On Nov 19, 2007, at 3:09 PM, wb6ymh wrote: > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Ron Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Our local IRLP systems would be repeatedly disconnected by IRLP > sysops when non-related subjects came up. And these subjects were not > controversial, but more like how the beach was that day. It was > discouraging. >> >> We got reports from other IRLP users. >> >> 73, ron, n9ee/r > > IRLP like EchoLink is a peer to peer system. There is no way for the > "IRLP sysops" to have any idea what you are talking about let alone > disconnect you unless you are connected to one of their repeaters. > If, on the other hand, if you were connected to a reflector (a > conference room in EchoLink speak) and the sysop of the reflector > didn't like your traffic then he could certainly disconnect (and > possibly ban) you. > > It's very similar to local repeaters, some are not friendly to random > ragchews and some are. There's no need to abandon a band (or mode), > just because one repeater (reflector) isn't friendly to your > interests. Just find a place that is. > > 73's Skip WB6YMH
100% agreed. As a Reflector owner/operator and operator of four nodes, I have no "topic" rules other than legal and perhaps not "utterly retarded". I wouldn't enforce even the "utterly retarded" conversation filter on any of our club's machines (we're a ragchew club) unless a LOT of "someones" complained. On my own node, it might suffer a sudden and complete loss of Internet connectivity -- oh darn, the Ethernet plug fell out the back and won't get put back in until a few hours from now! (GRIN) But I'd never get on the air and tell you that you were off-topic. That's just one Reflector operator's opinion -- there are others, I'm sure. Avoid those that don't welcome you. And double check that you read their Reflector's policies before complaining. Perhaps they set aside certain channels for certain types of traffic. What Reflector and channel was it? Node to node, the only thing anyone could do to stop you from talking about something would be to block calls from your local node, just like EchoLink. Nothing different there. Perhaps what really happened was that you ran across a Reflector owner/ operator who had a reason not to have ragchewing going on. One example of this might be the Reflector channel that has the large California linked repeater systems tied into them -- they're not friendly to long QSO's because they've got 40+ repeaters connected at a time. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
