I think it's time to kiss our little useless things we do on that side and say hello to radio again. After all, what are you *really* accomplishing?
For those of you who are really doing all they can, this message is not for you. It's for those that say they are so busy. So busy with what? Really, ask yourself, what makes you sooo busy that you cannot get on the air at home or in the car? Even for five damn minutes? On this military installation, no antennas on the house allowed and handheld in the hole I live in don't make for good TX/RX range. But you bet that every time I get in the car, even at 5:45AM, I put out my callsign. Everytime. If you have an extenuating; roger, got it. But for the rest of you? Get on the air you just give your stuff to someone who will. No reply needed, just roll your sleeves up, get on the air, and do something to get others to follow suit. ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 16:46 -0700, Paul Plack wrote: > This is an interesting debate. Anyone who builds a repeater finds > satisfaction when it attracts a community of users - "A warm heatsink > is a happy heatsink." But many users seem to favor repeaters with > little traffic, allowing unobtrusive monitoring for their friends. > > Low usage is a time bomb in an age of growing demand for bandwidth. > IRLP could be one answer, but the reflectors seem to attract lots of > chatter which isn't very interesting to hear. I've turned the rig off > many times when I heard hams swapping S-meter reports. > > IRLP could be really neat for special interest nets. I've often > thought it would be great to have something equivalent to the old > ECARS 40m net for mobiles. I'd welcome the company when driving long > distances at night. > > I suppose APRS will have to become more fully developed before we'll > be able to easily find nets while transient. > > Perhaps this will be the real "killer app" for D*. A mobile net that > utilizes automated frequency-hopping to work like satellite broadcast > radio on long drives would be awesome. > > 73, > Paul, AE4KR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John J. Riddell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - > what are you going to do about it? > > > Benjamin, > The sparse activity seems to be everywhere.....One suggestion > is to > add IRLP to your repeater. When there is no local activity > there always > seems to be someone listening on the various reflectors all > over the world > and you can chat with them. > > Some time back, I was driving to pick up my wife from work at > 7 PM > here in Ontario, and I came across a fellow Ham in Japan who > was also > driving > but it was 7 AM in the morning there. > > IRLP activity would certainly be of interest to anyone > listening to our > Ham repeaters on a scanner and it may just be the "spark" to > get them > interested > in becoming a Ham. > > The inventor of IRLP is a Canadian Ham and is a member of this > list, VE7LTD > > 73 John VE3AMZ (A Ham for 50 years) > Waterloo, Ontario > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benjamin L. Naber" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:47 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - > what are you > going to do about it? > > > So after reading a few messages, I began to think, what is > each person > > who gets these messages now going to do about it? > > > > I guess you have a few options. > > > > Sit on your butt in front of the idiot box like 90% of all > Americans and > > not do anything but complain. > > -Or- > > Do something about like going attending club meetings and > begin public > > service events. The ARRL has a lot of getting involved with > amateur > > radio. I read it about five years ago and to this day I > still do what I > > can which my military time consuming job allows - I still go > on the air, > > even if it's on the rid home.. > > > > Read my article in June/July 2004 QST. > > > > Unless you have a positive thing you are going do, then > never mind this > > post and do not reply. > > > > ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
