Chris:

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When you get the chance.

I'm curious as to which back-up repeater in Muskegon is having antenna 
issues.

That may be good for us to know here in Mecosta County, about 50 or so miles 
to your east.

And, Welcome to the list!!!!!!!!

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [WXSpots] Plan for 1.0 Release!


> It's also not such a big deal for those of us who have laptops and 
> wireless
> capabilities.  Whereas the batteries on the laptop don't necessarily last
> that long, it's long enough in most cases to be able to stay on top of
> things when we're in the direct path of a storm.  Besides, I don't know 
> how
> it's done through out the rest of the country, but here in Muskegon, our
> skywarn net control sits at his/her house and watches the radar, and they 
> do
> it over the internet.  Taking a chance I know, but it's how we do things
> here.  This would be very useful to us especially when you consider that 
> the
> primary back up frequency in case of repeater failure here is a repeater
> that right now is having major antenna issues.
>
> 73,
> Chris, w8cjs