A Note From Your Director
Coordination is a process of working together to maximize our enjoyment of this great hobby of ham radio. Your SERA coordinator works with repeater owners and trustees to help select operating frequencies and other parameters so that repeaters can co-exist with minimum interference to each other’s users. The SERA has carefully developed Band Plans and Coordination Polices and Procedures that prospective repeater applicants should review. Then application is made through the SERA Universal Coordination System software portal. Having said that, please realize that coordinating a new two-meter repeater in Kentucky is very difficult, especially for traditional analog usage. The two-meter band is essentially full. We can probably accommodate your request for other bands, and there are some possibilities for the narrow-band digital-only modes even on two meters.
Repeater owners, please update your UCS record with any changes to your contact information or to your repeater’s data so that our listings and coordination efforts can be accurate. I know that several systems have recently upgraded to Yaesu System Fusion or DMR mixed-mode systems, for example. And please remember to do your annual re-confirmation of system operation.
We encourage your membership and support of the SERA. Repeater owners or trustees may join as Full Members; repeater users may join as Associate Members. Members receive the quarterly Repeater Journal with lots of news and with fresh repeater listings. Membership application can be done online or with a paper form mailed in. See the Membership page for more information. Thank you and 73,
Bill KJ4W
State Director & Frequency Coordinator
| Bill Call, KJ4W SERA Kentucky Director Coordinating Western Kentucky 1515 Coles Campground Road Murray KY 42071 (270) 753-7870 – (home) (270) 293-0068 – (cell) kj4w@sera.org |
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Repeater Journal Correspondent
| Greg Walters, KY4GW SERA Repeater Journal Correspondent ky4gw@sera.org  |
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