2 year term) - present
Secretary/Treasurer
Gerald Hogue AE5GH (elected 2008 for 2 year term) - present
Frequency
Coordinator Bob King W5LVB - present
Board:
*Buddy Busby
WY5AR (elected 2006 for 3 year term) - absent
*Dennis Bedene
N5XMZ (elected 2006 for 3 year term) - present
Chuck Bishop
WB5GFA (elected 2007 for 3 year term). Chuck
mat be selling his repeater and if so will no longer be eligible for
ARC/Board membership.
JM Rowe N5XFW
(elected 2007 for 3 year term) - present
Ron Lynch K5NP
(elected 2008 for 3 year term) - absent
David Doty N5XF
(elected 2008 for 3 year term) - absent
*Need to elect
Board member
Dues paid members
present:
Dennis Bedene
George Carroll
Joshua Carroll
Don Hale
Gerald Hogue
Bob King
Glenn King
Don McDaniel
J.M. Rowe
Ouachita Amateur Radio Assn
2.
Dues ($10/year) and coordination fees (waved).
3.
Treasurer’s report was given
4.
Vice Present report - none
5.
Frequency Coordinator’s report.
a.
Repeater application process explanation and status was covered.
b.
John Cary in Clarkesville wants a D-Star exemption to check for
co-channel interference testing of the SERA Digital Plan
c.
Bob handed out a
copy of the SERA Digital Plan and it was discussed on how to implement it
into the ARC plan. As far as I know, we only have (1) 440 system in the
state running digital. There is the ICOM repeater in Mena running the D-STAR
system, in 'demo' mode, at his QTH, but it was never coordinated. A
motion was made, seconded, and approved to use the SERA plan and to try not
to have co-channel interference in frequency assignment and possibly
frequency changes if needed. Bob was asked to stay in touch with SERA about
any future changes to their plan.
d.
A motion was approved to
send $100 to SERA.
e.
Verifying/announcing
AGAIN about the drop from 120 miles to 100 mile separation standard. It will
be in the minutes, but want to make sure everyone in attendance gets a good
dose of the change. Has been a lot of rebellion on that over the years.
f.
Re-announce the
MANDATORY 3 year UPDATE rotation. Still have a few not updated, but the
'known' systems are complying.
g.
Bob has one conflict on UHF that he can fix and 2 applications (1
simplex) in NE Arkansas using SNP frequencies. Both NE Arkansas applications
will be denied since the frequencies are in use in Memphis.
6.
We thanked Bob King for the ‘thankless job that he does as
Frequency Coordinator’.
7.
Next year it was noted that we need to have handicap access to the
meeting room.
8.
Election of Board members
(2 for 3 year terms).
Dennis Bedene,
N5XMZ and James Carnathan, N5AD were elected.
With no other business, the meeting was
adjourned.
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Minutes of
Arkansas
Repeater Council for 9/20/08
The Arkansas Repeater Council (ARC) met during the
Jacksonville Hamfest on September 20, 2008.
The ARC discussed the need to change the
separation of repeaters from 120 miles to 100 miles to align with states
bordering Arkansas. J.M. Rowe moved to change the distance to 100 miles to
align with other states. Ron Lynch second and the motion passed.
The first of the every 3 year updates on
coordination was discussed. Bob King stated that about 50% of the repeaters
now have updated coordination. Bob plans to mail out a reminder in October.
The ARRL Repeater Directory cut-off is in January 2009. The repeater updates
are posted on the ARC web site. The members were asked to check for their
updates. Bob reported that he has no more than 3 pending applications for
coordination. A discussion was held about dropping repeaters from the
directory if we don’t get an update from the owner. No action was taken.
It was discussed to select SERA band plan for
digital no action was taken.
The toning of repeaters was discussed. It will be
mandatory for any new coordination and will be self policing.
J.M. Rowe moved to re-elect existing officers by
acclamation (Don McDaniel, WA5OOY - President,
Glenn King, N5GK - Vice President, and Gerald Hogue, AE5GH -
Secretary/Treasurer).
Charles Farmer second - Motion passed
J.M. Rowe moved that David Doty and Ron Lynch be
reelected to the board of directors.
Charles Farmer second and the motion passed.
With no other business before the ARC the meeting
was adjourned.
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Minutes of
Arkansas
Repeater Council for 9/08/07
The Arkansas Repeater Council (ARC) met during the Mena
Hamfest on September 8, 2007.
Bob King stated that there are 5 VHF frequency applications in process and 4
with no real hope of finding a frequency. Northeast Arkansas is out of
apvailable UHF frequencies. Bob discussed changes to the web site. He also
discussed the possible need to reduce the repeater spacings from 120 to 100
miles. No action was taken. Bob stated that a group in Russellville has
applied for grant money to install digital repeaters on VHF, UHF, and
1.2G.
An election was held to fill the seats occupied by J. M. Rowe and
Chuck Bishop. A motion was made by Glenn King and seconded by Dennis Bedene
to elect these current board members for an additional term. The motion
passed.
With no other business the meeting was adjourned.
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Minutes of
Arkansas
Repeater Council for 9/16/06
The meeting was called to order at 2 p.m. by President Don Hale. Ron
Lynch moved to create a deadline of 12/01/06 for those who have not updated
their repeater listing. De-coordination would be held until 12/01/07.
The motion was seconded by J. M. Rowe and motion passed.
Joe Giddens moved to change the repeater listing
updates to every three years beginning 12/01/07. Motion was seconded
by Chuck Bishop and was passed. The President asked for the reading of
the treasurer’s report and J. M. Rowe moved to accept the reading.
Don McDaniel seconded and the motion passed.
Two board members were elected. Terry Busby
and Dennis Bedene were nominated to the board. Chuck Bishop moved that
the nominations cease and J. M. Rowe moved to accept them by acclamation.
Ron Lynch seconded and the motion passed.
Don McDaniels was nominated for President. Ron
Lynch moved to accept the nomination by acclamation and the motion was
seconded by J. M. Rowe. Motion passed. Dennis Bedene nominated
Glenn
King
to be re-elected as Vice-President. Chuck Bishop seconded.
J. M. Rowe moved to accept the nomination by acclamation. Don Hale
moved to re-elect
Gerald Hogue
as Secretary-Treasurer. Ron Lynch seconded and J. M. Rowe moved to
accept him by acclamation. Both motions passed.
Ron Lynch moved to have the ARC forum at each
hamfest and have an officer there if possible. J. M. Rowe seconded and
the motion passed. Chuck Bishop moved to send $100 to the author of
the database for the repeater coordinator program. Terry Busby
seconded and the motion passed.
Don McDaniel moved to adjourn seconded by J. M
Rowe. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned
3 p.m. .
Current Members:
Joe Giddens III
Jimmy Goad, W5BTM
DeGray ARC
Faulkner
County
ARC
Hot Springs County AREN
Alan Thompson, WB5LNG
Chuck Bishop, WB5GFA
Dennis Bedene, N5XMZ
Don Hale Jr., KB5SSW
Max Jones, N5THR
J. B. Davis, N5THS
Bill Lee, WA5LTA
Roger Fidler, KC5NPU
C.A.R.E.N.
Cross
County
Repeater
Club
Robert King, W5LVB
Gerald Hogue, AE5GH
Secretary-Treasurer
Arkansas
Repeater Council
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September 17th, 2005
The meeting was called to order
by President Don Hale Jr. Members
in attendance were:
Glenn King N5GK
Dennis Bedene
N5XMZ
Ron Lynch K5POG
Charlie Roberts KD5OCQ
David Doty N5XF
J.M. Rowe N5XFW
Dale Temple W5RXU
Joel Echols N5QLC
Gerald Hogue AE5GH
Visitors were:
Mark Graves
K5OO
Mike Nettles KB5WBH
Jimmie Lowery W5JNL
Terry Busby W5ARS
Wayne Mahnker
WA5LUY
Ron Lynch and David Doty were elected to fill the
open seats on the board of directors
And the other board members would serve until next
year when the council meets in
Jacksonville. The motion to adjourn was made by J.M.
Rowe and second by Glenn King.
Motion passed.
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September 11th, 2004
The meeting was called to order
by President Don Hale Jr. Members
in attendance were:
Glenn King Vice President N5GK
Bob King Coordinator W5LVB
Chuck Bishop Board Member WB5GFA
Buddy Busby Board
Member WY5AR
Don Mc Daniel Member WA5OOY
Dennis Bedene Board Member N5XMZ
J.M. Rowe Board Member N5XFW
Gerald Hogue Secretary & Treasurer AE5GH
Wayne Mahnker Visitor WA5LUY
Minutes of the 4-24-04 meeting
were read. A motion was made by
Chuck Bishop and seconded by Bob
King to accept the minutes as read. The motion passed. J. M. Rowe moved to untable a motion to
change distance between repeaters from 100 to 120 miles. Buddy Busby seconded. It was decided that the Jan. board
meeting would be held on Jan 8 at 12 noon. Chuck Bishop moved to close the
board meeting and was seconded by J.M. Rowe the motion passed.
The regular meeting was
called to order by president Don Hale Jr. Due to the lack of an agenda,
according to the by-laws no business could be done in the regular meeting.
Buddy Busby made the motion to adjourn and J. M. Rowe seconded and the
motion passed.
Visitors at the regular meeting
were: John Eddleman KC5JBY
John
Samuels W5ATW
Jason
Wilson KD5FEY
James
Carrathan N5AD
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April 24th, 2004
Little Rock Hamfest Discussion was held about the 145.41 repeater in
Pocahontas, Arkansas
and others that are not on the air. President Mark Mullins ask for
volunteers to check for repeaters that are not on the air. Don Hale
volunteered for the southwest section of the state. William Nicholson
volunteered for the northeast section, Sammy Baldwin said he could help
call anywhere in the state, It was asked if we could create a place
on the website for stolen repeaters or ham equipment. Glenn King said
it would be no problem. A motion was made by Buddy Busby to increase
the distance between repeaters from 100 to 120 miles and was second by Joe
Baldwin, after some discussion a motion was made by Don Hale and second by
J. M. Rowe to table the first motion, and was Passed. Election of a
new president, the nomination and election of Don Hale as the new president
and Buddy Busby and J. M. Rowe was elected to replace the members whose
terms had expired. Joe Baldwin made a motion to adjourn and Dennis
Bedene second. Meeting was adjourned.
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April 17th, 2004
The Little Rock
Hamfest is just a week away! There will be an ARC meeting at 11:00,
on Saturday the 24th, at the EXPO
Center. If you have
knowledge of ANY unused or abandoned
repeater frequencies in your area and you are going to attend the hamfest,
please make note of them and present your information to an ARC officer or
the coordinator at the hamfest.
There will also be forms available for any UPDATES you may want to file.
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September 6th, 2003
Meeting was called to order by Vice
President Glenn King. There was no
old business.
A motion was made by Chuck Bishop to make
our 2 votes for the two candidates for NFCC. Motion was second by
Glenn King. The motion passed.
There being no other business a motion was
made by Chuck Bishop to adjourn second by Don Hale. The motion
passed.
Gerald Hogue AE5GH
Secretary - Treasurer
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February
28th, 2003
The
Winter Quarterly Meeting of the Arkansas
Repeater Council Board of Directors,
will be held on Sunday, March 9th, 11:30 a.m.
It will be held at the QTH of Chuck Bishop - WB5GFA, 6012 Mablevale Pike, Little
Rock.
Anyone wishing to speak before the board, must be included on the agenda
and have their request to the board no later than March 6th. You can send
requests to ARC President Mark Mullins - NN5NN at nn5nn@ranch.cx . Talk-in available on
146.670 (-) / Tone 114.8 Hz.
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February
17th, 2003
As
stated on the opening page of the site, we have just about completed the
updates on the database and will be publishing it soon. As your 'interim'
coordinator, I have had a little of a 'love / hate' relationship with the
job, so far. It has been fun learning more about the systems around the
state and meeting or talking with the people involved with the upkeep of
them. It has also been my pleasure to help in resolving some 'conflicts'
and in answering questions and concerns others have had. I know I have not
answered ALL your questions, or at least not to full satisfaction, but I
don't know if anyone else in this position could answer them all. There are
still some un-resolved issues and there are still some of you out there
waiting on NEW coordinations. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU! Some of these
requests, and their situations, take a little longer to resolve than
others. I hope you can understand this and be as patient as possible. I
will do all I can to fulfill all requests, but there is NO guarantee.
One
of our biggest problems currently, is the increasing amount of interference
on the 144-145 MHz sub-band repeaters. This is due to several different
causes.. leaky CATV systems, high-power paging transmitters, etc. There are
several 'alternative' fixes to this problem. You can diagnose the source of
the interference yourself and contact the offending station's owner for a
solution. If they are unwilling to work with you, you can contact the
F.C.C. for guidance. OR, you can select to attempt to filter it out with
additional equipment on your system. This is not always an easy thing to
do, depending on the type of interference you are experiencing. OR, you can
try and locate a different site for your system, that is less susceptible
to the interfering signals. This can be difficult in some areas due to
limited resources and/or cost for tower space. LASTLY, there is the choice
of changing frequencies. It IS NOT the ARC's or the Coordinator's job to
correct an interference problem! If a system has been on-the-air for a
period of time and starts having an interference problem, it IS NOT the
Coordinator's job to find you a 'new' frequency. We will make an attempt to
see if there is an alternative frequency available, but there is NO
GUARANTEE that one will be. As it stands right now, there are practically
NO 2-Meter frequencies available anywhere in the state. UNLESS, we
determine that one of the listed frequencies is in fact 'a paper repeater',
then we can check and see if that frequency will coordinate in your area.
There are NO 'over-night' fixes and possibly NO fixes at all, for some
systems. And remember, there may be SEVERAL requests ahead of yours. So,
don't get your hopes up if you hear of a frequency becoming available.
On
the subject of 'paper repeaters', I have the following frequencies I did
not receive updates on and need information about them and their status:
Any
10-Meter repeaters / 52.870 at Mountainburg / 52.950 at Searcy / 53.125 at
Jonesboro / 53.470 at Rogers 145.230 at Trumann / 146.745 at Russellville /
146.865 at Solgohacha / 147.030 at El Dorado
147.225 at Russell / 147.285 at Jonesboro / 147.330 at El Dorado / 442.950
at Jonesboro
443.150 at Jonesboro / 443.375 at Lonoke / 444.375 at Sherwood / 444.525 at
Harrisburg
444.625 at Little Rock / 444.700 at Trumann / 444.825 at Cabot /
444.875 at Hope / 444.950 at Arkadelphia
Forward
any information or comments on these or other possible 'paper' systems to
me at w5lvb@arrl.net .
I
want to say "THANK YOU" to everyone that sent in an UPDATE and to
those that assisted me in researching repeaters in various areas of the
state. With a continued effort, we can get our house 'in order' and have a
complete and updated database to refer to for future coordination efforts.
Robert
(Bob) King - W5LVB
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