This would be great! I would buy a radio to get on the repeater. Let us
know if you need some funds kicked in. (Or a grass cutter.)
73,
Jay/K4OGG
At 01:24 AM 4/18/2002, Bill Fisher, W4AN wrote:
>As I mentioned earlier, I'm working on some wireless high speed internet
>access for Cumming and points north. One of the things that this opens up
>for the club is opportunity for us all to communicate via repeaters.
>There is a new technology that allows repeaters to be linked over the
>internet. So, we could link a repeater here in Atlanta with one in
>Huntsville and chat with the boys over there. We could link in Columbus,
>but I don't think they make a paddle input on any 440 gear I've seen. :)
>
>At any rate... one of the locations that I have access to now is near
>Ballground Georgia. It is a 280' tower at about 1500' ASL. I can have
>free access and free electricity in exchange for cutting the grass (for
>ham purposes only). When I have a link to the internet at this site, we
>could easily set up the links to other cities.
>
>I have a buddy who has some 440 repeaters that I think I could get for
>cheap or nothing. I think he even reserved me a frequency pair on 440
>last year. This would get most of us in north Atlanta QRV. I know there
>are several other repeaters around town with this same capability, but I
>dno't know their policies on using them. Mostly, the UHF and VHF bands
>sound pretty dead to me when I tune around at night.
>
>Is there interest? Is this a "if you build it, we will come" proposition,
>or could I get some help?
>
>73
>
>Bill, W4AN
>
>
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