Subj : VHF/UHF, repeaters and other lost causes
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Kent Timm
Date : Fri Sep 23 2016 05:12 pm

 > KT> There's half a dozen repeaters in London, the "main" one has quiet a
 > KT> range, I think it's 600 feet up on the local TV station's tower, I
 > have
 > KT> clear line of sight to it from where I sit right now.  I've got it to
 > KT> in from my car on an China HT and a magmount 1/4wave 30 miles out and
 > KT> can still trip it at 40 but to weak to really talk.

 > Very cool! Lots of traffic?

Other then the 3 local nets, the repeaters are mainly silent.  A couple 
repeaters I've never have hear being used execpting for testing.

 The local club's net and ARES get 3 or 4 check-ins typically, the saturday 
net gets half a dozen or so, it's running on a number of echolinked repeaters 
covering a good part of southern Ontario, I have heard it get to a dozen check 
ins.   It's a shame that with the expense and time the people that run them put 
into them, that they aren't used more. 
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