If something ain't right then you fight it and fix it. Toss 'em under the bus if that's what it takes, but to sit and do nothing (and/or complain about it) is pointless.
73, Mike WM4B _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cort Buffington Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Closed Repeaters Unless the state frequency coordinator is the one with all of the paper repeaters.... On Jul 26, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote: I'd love to hear how this plays out. Locally, we had great luck decoordinating a paper repeater and getting it recoordinated to us. All it took was a good relationship with our state coordinator and a little bit of time monitoring. We all understand that sometimes a system goes down and takes a bit longer to get operational again than we'd originally anticipated, but there are definitely repeaters out there. all over the US. that are paper only and will remain that way indefinitely unless we help. 73, Mike WM4B From: [email protected] [ <mailto:Repeater-> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Captainlance Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Closed Repeaters You are totally correct, it is not MetroCor's function to track down anyone, but if as you say you have such a list of paper repeaters, why not do everyone a service and send it to us? if you are really interested in the repeater community, you might consider volunteering some of your time to assist our organization in it's duties.We openly solicit any responsible amateur to assist us. Any open channels that we can confirm only allow someone else to gain their use and coordination. you would be doing a public service to the Amateur community here in NY/NJ lance N2HBA President, MetroCor, Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:[email protected]> rahwayflynn To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:24 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Closed Repeaters Mr. Alfieri, I understand you are a volunteer, and appreciate your efforts on behalf of the amateur community. I also understand that MetroCor does not have the resources to track down out-of-service machines, and depends on the honesty of the amateur to relinquish coordination when he takes a system permanently out of service. That being said, and with all due respect: Over a 60 day period, if I cannot bring up a coordinated repeater with a 125W Motorola Spectra sitting on top of a 50+ foot building into a unity gain antenna, using the PL codes published on the metrocor website, A) it does not exist, or B)is out of service. Martin --- In <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> [email protected], Captainlance <captainla...@...> wrote: > > WE would be very interested in your supplying us with the list of the "many paper repeaters" on 2m. in your area that you claim to be on 2 meters. > lance Alfieri > President, MetroCor, Inc. > _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - <http://www.avg.com> www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.31/2265 - Release Date: 07/26/09 17:59:00 -- Cort Buffington H: +1-785-838-3034 M: +1-785-865-7206
