The word that I object to the most, in this thread is the word "free". KJ4ACN has been on the Gateway, since November of 2007. A very small percentage of the repeater users have bothered to join the club and financially support the Gateway. "Ham Radio is supposed to be free", I have heard several times. Well, maybe Amateur Radio is supposed to be free, but internet access is not free, at least for the West Central Florida D Star Club. Financing the Gateway, long term, just does not seem feasible, for us. I had conversations, at Dayton, with several other Trustees/Club Presidents. The financial scenario at KJ4ACN seems to be quite common. I foresee repeaters dropping off the Gateway, due to lack of funding for internet access. Anybody got any creative solutions?
Buddy WB4OMG West Central Florida D Star Club President/KJ4ACN Trustee **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
