[K3CAL] Rules & Etiquette for CARA Repeater _FYI

[Dennis N3QHC]

One more piece of information about the statement "W3ZNW network policies"
>>>> Woody/W3ZNW, Charter Member of CARA, was the callsign assigned to the
Sunderland Repeater (CARA) for years.  Before Woody became a SK, CARA
applied to the FCC for a repeater callsign.  After having a few Repeater
callsigns, CARA settled for the current callsign, K3CAL.  

 



 

-db-

 

From: Dennis N3QHC [mailto:n3qhc at verizon.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:26 PM
To: CARA Mailing List
Subject: Rukes & Etiquette for CARA Repeater _FYI

 

Hello everyone,

 

I found the attached document on Rules & Etiquette for the Repeater today
that every CARA member should know about and have a copy.  

 

At a CARA General Meeting back in January 2002, the Membership passed this
package.  There is NO ISSUE today - I was off from work and found it in my
stack of CARA stuff so I thought I would share this with the Membership.

 

I believe we came up with this package because at the time we had a newly
licensed ham & CARA member that must have thought he was the police.  He
would call for help on the repeater.  When someone answered he said that he
is chasing a vehicle doing 70+ MPH on Rt. 4.  Of course someone would answer
his call and be obligated to call 9-1-1.  After a couple of occurrences no
one would respond to his call for help because we knew it made hams look bad
to the 9-1-1 center and police for such activity.  That created another
issue being if he really had an emergency and no one responded.  To curtail
his wanting us to call 9-1-1 we made up these rules and passed them at a
CARA General Meeting.  

 

73, Dennis/N3QHC

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