Since I instigated it, I thought I would start a new thread. There seems to be a lot of interest in this, but lets keep it calm and POSITIVE, and if a moderator wants to shut it down, fine.
1. I just remember how much fun it was when the band was open working numerous FM repeaters at the same time to make many contacts!! This was ruined by the repeaters that were running CARRIER squelch and had LONG hang times or remote bases with POOR (or no) receivers!!! 2. I would like to see more repeater pairs and wider splits, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE CURRENT REPEATERS FIRST to prove it can work! 3. I think there needs to be National coordination and enforcement. As an OO, I would like to give some positive encouragement to those that need to clean up their repeaters! So there seem to be 2 "national coordinators"; http://www.arrl.org/nfcc/ http://www.thenfcc.org/ Do they care about 10m repeaters? Should I email ALL of them? Would OO cards stating "good engineering practice" help? ... or give up and enjoy the Magic Band!! ... Keith WE6R 51.76 (51.26 in) PL 114.8 encode AND decode!!
