Perhaps the first step is getting your local coordination body to list the asterisk number. After some gentle encouragement, we got that to happen in the DC area http://www.tmarc.org/freqs/Frequency.html Regards Ken
I have been trying to get repeater books to list Allstar node numbers but I just can't seem to get them to include it. Nice job! Sent from my iPhone, Lu Vencl
On Jan 29, 2014, at 5:02 AM, "Ken" <ke2n@cs.com> wrote:
Perhaps the first step is getting your local coordination body to list the asterisk number. After some gentle encouragement, we got that to happen in the DC area
http://www.tmarc.org/freqs/Frequency.html
Regards Ken
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On 01/29/2014 05:36 AM, Lu Vencl wrote:
I have been trying to get repeater books to list Allstar node numbers but I just can't seem to get them to include it. Nice job!
Not Repeater Books... www.repeaterbook.com http://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=48&ID=9953 73 = Best Regard"S" -Geoff/W5OMR
There is always the "make a better one" way to go. Not only would it then list AllStar nodes, it could actually have more useful info, better organization and more. Then again it will probably go this way: http://xkcd.com/927/ I don't really travel a lot, so I'm really only concerned with my surrounding 100-200 mile area. For the most part I basically use the 3 state coordinating bodies' listings, then try to cross reference with the web pages of any clubs or other individuals that I find. Every once in a while I get some first hand information from the people that actually work on them, the owners, or other in the know users. The fun part is always seeing if a club has the most accurate and up to date information about their own repeater or not. /rant on, sorry One thing that drives me crazy with all the listings I find is that they nearly never provide any indication of coverage, or even very accurate location for that matter. In a roughly 30 mile long city just listing the city name is not good enough. I know I'm a lot different than most of the general population of amateur radio but I prefer to know a lot more than just frequency, offset, and input tone. I usually like to know: approximate location (I understand the security thing to some extent but within a mile or two would help) rough antenna height (ideally for both receive and transmit, feet in hundreds minimum) repeater output tone, yes or no, what is it? does it make use of remote receive sites?, is it a voted system or tone selectable?, approximate locations of those sites simulcast?, locations part of a larger linked system?, what system, how is it linked (RF, IP, landline, AllStar, IRLP, Echolink), node numbers backup power, specs when was the info last updated, by who (owner, tech, user) I'm sure I missed some but that's a lot of what I'm looking for. I know some clubs provide coverage maps on the sites, but I always take those with a grain of salt. How are they modeled, what software, accurate terrain data, mobile/portable, etc? I have a background in public safety and see the same attitude of "turn to this channel and it will work to talk to so and so" all the time. Then when something goes south there is never a good workaround. /rant off Brett KQ9N On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:36 AM, Lu Vencl <vencl@att.net> wrote:
I have been trying to get repeater books to list Allstar node numbers but I just can't seem to get them to include it. Nice job!
Sent from my iPhone, Lu Vencl
On Jan 29, 2014, at 5:02 AM, "Ken" <ke2n@cs.com> wrote:
Perhaps the first step is getting your local coordination body to list the asterisk number. After some gentle encouragement, we got that to happen in the DC area
http://www.tmarc.org/freqs/Frequency.html
Regards Ken
mine (arcc) does; it's the repeater directory drone who doesn't recognize the allstar network as being worthy of inclusion. went around and around about this a couple years ago with them to no avail. like kirk said, they're stuck in the 20th century and those who have the mind share because _at one time_ were doing something new are seen as the experts and go-to guys...and we know what the IRLP person thinks of us(we're a revenue threat), and echolink just tolerates us because there's no reason not to. FWIW, I use RFinder on my handheld and pads. gps sync'd, authors are responsive, auto updates as you are moving, and a LOT more accurate (and affordable) than a paper book that's out of date while it's still on the press. And, it lists Allstar nodes...:) -- Bryan There are two hard problems in computer science: cache validation, variable substitution, and off-by-one errors. Sent from my iPad
On Jan 29, 2014, at 5:02 AM, "Ken" <ke2n@cs.com> wrote:
Perhaps the first step is getting your local coordination body to list the asterisk number. After some gentle encouragement, we got that to happen in the DC area
http://www.tmarc.org/freqs/Frequency.html
Regards Ken
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