With all of the excellent info and resources, this is without a doubt
the very best available. You are correct. It points up the "let the
other guy do it syndrome" I always thought one had to have a bit of
technical knowledge to get a license. I'm beginning to wonder if they
come with baseball cards. Google alone will produce enough tech info to
help educate most anyone. I only wish this resource had been there when
I was growing up. In those times one had to read a book and seek
mentoring on questions.
Scott Zimmerman wrote:
I agree with Mike. As owner of Repeater-Builder, (the company) I get more
than my fair share of these types of e-mail myself. Sometimes it makes for a
good chuckle, but more often it just makes me sad to think of all the
information we provide; and yet some people are too lazy to read and digest
it on their own.
Oh Well......
Scott
Scott Zimmerman
Amateur Radio Call N3XCC
474 Barnett Rd
Boswell, PA 15531
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Morris WA6ILQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:13 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] The emails we get at repeater-builder....
The authors and webmasters at repeater-builder
get some STRANGE emails...
It seems that way too many people skim an article
and then immediately email the author asking him
to do all the work, even when all the info is in the
article.
Then there are those that don't even read the articles.
Other times we just get weird emails.... like this one:
The repeater at work has a problem hearing the
walkie talkies (it's at a shopping mall). The antenna
cable was damaged and the guys at Radio Shack
gave us some new stuff so I know it's good. The unit
says Motorola M100 and GM300 on the front.
Will a preamp help? Is this one any good?
<http://www.alltronics.com/cgi-bin/item/25A001/35/RF%2DPreamplifier%2DModule>
Sigh..... I answered back and told them to get with a
good local 2-way shop, that it was impossible to diagnose
from across the country.
(click on the link and look at it - it's obviously intended for
a scanner. The $2 suggests that there probably isn't
much there...)
Mike WA6ILQ
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