Very well said, Nate,
Neil - WA6KLA
Nate Duehr wrote:
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> Jim B. wrote:
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> >Doesn't matter-in fact a repeater that's tied up all day with chatter
> >isn't available for emergency communications. Plus the more time it
> >spends keyed up, the less time till something fails.
> >
> >
> Dang... I better go turn my alarm clock off so I can save it for a day
> when I really need to get up in the morning.
>
> Or maybe I better go tell the local RBOC switch guys that they can't
> provide 911 service through a busy #5ESS... all those electrons flowing
> from the normal phone calls might wear it out!
>
> Or maybe I should tell the police and fire dispatchers to "save" their
> repeaters for a really bad day?
>
> LOL... I hope you were joking, because that was a really funny
> statement. If it wasn't intended as a joke, it was supremely ignorant
> of how electronics work... design the thing for 100% duty cycle and
> forget about how much traffic it gets, designed right -- it doesn't
> matter in the slightest how much activity it gets.
>
> Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - WY0X
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