Ok, thanks for your reply Barry maybe I'll look for you there 
sometime.  Also, if you want to call me on echolink here, look 
for the WA6HAM repeater system.  I usually monitor it.  73, Jim 
WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Barry <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 12:38:07 +0800
Subject: Re: echolink repeaters in Perth?

Hi Jim,
I have the Echolink App on my iPhone though I've not tried it out 
yet.

We don't have a specifically Echolink repeater, however we have 2 
Allstar
repeaters, which are also capable of connecting to Echolink 
nodes.  These are
callsigns VK6RLM and VK6ZGN.  We also have repeater VK6RFM which 
is IRLP node
6200.

We have some D-Star repeaters also including my own D-Star 
hotspot.

If any of this is useful to you, or if I can be of further help, 
please let
me know.

Cheers,
Barry VK6SP.


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators 
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Friday, 5 December 2014 6:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: echolink repeaters in Perth?

Hi Barry, just wondering if you have a repeater or two, or are 
you linked to
echolink in Perth?  I have relatives who live there but are not 
hams.  I am
just curious.  73, Jim WA6EKS


-----Original Message-----
From: Barry
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 2:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: The Yaesu Fusion Repeaters

Hi Mike and All,
My local repeater group in Perth WA is buying 1, and perhaps a 
second Fusion
Repeater.  We don't get the cheap price that US clubs are being 
offered.  The
fact that it can work as an analogue repeater is a strong 
additional selling
point.

Cheers,
Barry.


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators 
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Friday, 5 December 2014 4:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: The Yaesu Fusion Repeaters

As has already been said, the $500 offer is for clubs only.

My club is buying two of them.  The plan is to put one on UHF, 
and the other
will replace a 30 year-old 2 meter box.

There are two other machines in the area that are using similar 
commercial
equipment, but only a hand full of people with the radios to take 
advantage
of it.

The attraction for my club was to have something that we can use 
to develop
a new linking network, and the fact that you cannot build an 
analogue
repeater from scratch for that price unless you already have a 
bunch of old
stuff sitting around.

This doesn't force people into the complexities of DStar, and to 
have to
deal with audio that sounds as bad as a cell phone.

--
Mike Duke, K5XU