[GreenKeys] 2m/70cm repeater net

[Ralph Mowery]

It looks like you are under the rules similar to the ones in the US about 30
to 40 years ago.  For a while in the 1970's we had to license repeaters
under the call of WRnxxx.  There had to be map circles drawn and out to so
many miles the height of the antenna above average ground level calculated.
After a few years the FCC relaxed the rules and now the repeaters are not
regulated very much.  Anyone can just put up one anywhere they want and
stick their own call on it.  Not much difference in just setting up your
home station.  

When I got into RTTY there was a RTTY repeater on our 220 MHz band with
about 20 users.  After a while the users dropped out and the repeater went
off the air.  

Now in the US in many areas the 2 meter and 440 MHz bands are filled up and
there is sort of a priority of giving any pair that opens up to the digital
voice type repeaters.

Ralph ku4pt


-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2021 2:07 AM
To: Greenkeys
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] 2m/70cm repeater net

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021, Daniel Jones wrote:

> A bunch of us down here in SoCal are experimenting with using 2m/70cm 
> repeaters to start a local RTTY net.

Dunno about USA, but here down-under you'd get strung up by the nuts if 
you tried that on a voice repeater; for starters it would likely be 
illegal.

That said, there was a mixed voice/RTTY repeater in Sydney; I have no idea 
whether it's still operating, as RTTY (on other than HF) is all but dead 
and I'm no longer in Sydney.

Quickly checks the callbook: nope, VK2RTY is gone...

(Here in Oz, repeaters are separately licenced and are administered by a 
club or other organisation; they, along with beacons, have the callsigns 
VKnRxx.)

-- Dave VK2KFU