As we have models based on the coordination now, we can be sure we’re testing from the coordinated service area. This prevents holding a coordination for a repeater on a 200 meter tower but where the trustee has it really operating from his garage as they have lost the site. We also test that it can be used per the coordinated PL or access tone, to verify it’s not just a beacon.
If you receive one of these notices, please update us via email, and submit a new coordination form. If the system is offline for maintenance, simply let us know when it’s back online. We don’t want to de-coordinate anyone without cause, but it’s good amateur practice to relinquish a coordination if you’re offline with no plans to go back in operation.
Example notice:
Dear Bryan Fields, W9CR, Your repeater, Record: 1496, Callsign: W9CR, on 224.0600 has been identified as being off air during an audit of coordinated repeaters in the area. The repeater was checked from an HT a 5w at approximately 30m of height within your repeater's service area. Your listed CTCSS of: 146.2 was tried for the repeater in addition to the standard PL tones for the area. Please respond to this email with an update on this or let us know if your repeater is permanently off the air. Under FASMA policy a repeater coordination may be revoked if the repeater is offline without explanation for 60 days or more. It is incumbent on the trustee to let FASMA know about any operational changes to the repeater as well. If any of the operational paramaters have changed, please submit an updated coordination form. The PDF form and information may be found on our website here: https://fasma.org/coordination/ Your repeaters information is below: Record ID : 1496 Callsign : W9CR Output Freq : 224.0600 MHz Bandwidth : 20.000 KHz Emission 1 : 16K0F3E Emission 2 : NULL ERP : 321 Watts Antenna Height : 106.00 Meters Access Tone In : 146.2 Hz Access Tone Out: 146.2 Hz DCS TONE : County : Polk City : Lakeland Lat, Lon : 27.94, -81.91 Holder : Florida Simulcast Group, Inc. Trustee : Bryan Fields, W9CR Model : https://plots.fasma.org/uncoordinated/224.0600_W9CR_Lakeland_1496.kmz Note the model can be loaded in google and is a standard format KML file. This is automatically generated based on your location, antenna height, ERP and frequency. Thank you, Florida Amateur Spectrum Mangement Association, Inc. http://www.fasma.org