Subj : Re: Repost from FB - Ham
To   : Rug Rat
From : jimmy anderson
Date : Thu Nov 06 2025 06:32:24

-=> Rug Rat wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 RR>  Speaking of repeaters...

 RR> I was thinking it funny and ironic, that when I lived in SoCal, all of
 RR> the action was on the repeaters, and at the time some of the 70cm and
 RR> 220 repeaters had some pretty cool toys.  Like HF remote bases, etc.
 RR> Sadly those went away when the control operators of those remote bases
 RR> passed away and there was no plan within the repeater group / club to
 RR> take up the torch to relocate or recreate the systems at their QTH.

That would be a cool thing to have. :-)

 RR> Except for LA and a few nets, you never heard traffic on simplex.  I
 RR> went 20+ years without ever having a QSO on .520.

 RR> Since moving to the Florida panhandle, I have had 2 QSOs on .520.

Every now and again I'll hear someone passing through on .52. I
always try and answer. And I'll call out on it from time to time, 
and ALWAYS try when I'm traveling. Have made a few contacts on 
the road. :-)



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