OK, that will work. Then again, many amateur transceivers have a "simpleton mode" that only allows volume, squelch & memory channel adjustment. Might be a cheaper & more flexible solution since the radio can still be easily reprogrammed by anyone who does know the radio.
Bob NO6B At 3/26/2008 19:39, you wrote: >Ya, you CAN program 100 or more repeaters into most current commercial >rigs, and alpha tag them as well. > >Michael >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:34:57 >To:[email protected] >Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Off Topic, trying not to re-invent >the wheel... > > >At 3/26/2008 08:14, you wrote: > > >Maybe you haven't been to a test session lately. Since > >the FCC et al lowered the standards and did away with > >Morse Code entirely, the quality of the new operators > >is a lot lower than you might want to acknowledge. > >Sure, the guys who have been hams since the 1970s > >probably know which end of a tube to plug in, and can > >figure many things out. But who's gonna show up to > >volunteer? All the new guys with zero experience who > >see the event as public relations and glory. > > W.r.t. the primary public service event I'm involved with (LA Marathon), we > simply don't allow untrained individuals to volunteer; pre-event training > is mandatory. > > >I agree that commercial rigs are a lot more foolproof, > >and if new repeaters come on the air that often, then > >someone will just have to keep up with programming > >them. > > This has nothing to do with "new repeaters". Out of all the repeaters > serving the area, can you predict which ones will still be on the air after > a disaster? If not, can you program every single one of them into your > commercial radios? Around here it would amount to nearly 100 repeaters > just on 2 meters. > > > Not really a big deal. In some areas of the > >country, the only bands capable of accepting new > >repeaters aren't covered by commercial equipment > >anyway, so it's a non-issue for things like 1296 MHz. > > I guess the other areas can speak for themselves w.r.t. "allowing" new > repeaters. Here in SoCal there are new repeaters hitting the airwaves > nearly every month. > > Bob NO6B
