> -Converted mobile, that has been on the air for 4 years, when > you say continuous duty you mean on all the time.
He probably meant the repeater has never been removed from or been unavailable for service. > No repeater is on all the time, You haven't heard some of the Non-English repeaters in our metro areas with both IRLP and Echolink barking pretty much 24/7. Gives me a headache just to think their bad audio going non-stop... > however ours has been in use for hours at a time. So I would > ask what is you definition of a ham repeater in continuous use? One that is always available for service 24/7 and or what seems like 27/4 IRLP/Echolink Operation, which sometimes comes off as "continuous lock to talk" operation. s.
