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14th June - GB3CW Mid Wales 70cm repeater has QSY'd from RB6 to RB4
10th June - We are delighted to report that ETCC member, Dave M0OBW has been nominated by the RSGB as President-elect.

Birmingham D-Star now operational (25 June 2009)
GB7BM is co-sited with GB3CB and should provide much needed Dstar coverage for the Birmingham area.
The repeater is a Tait T850 series2 base station with a Satoshi DV node controller. It is currently in a standalone mode, but will be connected to the network when the software becomes available.
Coverage reports etc to gb7bm@gb3cb.com. More info at www.gb3cb.com and thanks to John G8VIQ for the update.

9 NoV's issued by Ofcom (5 June 2009)
On Friday 5 June (2009) Ofcom issued the following Keeper NoV's to allow immediate operation of the following repeaters/nodes
GB3NP 70cm analog repeater for Towcester, Northants.
GB7BM 70cm digital voice node for Birmingham.
GB7DD 70cm digital voice node for Dundee.
GB7DK additional node for Stranraer D-Star node site.
GB7DW additional node for Fenwick, Ayrshire D-Star node site.
GB7GL new 70cm digital node for Gloucestershire.
GB7MH 70cm digital voice node for West Sussex.
GB7NB 70cm digital voice node for Norwich, Norfolk.
GB7NE new 70cm digital voice node for Lynemouth, Northumberland.
Thu 11 June the following was cleared:
GB3CW frequency change Mid Wales 70cm repeater.

• featured repeater/node GB7DD •

CALL CHAN OUT IN QTHR LOCATION NGR KEEPER

GB7DD RU752 439.6625 430.6625 IO86NL Dundee NO443335 MM0DUN

Further information from web site

SERVICE INFORMATION
GB3NH  ON Thu 02 Jul 2009 Repeater removed for work on logic.
GB3NC  OFF 5-11 July 2009 Mast replacement.
GB3EA  ON Sat 27 Jun 2009 Restored to service after fault.
GB3AH  OFF Wed 17 Jun 2009 Antenna fault and increased site rent.
GB3CC  OFF Mon 15 Jun 2009 Advised loss of commercial site.
GB3NX  OFF Sat 11 Apr 2009 removed for upgrade to equipment.
GB3XY  OFF Sun 05 Apr 2009 Transmitter/Mast fault.
GB3AL  OFF Sat 21 Mar 2009 off - as advised.
GB3LR  OFF Sat 21 Feb 2009 Switched off by Keeper due to abuse by known amateur.
GB3KR  OFF Sat 31 Jan 2009 Antenna fault & overhaul of base station required.
GB3MC/GB3MY  OFF Fri 09 Jan 2009 Site refurbishment until 7/3
GB3SW  OFF Wed 03 Dec 2008 Interference reported.
GB3ET  OFF Wed 26 Nov 2008 Off air for maintenance
GB3FT  OFF Wed 05 Nov 2008 Site loss due to untenable fee increases from new commercial owner.
GB3FF  OFF as advised - site unavailable.
GB3HV  OFF Sat 11 Oct 2008 Site loss due to untenable fee increases from new commercial owner.
GB3LP  OFF Thu 20 Mar 2008 Off air due to rx desense problem due to duplexer fault.
GB3AI  OFF Thu 20 Mar 2008 Replace old hardware with new; rebuild Echolink interface, etc.

Guide to Repeater and Internet Gateway Licensing
After a considerable amount of preparation the RSGB is pleased to announce the publication of this 3 part Guide covering Repeaters, Gateways and Packet Radio.
The 60 page document is only available in electronic format and is available on this web site currently.
It gives details of the licencing process including specifications for the various bands, and provides examples of the various documentation that will be issued to licensees. Click here to view.

ETCC Position statement on 2 Metre band GMSK Proposals
The ETCC have agreed that proposals for GMSK nodes in this band can no longer be recommended to Ofcom unless the proposal incorporates a plan to either:
a) close down an existing repeater in the area, replacing it with a digital node at a location which retains the same general coverage characteristics.
b) or convert the repeater to dual mode working.
Dual mode working in this context means analogue and digital operation on the same site using the same frequency.
Click here for full version (pdf format) of this statement and here for further information and leave your comments.

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