Regional Coordination Assistants, or RCAs, will be entrusted with the responsibility of:

Working closely with applicants in their designated region to ensure all W.P.R.C.  forms are filled out completely and correctly.

Assisting applicants in finding a frequency that may be available for their proposed operation. RCAs will help by eliminating frequencies that are
    obvious denials. The final choices must be the applicants!

Periodically verifying the continued operational status of systems within their designated region.

Verifying the operational status of systems that are in the initial stages of coordination or have been reported off the air.

Notifying the Frequency Coordinator of changes in the operational status of systems in their region.

Helping to document cases of interference to or from systems within their region.

Providing technical assistance (within reason) to trustees if requested by the trustee.

Providing assistance in locating interfering signals if requested by the trustee.

Informing repeater trustees of any significant technical problems discovered such as exceeding W.P.R.C. standards for frequency tolerance or deviation,spurious transmitters, or poor receiver sensitivity.

Acting as a liaison between the Frequency Coordinator and repeater trustees in their designated region.

Assisting repeater trustees in maintaining their coordination status by encouraging the submission of call sign changes, or other coordination parameters.

Performing other appropriate duties as requested by the Frequency Coordinator.



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