Thanks again, Ken. That is exactly what I was looking for. I believe there are some other folks who lay claim to the 'father of repeaters', too.
In all honesty, it looks like it happened in steps - with Art being the first (perhaps) to put up the first fully automatic repeater. Even that article quotes him as knowing of another system which was automatic but manned. Joe M. Ken Arck wrote: > > At 07:56 PM 6/25/2007, you wrote: > > >What country are you in? > > > >The first amateur repeater in Canada was VE3RPT in 1965, which is still > >on the air but now in its forth (soon to be fifth) incarnation. > > <---Sorry but no :-) > > http://www2.arrl.org/qst/2004/03/pasterna.pdf > > Ken > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. > http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ > Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and > we offer complete repeater packages! > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > http://www.irlp.net > "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!" > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
