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class=522445817-20102005>The digipeater I have up has an additional control op
that is licensed. This is a secure site so I made sure that they have
written permission to access the site and that they know where the gear is when
they get there. So if I'm out of town or incapacitated for any reason my
backup has complete control. We all monitor the traffic going through that
digipeater just like we monitor the local repeater to make sure it isn't being
abused because we are responsible for those transmissions.
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class=522445817-20102005>Eric KF4OTN</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org
[mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>desloan@earthlink.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:57
PM<BR><B>To:</B> TAPR APRS Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [aprssig] N1547C
tracker<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Eric,</DIV>
<DIV> What do they do when they are on vacation or hospitalized? Do
they shut down the digipeaters. Or, do they make a call to have someone else
drive out to the site and uplug it? What if the weather conditions prohibited
access to the digipeater site? Without a contorl link they would have to wait
until they could access the digipeater site?</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: "Christensen,
Eric" <CHRISTENSENE@MAIL.ECU.EDU><BR><BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>IMO, it is not a control
link. A control link controls the transmitter not a person that controls
the transmitter. The digipeaters I help out with are all controlled by the
license holder going out to the site and unplugging the radio. They don't
have to call someone else to do it for them.</FONT></DIV><FONT
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