[SECC] Interesting Idea Dept

[Jay Pryor]

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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