Nate, If you leave the repeater on all day, but block calls from anyone but a few friends, what has changed? Someone throwing out his callsign will still find the room empty.
The APRS reference was to newer rigs which can work with local repeater directories distributed by APRS, and display options on their front panels. Manual frequency-hopping only lets you follow nets as you drive if you know the next node to tune, its PL tone, etc. On your other suggestion, if there was a RB net on IRLP, I'd be very motivated to be there! 73, Paul, AE4KR ----- Original Message ----- From: Nate Duehr To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it? One way to accomodate both is fancy CTCSS schemes, or in the case of D-STAR, the coded squelch features. If you want to hear, you do... if you don't you don't, but you leave the rig on for calls... APRS is the "continuous net", it's always there on 144.39 in most metropolitan areas -- what do you mean? It's not really designed for a round-table, really. Recent Activity a.. 15New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups Going Green Zone Resources for a greener planet. Resources for a greener you. Sell Online Start selling with our award-winning e-commerce tools. Yahoo! Groups Stay healthy and discover other people who can help. .
