The Grinch emailed me direct to say say he has the following plans for you in 2008:
[The Unofficial list] A simplex repeater "parrot" on your previously dead quiet input frequency. A new high-power co-channel repeater in the next county operating in carrier squelch on your frequency. Just to make sure you're paying attention he's got a whiz bang repeater controller speaking the time, id and IRLP info every 9 minutes. ... and his receiver squelch is set way too loose. A Karaoke Mic used weekends in the local bar on your 224 Repeater input frequency. Lots of free previously-used LMR-400 Coax given away to the locals for all high powered repeater systems who can install it quick... Two or more old-timer operators on your repeater who love to talk about their medical problems in depth. Pav-Paws Radar for the rest of the Country or an EPLRS System for those who miss out on the nearby Pav-Paws fun. American Tower wakes up from their coma and starts doing detailed site audits. Bootleg High-power FRS Radios for the kids on your local GMRS repeater input. ... with ctcss encode of course. The co-located Broadcast Station increases power. AT&T becomes your Phone Company. American Tower becomes the Owner Manager at your Repeater Site. Motorola buys into your radio company of choice... Narrow banding and D-Star to those with much spare time and money on their hands. IBOC Broadcast Radio for the masses... HD-TV actually displaces Analog TV from the air like they say it's going to happen. Hillary eyes a post at the FCC after her failed presidential run. Jingtong, Quansheng or Feidaxin start making low cost repeater equipment (with the same muffled tx-audio as supplied with their portable radios). MFJ starts manufacturing & selling repeater equipment... Someone gives your group a large number of old prom and eprom programmed radios. You get routed through Chicago O'Hare when going to Dayton 2008. The computer in your vehicle has a nice harmonic on your radio frequency of choice. You move to another location only to find another birdie on the new frequency. And of course... one of the local drunk trouble-making ham has a tape recorder on your repeater input frequency and has figured out most of your repeater controller commands. Happy 2008 says (emails) the Grinch... cheers, :-)
