On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Chuck Kelsey wrote: > I applaud the desire to build a "special event" 2-meter "portable" > repeater. I honestly think that most well-intentioned groups don't > understand the technical difficulty to accomplish this task without > spending a lot of money.
I think that a vast number of groups don't consider *where* they need communications and drop the repeater transmitter power accordingly while raising the antenna gain and directionality. If you're trying to talk up a mountain road, you can put the repeater at ground level and point it up the mountain with a small Yagi. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
