[Noisebridge-discuss] CQ DE KJ6ANM

[Mark Cohen]

There are lots of things to consider when you put up a repeater. For  
example, here in the bay area, both 2m and 440 are very congested.  
Take a look at The Northern Amateur Relay Council of California site  (narcc.org 
) for info on what pairs might be available.

Obviously a 10W repeater would be easier to coordinate because it  
would lack coverage.. But at the same time, you lack coverage so  
people out in the avenues for example wouldn't be able to work the  
repeater.

But to answer your question, you would need 2 radios, 2 antennas,  
cavity filters, and a repeater controller. Repeaters can be as low as  
$500 and work up to the tens of thousands for a full D-Star setup for  
example.

If you simply want to have a regular net (I would LOVE to have a NB  
net and would happily run net control for it.) there are lots of  
repeaters in the area that cover the entire bay area. (SFARC, 145.170,  
CARLA 442.075, 442.050, MDARC 147.060, etc) All you need to do is  
contact the repeater owner and get permission. (Usually as long as  
there isn't another net at that day/time its not a problem.. Repeater  
owners WANT their systems being used.)

I've also been tossing around the idea of having a regular ham meetup  
to discuss things like SDR, radio hacking and freebanding, and digital  
modes. If I hear of some interest, I will put something together.

73, de K6EF


On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:56 PM, John Magolske wrote:

> * Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> [091026 09:12]:
>> KJ6ANM calling CQ
>>
>> QSL
>>
>> Anyone interested in a noisebridge net?  Know a friendly repeater?
>>
>> 73 DE KJ6ANM
>
> How much work would it be to set up a 10-Watt repeater on the roof
> of 2169? Only useful to folks in the Mission and parts of Castro /
> Noe Valley I suppose. I'd be interested to explore the possibility
> of setting up some sort of IRC thing via packet radio...
>
> But yes, finding a friendly repeater & doing a net would be fun.
> Morse code sessions at the Noisebridge space would be fun too.
>
> John
>
> KI6BAI
>
>
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Mark Cohen
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