I also have a packet PBBS up for me, but I have a few people who can't get
in to the actual BBS I get in to so they use my PBBS as well, it's function
as more of a BBS now and I'm considering switching it over, of course that
works as a digipeater and used to get a ton of use that way between a group
who used to chat from 3 AM to 8 AM locally, which is why I stopped using old
radios with no PL boards I can find cheap as the radios, that crew used to
keep burning the radios out on me. Now I run a Kenwood TM-271A and while it
gets less use, I have yet to know anyone who's killed one, they're built to
commercial specs. If my mobile one can take the death shake in our car all
this time, it can take anything.
Sadly I had a simplex echolink setup but that's why I'm so against it, a few
of the experiences I had with that and I'll never go back to that and that's
pretty much what's driving me away from 2 meters forever.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: managing a repeater
> Hi.
>
> I haven't managed a repeater before, but I have had a packet BBS and I
> currently have an EchoLink setup that's tuned to our local skywarn
> repeater.
> The EchoLink setup works great. What helps me out is I have a Kenwood
> TM-V71A, which is specificly designed to work with EchoLink in sysop mode.
>
> I'll admit I'm an appliance operator. If I can plug in components to do
> what I want I'm safe. Doing soldering or circuit design is another story,
> but I don't see why this would be difficult, plus once you have things set
> up it shouldn't be hard to keep things maintained.
>
> If you have any questions let me know. Oh yeah, I've also done crossband
> work, and I did link two repeaters to each other, and they cycled between
> each other for about three hours. I learned a valuable lesson from that.
>
> Have a good Easter, or whatever you like to call it.
>
> GO REDS!
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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