[HCARC] Monday Night HCARC Net 27 Nov 17

Tue Nov 28 09:38:10 EST 2017

Yes, I could do that.
I could use my top of the mast 2 M gain antenna (55 ft. + 18 ft.) which I normally use for APRS.
And with 100 w. from the TS2000 I could surely be heard over the area.
We'll find out how many can change their radio to simplex. I would have to be able to listen on the repeater input side as well.
That brings up another problem: turning the repeater off/on by remote control.  Hello Gerry?

Hv

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kerry Sandstrom
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:25 AM
To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net; kerryk5ks at hughes.net
Subject: [HCARC] Mondat Night HCARC Net 27 Nov 17

Last nights net was a disaster due to problems with the repeater.  We've talked about having a net that doesn't use the repeater.  I think its time to really look into this now.  We could , in the absence of repeater problems set aside one week a month to run a net without the repeater.  In addition, whenever the repeater is not working properly we could fall back to the net without a repeater.  Yes, there will be some who won't be able to check-in.  Perhaps this net will encourage them to upgrade their station so they can check-in.  The simplest approach would be to run a net on 146.98 simplex.  That way, if the repeater is having a problem, it is just turned off and we all use .98 simplex for the net.  That way people will hear activity on the normal net frequency whether the repeater is in use or not.

Bottom line - we've had enough problems with the repeater that it is past time to figure out how we can have a net without the repeater.  You can't terminate a disaster because the repeater is not working properly!

Kerry, K5KS

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