Well put Coy, Neil - WA6KLA
Coy Hilton wrote: > > HI Nick, > I'm going to say this as nicely as I can. > "Mobile repeaters" are for the most part, completely useless. Most > coordinators want to know exactly where you are going to put your > repeater before they will Coordinate a Freequency pair. Mobile > repeters are at their best as emergency repeaters for remote > locations in disasters, or special events. > > Second, There are now in most places.....medium to large cities, Way > more repeaters than necessary, and nearly as many as there are hams. > That means MOST machines that people put large amounts of money and > time into NEVER get used. > > Third, If you have to ask for detailed info on how to obtain parts, > put togeather and how a repeater works you are not ready to own a > repeater. You should study, read a lot of old posts from this site, > and ask local hams in your area about building and owning repeaters, > before thinking about owning a repeater. There are already too many > repeater owners that aren't technical enough to own a repeater and > thier machines sound like ...well, crap. If you are serious about > owning a decent machine and put the time into it that it deserves, > and when you can answer the questions that you asked in your post > then GOOD LUCK! > > 73 > AC0Y > > --- In [email protected], "ncamilli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi. I am new to building/owning my own repeater. What is needed to > > complete a mobile repeater? What parts do I need, where can I buy > > them, and how much will it run me? Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > > Nick > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > 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/
