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Hawaii State Repeater Advisory Council
Office of the Frequency Coordinator
Rick Ching, KH7O
P.O. Box 10868
Honolulu, HI 96816
email: rickching1@yahoo.com
The finite 2-meter sub band on Oahu is packed with reuse of existing frequencies in progress. The neighbor islands may experience occasional cross talk when users are operating at higher elevations allowing for longer coverage. The use of continuous tone coded squelch system CTCSS is strongly encouraged on ALL repeaters. Oahu currently has all 2 meter channels in use however geographical separation may be able accommodate more short range repeaters depending on area being requested. ALL future coordination in the 146 mhz and 147 mhz repeater channels are for "open" and/or high power repeaters or wide area coverage repeaters which are agreed to be available for public access during emergencies.
ATTENTION REPEATER OWNERS/ BUYERS PLEASE READ THIS
If you already have a coordinated repeater and you decide to move it or sell it which would significantly change the geographical location it is then considered UNCOORDINATED ; the FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT DOES NOT GO WITH THE REPEATER, COORDINATION IS BASED PRIMARILY ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. Changing CALLS or OWNERSHIP of a repeater in the same coordinated location is not an issue and can be requested by email . Before you request a frequency, try to make sure your plans are somewhat firm. To make the application for coordination as painless as possible, please email me with your requests. Currently in Hawaii there are NO FEES in the coordination process unlike several areas in the Continental US which charge for each request whether approved or not.
The following factors;
repeater location, geographical separation,
ERP(effective radiated power) , elevation (AMSL), antenna radiation pattern
are taken in consideration in determining the repeater pair assigned.
To make it as simple as possible to coordinate a repeater pair just follow these steps:
1) Email me a request for a repeater pair providing all the information except the "repeater pair" unless you have a preference which I will review to see if it is available and fits the criteria above, specify the band 2m or 70cm of which you are requesting coordination.
2) I will review request and correspond via email for the rest of the coordination process.
3) When you are notified of a assigned a frequency, it is NOT COORDINATED at that time but instead a reservation is made for you on that frequency pair. From date of notification, you have 6 months to put the repeater on the air for the specific information provided as you proposed in the request. If for some reason you are unable to get it on the air in that time, you can request a one time additional 6 month extension to continue your plans, if after the one year mark has passed and the repeater is not on the air, the frequency may be pulled back into the pool for re-allocation to others standing by on a waiting list.
4) Once the repeater is on the air you HAVE TO EMAIL ME notification that it is up and running and at that time when you receive an acknowledgement from me it will state it is officaly coordinated.
5) Every 2 years you must email me and update stating the repeater is still on the air. If I do not receive an email after 5 years the repeater will automatically be UNCOORDINATED.
73's Rick KH7O