On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, MCH wrote: > Yea - like the majority of hams are going to buy replacement rigs, or > (trying not to burst a seam) modify their rigs for SNFM! > > These are the folks who can't even install a CTCSS encoder if their life > depending on it!
What he said. When I got into ham radio, some fifteen years ago, PL was a "big" deal for the vocal minority who didn't want to spend money on a PL-capable radio. Recently, I took part in a service event and it marked what I believe to be the first time in thirty years that a service event has used local repeaters with CTCSS enabled on the repeater. We didn't lose any participants when it was enabled. > Besides, D-STAR policies have been in place in most areas for quite > some time, now, and they are very similar to SNFM. D-Star is just another repeater, and a new technology, needs to be afforded a chance to grow. Beyond that, it's still just another repeater. So sure, cancel a paper repeater to give it a proper pair, but once you've got one allocated, I wouldn't bother to make alterations to the order of coordination. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[email protected]> But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility. --rly
