> Having a very high-level flamethrower repeater around is not only
> a great communications resource... if the hardware operates well
> it's also impressive on your technical resume and a lot of fun to
> operate.
So in other words, it's just an ego trip. These repeaters are commonly
known as Alligators.
We in downstate Illinois suffer from the two meter glut of RF out of
Chicago. There they have repeaters there with dozens of receiver sites and
multi-kilowatt ERP transmitters, usually running about half scale 150 miles
away. But we cannot get into their systems running legal power. But they say
they have "balanced systems"? What a crock!
If a repeater is full scale and I can't get into it with 150 watts then
something is very wrong!
Al, K9SI
