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<font size=3>At 02:34 PM 2013-09-24, Robert Bruninga wrote:<br><br>
>Who decides? ANSWER: The SYSOP of the digi (or anyone
else he will<br>
>listen to). He is doing the work, so he gets to
decide. He simply<br>
>answers the question, what 1 or 2 voice repeaters in my digi's
area give<br>
>the mobile travler the best chance of finding a HUMAN to talk
to.<br>
><br>
>It is better for the mobile to know the one best*likely, then to have
a<br>
>list off 20 or 30 from the Repeater Directory and have to guess
thorugh<br>
>each one...<br><br>
Totally agree with that. When I was travelling in unfamiliar areas
with a list of repeaters on paper I figured out that I should look for
the repeater which belonged to the club with a geographical
name. That was generally the oldest club in the area with the
largest membership and the most active repeater. The other
repeaters/clubs were generally, but not always, splinter groups where
some amateur wanted to do something unreasonable, got shot down by the
membership and left in a huff. <smile><br><br>
So having the local repeater object in such a fashion saves the traveller
a lot of aggravation.<br><br>
Tony</font></body>
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