Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-23 Thread Nate Duehr
Paul Plack wrote: 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. Well, they could always hit and hold the EMR (probably originally meant to be Emergency mode,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-22 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it? Benjamin, The sparse activity seems to be everywhere.One suggestion is to add IRLP to your repeater. When there is no local activity there always seems to be someone listening

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-22 Thread Paul Plack
: Nate Duehr To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com 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

[Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-17 Thread Benjamin L. Naber
So after reading a few messages, I began to think, what is each person who gets these messages now going to do about it? I guess you have a few options. Sit on your butt in front of the idiot box like 90% of all Americans and not do anything but complain. -Or- Do something about like going

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-17 Thread John J. Riddell
:47 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it? So after reading a few messages, I began to think, what is each person who gets these messages now going to do about it? I guess you have a few options. Sit on your butt in front

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-17 Thread Paul Plack
17, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it? Benjamin, The sparse activity seems to be everywhere.One suggestion is to add IRLP to your repeater. When there is no local activity there always seems to be someone

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-17 Thread Benjamin L. Naber
- From: John J. Riddell To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it? Benjamin

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-17 Thread Nate Duehr
Paul Plack wrote: This is an interesting debate. Anyone who builds a repeater finds satisfaction when it attracts a community of users - A warm heatsink is a happy heatsink. But many users seem to favor repeaters with little traffic, allowing unobtrusive monitoring for their friends. One

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur Radio Repeater Usage - what are you going to do about it?

2008-12-17 Thread Nate Duehr
Benjamin L. Naber wrote: For those of you who are really doing all they can, this message is not for you. It's for those that say they are so busy. So busy with what? Really, ask yourself, what makes you sooo busy that you cannot get on the air at home or in the car? Even for five damn