Or, as one local Ham advised another, "turn up your power, your audio level is low." The other ham was nearly full quieting into the repeater.
Richard, N7TGB -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Finch Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:46 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Failure to communicate..... Or turn up your squelch, I can't hear you is another one! Paul -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim B. Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:22 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Failure to communicate..... Bob M. wrote: > "Hams that already know everything..." > > I think I've met a couple of those. They're the ones who tell you to > scrape all that ugly protective copper coating off the 1/2 inch > Heliax before you solder the center pin onto it. > > They're the ones that tell you "All the connectors on that thing over > there were loose, so I tightened them all up for you" and then you > find out that "that thing" was the hybrid ring duplexer on 2 meters, > and the "connectors" were the tuning rods that are now all the way > down into the cavities. > > They're the ones that tell you to put two 100 watt amplifiers in > series so you get 200 watts to the antenna. Ahh yes-the "tinfirgudbudy" crowd. Or as we like to call them, the 'light-bar brigade'. "Turn up your volume. I can't hear you"... |cP -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links 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/
