<div dir="ltr">Duncan,<br><br>What about us south gero people? We can't get into VK6RAP-2 unless we put up a bloody tower!<br>There are mountins of sleepy hams around here, especially in all the retirement villages around Merriwa. There are people here, just no signals!<br>
<br>Blake<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/4 Duncan - VK6GHZ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk6ghz@internode.net.au">vk6ghz@internode.net.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello Martin and Blake,<br>
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There's only one repeater to use in Perth and thats 146.700MHz :-)<br>
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73's, Duncan - VK6GHZ<br>
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Monday, August 4, 2008, 6:33:01 PM, you wrote:<br>
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MS> Gday Blake<br>
MS> I have been in Currambine for the past 5 weeks and there is very<br>
MS> little activity on the northern repeaters.<br>
MS> The 70cm VK6RNA repeater provides excellent coverage.<br>
MS> Maybe when the existing northern repeaters are congested another<br>
MS> repeater would be a good idea.<br>
MS> Cheers<br>
MS> Martin<br>
MS> VK6ZMS<br>
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MS> On 04/08/2008, at 6:15 PM, Blake Munro wrote:<br>
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>> Hi Warg,<br>
>><br>
>> I don't want to fire anyone up here, and I don't manage to get to<br>
>> meetings, and I do appreciate that Walliston is a good site, but I<br>
>> feel that I must open a new can of worms here and totally change the<br>
>> subject, just for fun!<br>
>><br>
>> Perth has rapidly expanded in the last few years and WARG seems to<br>
>> have a very large presense south of the river, with only Tic hill<br>
>> being a repeater north of the river.<br>
>> With that bit of extra cash we have laying in the bank, and the huge<br>
>> number of amateurs we have living north of the river, is it time to<br>
>> think about expanding, and putting up another repeater?<br>
>><br>
>> Yes, NCRG has a 70cm and 2m repeater at Wanneroo, but Perth really<br>
>> has grown up recently. It was only a short time ago that "Quinns<br>
>> rock" was a little country town. It's now a part of suburbia.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm sure another repeater would encourage some not-so-active hams to<br>
>> become far more active. Walliston is a great site, but when you have<br>
>> to put up a 20m high antenna to access it, it's not so great after<br>
>> all.<br>
>><br>
>> I realise that there is probably a greater number of active amatuers<br>
>> south of the river, but is this because there is a good network<br>
>> there to support them? Are we ignoring our northern folk and turning<br>
>> them away because they can't get access to our repeaters?<br>
>><br>
>> My email was purely designed to spark conversation in the matter,<br>
>> not to upset anyone or to have a whinge. Please, open feedback would<br>
>> be welcome.<br>
>><br>
>> 73<br>
>> Blake VK6FBNZ<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Blake Munro<br>+61 8 6363 5680<br><a href="mailto:blake.munro@gmail.com">blake.munro@gmail.com</a><br>
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