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I feel like I'm missing something, the document mentioned a lease, so I am wondering if these repeaters reside on Cal fire owned property, or owned towers. They

by kj4ips 7y ago

I feel like I'm missing something, the document mentioned a lease, so I am wondering if these repeaters reside on Cal fire owned property, or owned towers. They're not exactly small pieces of equipment, besides the mast and the actual radios, the filters (diplexer) take up quite a lot of space, and there's likely a generator on site as well. Regardless of land or tower ownership, the provided email doesn't have any timeline, which is somewhat unprofessional when we're talking about something that takes weeks to remove.

dragonwriter 7y ago
> Regardless of land or tower ownership, the provided email doesn't have any timeline, which is somewhat unprofessional when we're talking about something that takes weeks to remove. It also doesn't have actual lease cost, just some cost ranges for some administrative fees associated with the lease. It seems to be an attempt to determine if further discussion should be directed at developing a plan and timeline for removal or at setting up a lease, not being a notice to pay or leave by a set date.
philpem 7y ago
Depends on the kit you're running. A Hytera RD985 DMR/Analog mixed-mode duplexer is 2RU in height and the duplexer (a diplexer is a different thing) is internal if you buy the fitting kit. I have a Raycom analog repeater which is 1RU, including the internal duplexer and a basic repeater controller. If you want to use a beer-keg duplexer then yes, that'll cost more rackspace. Probably another 5-6RU. And if you insist on running an old, obsolete Motorola analog repeater (say, a Eurobase), you're into 3RU to start, plus the duplexer (the Moto standard ones of that era are usually 2-3RU).
jsjohnst 7y ago
> so I am wondering if these repeaters reside on Cal fire owned property The linked article is a terrible source sadly for understanding the full picture. Yes, the gear in question is located on state owned property and have been allowed there without anything more than a handshake agreement historically.

by kj4ips 7y ago

dragonwriter 7y ago

> Regardless of land or tower ownership, the provided email doesn't have any timeline, which is somewhat unprofessional when we're talking about something that takes weeks to remove. It also doesn't have actual lease cost, just some cost ranges for some administrative fees associated with the lease. It seems to be an attempt to determine if further discussion should be directed at developing a plan and timeline for removal or at setting up a lease, not being a notice to pay or leave by a set date.

philpem 7y ago

Depends on the kit you're running. A Hytera RD985 DMR/Analog mixed-mode duplexer is 2RU in height and the duplexer (a diplexer is a different thing) is internal if you buy the fitting kit. I have a Raycom analog repeater which is 1RU, including the internal duplexer and a basic repeater controller. If you want to use a beer-keg duplexer then yes, that'll cost more rackspace. Probably another 5-6RU. And if you insist on running an old, obsolete Motorola analog repeater (say, a Eurobase), you're into 3RU to start, plus the duplexer (the Moto standard ones of that era are usually 2-3RU).

jsjohnst 7y ago

> so I am wondering if these repeaters reside on Cal fire owned property The linked article is a terrible source sadly for understanding the full picture. Yes, the gear in question is located on state owned property and have been allowed there without anything more than a handshake agreement historically.