[Elecraft] HOA Crap

[Phil Kane]

On 6/28/2021 8:52 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:

> I've got a Kenwood D-Star HT, but there are only a few repeaters I can use
> it on, and they get all grouchy if I change what reflector it's talking to.
> I've had them reset it in mid-QSO.

Our ARES group fell for the ICOM D-STAR story about 10 years ago, even 
got the county to spring for several repeaters.  One is on the air 
unused for the most part except by one or two diehards and the other 
sits in the warehouse in  the original boxes.

That's why I was hesitant when the local SAR  group (not affiliated with 
ARES) went with DMR lately and several of our ARES leadership tried DMR. 
  Long story short - I've been active on DMR for the last month or so, 
split time between nets and QSOs on various TalkGroups using both the 
one repeater that I can reach using a 5-w hand-held inside my apartment 
and the SkyBridge HotSpot where I can talk to the world.  My first QSO 
was with a ham in the UK!  There are plenty of DMR repeaters on the West 
Coast that are all linked up.

I wish that I could do that with my K2 and I miss doing so.  But I'm 
still keeping it and occasionally see who I can contact with a dummy 
load...   :-)  (There's one guy in the neighborhood who claims that he 
can read me when I use 100 W into MFJ's "finest".)

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon