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

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:06:51 -0400

Andy,

I don't know who you are nor do I know your callsign. If you wish to respond
to a statement that I have made, kindly pay me the courtesy of sending  your
comments directly to me at my e-mail address: [email protected] instead of the
club reflector.

Al K3ZE

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Mellema" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Fwd: Cycle Across Maryland 2003 - Request to use
the Repeater

> 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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