Over the past three weeks, we have been running the Reflector 1-C on our 2 meter D-Star repeater in Tucson pretty much all of the time. The load of good, interesting activity was great and people seemed to like it. It really showed people what D-Star was capable of and how people from all over the world were on using it. It was very unique and I know sparked high interest in D-Star. Over the past few days, I have had numerous complaints and they wish to have it taken down.
I hate to say this because my intention is not to offend anyone, but unfortunately I have to ask this question. If there another reflector we (interested repeater owners and users in general) could use which unofficially could be designated to discuss more D-Star and technical-related topics? The complaints have been that the same one or two people are constantly rag chewing at literally all hours of the day and night and go on forever. I know these are open to the ham community and anyone has a perfect right to use them. I personally have had no problem with it; they seem like nice, friendly people. I also know running a reflector on our local repeater is an optional thing. I just hate to stop doing it because I think it can be a good thing. Like I said, I hate to say anything at all. However, when I get no less than 15 emails and 3 phone calls in the past week complaining, I must act. I cannot imagine other cities doing what we have been doing are not getting similar complaints. Maybe we use 1-B or 1-A? Is anyone else interested? It would be so cool to have several cities "hooked up" with more Amateur Radio- related content. By the way... we are having some coverage issued with our "B" module, so moving it there or telling people to just make their calls on "B" is not really an option right now. How do any of you feel about this? Randy, KF0X Tucson, Arizona
