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![]() Welcome to the web site of the Arizona Repeater Owners Frequency Coordination Committee a subcommittee of the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona We interface with and cooperate with adjacent state certified coordinators for all near border coordinations.
Why would we mess with something that has been in place for many years? The main reason is to preserve spectrum. Secondarily to streamline the job of coordination. (Remember, we are volunteers with jobs and families.) There are many frequencies that are not available because of another pair on the reverse. This same issue makes coordination much more difficult because of the number of scenarios that need to be checked. It is with those things in mind that we came up the current proposed changes. Luckily, many in the amateur community spotted issues that either were not addressed or that the changes might cause problems. So, we will take the input have so far, plus any additional thoughts and suggestions submitted with “440 band plan” as the subject to see if we can come up with better modifications to the existing plan. There will be no voting or discussion of this at the DeVry Hamfest repeater owners meeting (04/08/2023) until we have something better to offer. Please submit additional comments to: coordinators@azfreqcoord.org For reference, here is a link to current, proposed and historic bandplans on the : bandplan page.
The Frequency Coordination Committee e-mail address is: ![]() Please do not post this address on any web page without express permission from the coordination committee. However, you may freely link to this web page.
The Frequency Coordination Committee of the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona is a group of volunteer amateur radio operators who work to provide coordination services to the amateur radio community in Arizona. Coordination is performed for vhf and uhf frequencies to be used for repeater, digital and point to point operations. This service is available for amateur radio frequencies from 29 MHz and up.
The chairperson of the committee is appointed by the ARCA membership and is ratified by
the repeater owners at their annual meeting each July at the Williams hamfest. The chairperson of
the committee then choses the remainder of the coordinators. The FCC gives preference to coordinated repeaters in interference situations (part 97.205), so it is to the advantage of anyone wishing to construct a repeater in the Amateur Radio Service to avail him or herself of the work of a NFCC certified coordinator serving the area where the repeater will be located. The Frequency Coordination Committee of the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona is a charter member of the NFCC (The National Frequency Coordinator's Council)
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