I'm with Ed on this one, I monitor the local repeaters for the clubs I 
belong to and my own but could never think of "working" dx through them. 
Certainly couldn't get excited about it if I did. But then, when I hear 
these people on 2 meters, figures it's 2, who think, it's fun to bring up as 
many repeaters as they can when the band's open, meanwhile effectively 
rendering many more repeaters useless between them and the repeater and in 
other directions all so they can work that one a couple states away, it 
makes me want to go through the radio and strangle them. Another of the 
things that keeps me off 2 meters. If I was soully responsible for a 
repeater jammed by people doing that, or if I was an OO, which I am working 
on, there would be a lot of letters sent out on that one for the people that 
do it on purpose and brag about it. It's not half as bad as people who 
actually think the internet constitutes radio but still nothing I'd support 
and is something I think needs to be looked at hard.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Fun on 10 meters


> Well, Ed, since I couldn't copy any of the guys I worked on the input, the
> repeater served a useful purpose.  It was kind of a novelty to work 
> someone
> in my own state through a repeater halfway across the country.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 22:19
> Subject: Fw: Fun on 10 meters
>
>
>>    Well, I guess I must be out of the loop on some things, I just can't
>> see
>> what fun it is working through a repeater.  I guess I'm from the old
>> school.
>> I would think repeaters would be used for when line of site comunications
>> are out of the pix.  Glad there are those things for the folks who like
>> them
>> however.  Cheers, have fun.  Ed   K7UC
>>