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The MABG has been experiencing unexpectedly rapid growth lately. Our
informal handling of radio frequencies has not been up to the task. This
policy is intended to improve the situation and make it easier for
people from other clubs to determine if their channels are available for
use.
Overview
The MABG has a two phase system for gaining the right to exclusive use of
a radio channel. People wishing to gain access to a channel first reserve
the channel for their use. This allows builders to notify the other
members of their intent to use the channel. Once the boat is technically
certified for battle the reservation is considered an exclusive hold on
the channel.
Terms
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Reservation:
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The channel is not actively being used today but will be in the near future
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Exclusive hold:
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The channel may only be used for this specific ship unless the ship's owner grants someone else permission.
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Available channel:
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Any channel that is not reserved or exclusively held.
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Process of Reserving a Channel
Any person may reserve an available channel for their exclusive use.
However, the person must declare what ship the channel will be used on
and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the XO, CO or TO that they already
have the hull or are making significant progress building one. At this
point the person is said to have reserved the channel.
Once a channel is reserved no other boats may attempt to reserve that
channel or be granted an exclusive hold on the channel. However,
reserved channels are available for use at meets. Visitors are allowed
to use reservered channels until an exclusive hold on the channel is granted.
Reservations last until the boat is completed and certified or
twelve months, whichever occurs first. The reservation may be extended
if the CO and TO both agree to the extension. However, the TO and/or
CO may place conditions about construction progress for the reservation
to remain in effect.
Only one boat can have a channel reserved or exclusively held at a
time. Each boat can only have one channel reserved or exclusively held.
Gaining an Exclusive Hold
Once a boat is technically certified the channel is considered
exclusively held by that boat. The channel remains held until the
boat is sold out of the club, the current owner releases the channel,
or the twelve consecutive months pass with the boat not participating
in a regular club event.
Exclusive Holds:
Once a channel is held for a boat that boat has the exclusive right
to that channel. It is up to the owner of that boat it they will
allow someone else to use the channel. Every effort will be made to
accommodate visitors with channel conflicts but it is at the
discretion of the owner of the boat for which the channel is held.
| Ship |
Channel |
Owner |
Last Battled |
| Bismarck |
11 |
John Roberts |
August 2005 |
| Mushashi |
33 |
Brian Dunmire |
August 2005 |
| Admiral Scheer |
37 |
David Traub |
October 2005 |
| Lutzow |
37 |
Michael Buccheri |
August 2005 |
| Gascoigne |
40 |
Brian Dunmire |
August 2005 |
| King George V |
51 |
William Harris |
August 2005 |
| Missouri |
56 |
Charles Morello / Alex Predoehl |
August 2005 |
| Battlecruiser Lion |
57 |
Byron Robertson |
August 2005 |
| Battleship Lion |
60 |
Brian Alexander |
August 2005 |
| Lumpy |
66 |
Mike Horne |
August 2005 |
| Hood |
72 |
Mark Bunting |
October 2005 |
| Abdiel |
75 |
Mark Bunting |
August 2005 |
| Verdun |
76 |
Eric Kliever |
August 2005 |
| Reluctant |
78 |
Mark Bunting |
August 2005 |
| Gniesenau |
81 |
Mike Horne |
August 2005 |
| Komet |
86 |
Eric Kliever |
August 2005 |
Channel Reservations:
Reservations do not impact what channels are available for a meet. If a
boat arrives to a meet using a channel that has a reservation then that
boat may use that channel with the referee's approval. This allows
visitors from other clubs to continue using channels that are not yet
actively in use while keeping members from building boats using the same channels.
If you plan to use one of these channels at a meet it is strongly recommended
that you notify the TO and CO beforehand. They will know if the ship is
scheduled for certification or if other people had also asked to use the channel.
| Ship |
Channel |
Owner |
Reserved |
| Mogador |
12 |
Drew Morgan |
August 2005 |
| New Jersey |
19 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
| North Carolina |
20 |
Matt McLauchlin |
August 2005 |
| Pennsylvania |
24 |
Brian Dunmire |
August 2005 |
| South Dakota |
35 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
| Indianapolis |
36 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
| Scharnhorst |
61 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
| Belgian Tenacity |
63 |
Rob Coopman |
August 2005 |
| Rodney |
64 or 65 |
Rob Coopman |
August 2005 |
| Deutchland |
68 |
Chip Lindenmayer |
May 2005 |
| LST-?? |
70 |
William Harris |
August 2005 |
| Jerimiah O’Brien |
74 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
| Annapolis |
89 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
| Scharnhorst II |
90 |
Rob Fristrom |
August 2005 |
Note Quite Reserved:
The following channels have not really been reserved for a ship yet but
members are known to own radios on these channels and they are likely
to be reserved between updates of this list. It is not recommended that
anyone else by radios on these channels.
| Channel |
Owner |
| 25 |
Rob Fristrom |
| 62 |
Mark Bunting |
| 62 |
George Morgan |
| 77 |
Mark Bunting |
Some members have spare crystals for their radios in case of an unexpected
conflict.
| Channel |
Owner |
| 66 |
Mark Bunting |
| 91 |
Mark Bunting |
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