[K3PZN-List] Fwd: Cycle Across Maryland 2003 - Request to use the Repeater

[Bill Mellema]

Andy:

Well written and thanks for taking the time to respond. Our club has always 
worked closely with organizations allowing them to use our communications 
systems and offering assistance. Like you say, common courtesy is 
appreciated however.

73's

Bill N3WM

At 11:10 PM 7/13/2003 -0400, Andrew Leeds wrote:
>Al Bisasky wrote:
>
>>What's to discuss?  This is a no-brainer - we run an open repeater.
>>
>>
>Its a common courtesy to ask before doing something like this on a 
>repeater. Many would consider it somewhat impolite to effectively take 
>over a repeater for 8 hours without asking first. There are also practical 
>considerations to think of - there might be a normaly scheduled net that 
>would need to move, or the repeater might not be up to this level of use 
>(one of the machines I work on lost its PA recently and is running on a 
>mobile amp that is not up to heavy use and has reduced coverage), or the 
>repeater could be scheduled for maintenance during that time, or some 
>other event could be scheduled for the same day - you just don't know 
>unless you ask.
>
>Andy
>
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