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- From: jreese@NeoSoft.com (Jim Reese)
- Subject: Re: 430mhz band under th
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:03:32 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec27.200445.23454@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Dec27.201949.13337@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec27.201949.13337@samba.oit.unc.edu> Kirk.Smith@launchpad.unc.edu (Kirk Smith) writes:
- >A ha. I see I've found the hidden cost of amateur radio repeaters. $2000
- >a year in site rental fees?
- >
- $2,000 per year is a BARGAIN! Most tower companies in Texas charge between
- 40 and 60 cents per foot per month for commercial tower space. Plus power.
- This stuff ain't cheap. Most repeater users don't have any idea what is
- involved. Sometimes you can get free sites, but usually there is some
- expense involved...electricity, telephone, insurance, etc.
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- >For that much loot, it's a wonder anyone would bother putting up a ham
- >repeater. I'm not entirely sure I'd do it.
-
- Precicely my point. Most of us put repeaters on the air for the fun of
- building radios. This is why we get so upset when people gripe when they go
- off the air, or when people demand to use them just because.
-
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- Jim Reese, WD5IYT | "Real Texans never refer to trouble
- jreese@sugar.neosoft.com | as deep doo-doo" --Molly Ivins
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