At 1/4/2025 12:12 PM, you wrote:
I built and maintained multiple
repeaters on multiple bands, on multiple mode for me or for
club/organisation.?
In no time I feel that I can prevent anyone from using a repeater but if
it is being abused in a way that prevents the normal use by any other
ham.?
Although SoCal has a lot of closed/private repeaters, particularly on the
70 cm band, many of these are not private to prevent general usage but
rather to maintain control.? We have at least one system that used
to be listed as open but one person decided he didn't have to obey the
usage rules established by the sponsoring club.? The club tried to
kick him off the repeater but IIRC the unwanted user retaliated in court
on the grounds that the repeater was "open", so the repeater
changed to closed status.? Most of my repeaters are listed as
private for this reason.? I don't mind visitors coming up on my
repeaters; if they want to use it regularly I only ask that they provide
contact info (e-mail, phone # etc.) in case of problems (had a stuck mic
once; knowing where everyone was made it easier to find).
In rural areas all of the above probably doesn't make any sense, but here
in SoCal & probably other similarly large metro areas it's a
different world on VHF/UHF.
Bob NO6B
