[Paham] REPEATER PROBLEMS PERSIST

[Charles Ring W3NU]

WORKSNTV@aol.com wrote:

> After reading this you've got to wonder what jackasses these guys
> are---Publicity like this is not what ham radio needs--especially now with
> commerical interests looking for expansion room.
>
> Bob
> WB3DYE
> =====================================
>
> ==>NEW OWNER, CALL SIGN, BUT LA-AREA
>
> The former W6NUT repeater in the Los Angeles area has a new owner and a
> new call sign, N6SAP. Nonetheless, complaints of the same sort of
> on-the-air behavior that inspired an FCC inquiry of the previous trustee
> more than a year ago have occurred under the new regime. The new owner

I think many larger cities have one repeater that acts as a kind of sewer to
one extent or another, and this one is possibly the most extreme of its kind.
Some say it's better to have such an outlet for the rude&crude among us or
else they would infest many other facilities. Of course any non-ham who hears
them either on-air or on their streaming audio (yes, all that garbage is on
the net) will think hams in general are a bunch of nasty jokers.

It is also of interest that the former owners of that repeater are the worst
abusers of the club call / vanity call system, with dozens of desirable
callsigns hoarded in the names of several family members. Some of those have
been cancelled, but it is clear that these people see rules as something to be
vigorously gamed with an incredible level of contempt.

73 de W3NU





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