This is not to minimize Repeater-Builder and other good sites that are a tremendous resource of information that would be difficult, or impossible, to obtain in times past; however having the answer to most every obstacle takes some of the fun and challenge out of the process. It's almost become a "cookbook" experience. Having to scrounge all over He??'s half acre for answers to the obstacle at hand was part of the challenge and resulted in an enormous sense of accomplishment when the answer finally was found. Yeah it's easy and more sure, but a lot of the "mystery" is gone. Just my 2cents. Tom
--- In [email protected], Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amen to that !!! 40 years ago would have been even better - (if there had been an internet) > > 73 - Jim W5ZIT > > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, JOHN MACKEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: JOHN MACKEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] just thinking > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 7:55 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > I was just thinking about what a terrific resource this forum is for repeater > > building. > > > > When I first started building repeaters in the late 1980's & early 1990's, I > > had to figure out everything myself or hope that someone in my handful of > > technical oriented friends would know the answer. > > > > For example; I remember in about 1993 trying to set up my 2 meter repeater to > > encode 2 different PL tones at the same time. I eventually figured out how to > > do it, but I spent a lot of time figuring it out. Today, we just ask that > > question on this forum and someone can explain how to make it work. > > > > I wish this forum and the repeater builder website had been around 20 years > > ago! >
