Occasionally I have people tell me something like "you should do this or that to your repeater, then a lot more people would be using your repeater".
I have had my repeaters be quite busy at times, and hardly used at times. My personal preference is for it to be closer to the "hardly used". My repeater systems are designed with emergency services in mind, & I don't like listening to CONSTANT chatter coming across my repeaters. I usually list my repeaters as "closed" repeaters to help detour the rag-chewers, but I *rarely* enforce the "closed" status. In contrast, I have a repeater in Iowa that is listed as open & is the only repeater in the area with a emergency alert receiver tied into it. The repeater controller does several attention getting things when an alert starts, and the courtesy beep is a "W" in morse until the alert goes away. Despite all these things on the Iowa repeater, because I only spend most of my time out of state from Iowa, some people get the idea that it is a closed repeater. Coming to you LIVE from the NAB convention in Las Vegas!!!! John Mackey, KS0F Neil McKie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you may have observed in the past, I prefer to monitor a quiet > repeater. The quieter the better. If it gets used a lot, I'll be > listening elsewhere. > > If you want a repeater system to be available for emergency use, > you need to understand not everyone will pay attention to useless > chatter (to hear anyone talk) day in and day out. > > There is a nearby repeater that was installed especially for ARES, > Skywarn and related activities. It seldom gets 'noisy' ... thank > you very, very much. :) > > Just a personal opinion here. I have been listening to > miscellaneous 'chatter' on various repeaters in excess of 40 years. > Now, finally, I have decided to chose what I will listen to ... and > what I won't. > > Neil McKie - WA6KLA > > > > Coy Hilton wrote: > > > > Please define "Crap". Who's to judge what is "crap" and what is > > a "normal" QSO other than the folks involved. We had Echolink on our > > club repeater for a while, and most every one in the range of the > > repeater monitored it and used it. It was in use about 6 hours per > > day and every one that used it loved it. Then the "trustee' who had > > not listened to the machine nor had it serviced in more than a year > > happened on to the freq one day and heard it and blew a head gasket. > > He made the statement that he "Hated Echolink" and pulled the plug. > > Even after the entire club had, some 6 months earlier, voted to put > > echolink on the repeater. This has caused a rift in the club. Now > > the repeater stands idly by now, with little or no use and hardly > > anyone monitoring. And is useless even for the emergency that it > > stands in waite for. > > > > Most QSOs that hams have, would be considered "crap" to most non- > > hams. > > > > We need, to add more technology to our hobby and develop it more > > and more, to interest more people to becoming hams. And we need also > > to stop making it more and more easy to pass the exams. > > Respectfully Submitted. > > AC0Y > > > > --- In [email protected], "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > With the advent of IRLP, Echolink, VOIP and other > > > linking schemes... some repeaters broadcast crap > > > all day long. Does a good job of chasing the regular > > > locals, who like to monitor a quiet repeater off the > > > machine. > > > > > > PA duty cycle in excess of 80%, content worth > > > listening to < 2%. Ego of the repeater owner > > > /control op, in excess of 115%. > > > > > > cheers, > > > skipp > > > > > > > > I'm assuming you are talking about a Ham radio > > > > > installation? The BUSIEST repeater around here > > > > > *might* get 10% use during an average day, and that > > > > > estimation is probably high (2.4 hours a day?). > > > > > Tedd Doda, VE3TJD Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
