> ... 146.94 was the de-facto standard repeater channel
> that was perfect for the traveling ham because every
> city had a repeater on that pair.
The song remains the same but now in most Metro Areas
every repeater pair is taken... and few are honestly
generating any decent local (notice I didn't write IRLP
or Echo-link) user traffic.
> BTW...I still have some Progline crystals just in
> case anyone wants to try a "new" repeater ;-)
hmmmm... tempting but!
I can't tell you how many GE Master Pro Repeaters I'd
have in operation if I wasn't the one paying the power
bill.
Still... a Master Pro Receiver runs on 10 and 12 Volts
(it's solid state) and has one heck of a great receiver
so they could easily stay in operation (and often do...)
I believe the Prog Receivers are also tube..? The only
tubes I really want to light up are in guitar and vintage
audio amplifiers with the other exception of high power
RF Amplifiers for the HF War Zone(s) operation. Kind of
the de-facto standard on some of the lower bands.
s.
