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"D"
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On 6/13/99, at 8:07 PM, Powell E. Way III wrote:
>> On the surface, this sounds just fine, but in the Augusta, GA area, as
>> in many areas, we depend on the range of our repeater for coverage. The
>> NWS guy is in Columbia, SC and there's no way in bloody blue blazes for
>> him to hear us if we go to simplex. If all we were doing was having a
>> group chase, it would be OK, but that's not how we normally handle our
>> skywarn nets.
>
>Well I'd be the one that she'd be calling into. In stormy weather
>(Augusta is 65 miles away) it's VERY hard to hear the repeater, and I
>sure wish they would raise the antenna another 50 feet and double the
>power!
>
>> "Gregory S. Williams" wrote:
>> >
>> > Well this is news to a great many HAMs who are on several SKYWARN
mailing
>> > lists. Looks like these multitudes of HAMs who voted on this never
>> > bothered to fill any EC's in.
>
>Well I think it was a very SMALL handfull of hams that came up with
>this scheme.
>
>> > I sure as heck havent heard anyhting about it until recently. I knew
>> > several areas were going to 147.420 simplex to coincide with Red Cross
lo
>> > band (47.42) but this is a first for me...and a *LOT* of others.
>> > Greg
>I haven't heard about this either. BUT I digress....
>
>
>> > At 01:33 AM 6/8/99 -0000, Jason Breakiron wrote:
>> > >For those of you who are Spotters and are HAM Radio operators or if
you
>> > >have a scanner: There is a new frequency set up for
spotters/chasers/HAM
>> > >Radio Operators to share weather information during severe weather.
The new
>> > >frequency is: 146.550 It will be used all over the nation. for
more
>> > >information go to: http://www.hamsnet.net/kc5trr/simplex.htm This
New
>> > >frequency was created by Steve Miller KC5TRR, My administrator
partner in
>> > >Chasers digest. It was created so that everyone across the country
could
>> > >report severe weather
>
>
>It's my idea that this was the[ NOT DALLAS TX ] Steve Miller's idea.
>Jason got rather [and deservedly so] flamed for this in WX-CHASE. He
>claimed the old frequency was 146.52 which is the NATIONAL simplex
>frequency. Nope. NOPE N O P E!! It would be OK to call and move off
>to a simplex frequency of your choice, but don't bother ME at the
>NWS when I'm on 2 radios (maybe my on HT on another local repeater)
>and get me to go simplex when you can give it to me on a repeater. I
>could miss something important. Now if lets say John wants to ask
>Bill something and not tie up the repeater they can ask net control
>to let them go to a simplex frequency for a short while so as not to
>tie up the net for more important stuff. I just think it was someone
>wanting themselves to be deemed important. Even in SC running a
>Skywarn net can be baptism by fire. Ask the Augusta Folks....
>
>Powell
>
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