[GVARC] Menu system in W6GGF/R - Your thoughts?

[Frank Fahrlander]

Hi all,

At the last club meeting it was suggested that I give everyone a listing of
the voice menu system words that have been set into the repeater.  Here they
are.  Any suggestions are welcome.

Let me know what you think.

   73,   frank



00 Menu:

"For information on repeater commands please enter 01, for repeater status
enter 02, for voice mail information enter 03, for information about the
Garlic Valley Amateur Radio Club enter 04, for information about Amateur
Radio Emergency Services enter 05, for public service events enter 06, for
member announcements enter 07, for city information enter 08, and for
emergency status enter 09"

01 Menu

"Enter 911 to report an emergency
To turn off the PL tone for the next 15 minutes please enter 66
To see how well you are being heard by the repeater please use command 36.
Enter 36 and un-key. Then key-up and say a few words. The repeater will echo
back what you have said.
To get the current time of day, enter 39"

02 Menu

"The W6GGF repeater is located at 900 feet elevation on the east side of the
south valley. It is owned and operated by the Garlic Valley Amateur Radio
Club, a nonprofit organization that serves the amateur community of South
Santa Clara Valley area.
W6GGF supports emergency communications for south Santa Clara Valley. An
Amateur Radio Emergency Services net convenes each Tuesday at 7:30 PM, local
time. Visitors are always welcome. In the event that W6GGF is unavailable,
the Morgan Hill simplex frequency will be 144.345. That�s 144.345.  The
Gilroy simplex frequency will be 144.450. That's 144.450."

03 Menu

"The W6GGF voice mail system supports public and private mail.  All mail is
readable by everyone, however, so these words are used to just designate how
messages are stored. Public mail is stored in a common mailbox that can hold
up to 9 messages total.  Private mail is stored by autodial slot. A single
message is limited to a maximum of 30 seconds in length.
To check the public mailbox contents, enter 82. The repeater plays back the
recorded addressee for each message in the mailbox. Count them as they are
played so you can select one particular message by its order in the list. To
listen to a particular message, enter 83 followed by the sequence number of
the message. For example, to read the third public mailbox message listed,
enter 833.
To record a public mailbox message, enter 81 and <<un-key>>. The repeater
will ask you who the message is for. Key-up and just say the name or call of
the person and un-key. You will then be prompted to record the message.
After a short pause, the repeater will confirm that the message was stored.
After reading a particular public mailbox message, immediately entering 84
causes that message to be erased. All other public messages are retained.
After a short pause, the repeater will confirm that the message has been
erased. Note that the messages following the one erased will have a sequence
numbers that are now 1 number less."

04 Menu

"The Garlic Valley Amateur Radio Club meets on the last Saturday of each
month at the Sunrise Restaurant which is located on Monterey street where it
meets US-101 south of Gilroy. This is a breakfast meeting with separate
checks and lots of good food on the menu. Arrive at 8am. A short informal
meeting is held about 9am. Member show and tell items are always
appreciated. Guests are always welcome.
The Garlic Valley Amateur Radio Club dues are $20 per year. The GVARC club
president is Frank, N7FF at slot 036. The GVARC club treasurer is Tony,
AD6ID at slot 084. The GVARC club secretary is Mark, KG6IFQ at slot 014 and
the club's newsletter is distributed on line by Tony, AD6ID and there is a
club web page at www.qsl.net/gvarc. That's www.qsl.net/gvarc."

05 Menu

"For information on Amateur Radio Emergency Services activity in the Gilroy
area contact Mike, KB6PDA slot 047. For information on ARES activity in
Morgan Hill or general information about ARES in south county contact Frank,
N7FF at slot 036 or Wayne, KD6HMJ at slot 054."

06 Menu

"There are no public service events to announce at this time"

07 Menu

"This menu item is currently unavailable"

08 Menu

"There is no local information to report at this time"

09 Menu

"No emergency conditions exist at the present time"