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OPERATION IS PROHIBITED 144R1 144R5 AND 145R5 145R8 BASED ON AN EXCHANGE OF
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE FCCS WILLIAM CROSS, IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED THE
OPINION THAT IF D STAR IS AS DESCRIBED MORE LIKE A STORE AND FORWARD PACKET
SYSTEM THAN A VOICE REPEATER IT ISNT REALLY A REPEATER AND IS NOT SUBJECT
TO REPEATER RULES.  THIS OPINION, AND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT, DOESNT HOLD
WATER WITH MANY FREQUENCY COORDINATORS, BUT THERE ARE SOME REPEATERS ON THE
AIR NOW IN REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM GENERALLY CONSIDERED NOT TO BE REPEATER
SEGMENTS.  AS D STAR GROWS, ANALOG RADIO USERS, WHO WILL BE IN THE MAJORITY
FOR A LONG TIME TO COME, WILL BEGIN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DIGITAL AND
ANALOG SIGNALS MIXED IN THE SAME SPECTRUM.  A D STAR TRANSMISSION HEARD ON
AN ANALOG RECEIVER SOUNDS LIKE THE RUSH OF OPEN SQUELCH.  EXCEPT YOU CANT
JUST TURN UP THE SQUELCH CONTROL AND MAKE IT GO AWAY.  ALMOST EVERY
REPEATER TODAY HAS SEVERAL NEIGHBORS ON THE SAME CHANNEL 100 TO 200 MILES
AWAY, AND ALMOST EVERY REPEATER USER HEARS ONE OR MORE OF THEIR CO CHANNEL
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W0TM/349 W1ECS/335 W1GX/360 W1IKB/356 W1IQW/330 W1RQ/349 W1YN/343 W2APU/359
W2CNS/338 W2PK/339 W2QXA/346 W2WG/330 W2YE/332 W3HRF/335 W3OP/336 W3QO/356
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