Can the repeater council refuse to provide a frequency when asked to do so, especially when all the good frequencies seem to be taken ?
A. A repeater council’s purpose is to recommend frequencies when requested to do so. When there are many repeaters or other systems in an area on the band you want to use and there are no ‘clear’ frequencies available, you may be asked to share a frequency with one or more existing systems. When this is the case, you can use one or more techniques such as subaudible tones on your input and output frequencies to reduce interaction with other systems sharing the frequency. Another alternative you might be asked to consider is the use of a different amateur band. In many areas the 144 and 440 MHz bands are congested. In these areas you should consider using the 50 or 220 MHz bands, or even higher bands for your system. The availability of cheap 2 meter or 440 MHz radios is not considered a good reason for adding to the pileup on the ‘popular bands’, especially when other bands are relatively underutilized. There are many benefits to the other bands such as lack of ‘intermod’ interference
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