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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>G'day all on the list,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>Thankyou to everyone I've received emails
from over the last week or so about my D-Star repeater. It's much appreciated.
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>The overall aim is for the repeater is to
provide good mobile and portable coverage out to about 50kms from here. It
wasn't intended to be a flame thrower of a repeater. I'm working within my
limitations. Regarding the antenna placement and altitude, I'm hoping to have a
minimal visual impact, continue keeping the neighbours happy, try and be as
professional as I can with the installation in regards to reliability and
mains-fail, provide nice coverage to the Geelong and surrounding areas and of
course minimise any desense issues that will crop up with everything else that's
running here. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>Whilst the antenna isn't very high right
now, I'm hoping to sort this out in coming weeks. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>Thanks to those that have provided advice,
tips, inspiration and clues on how to establish these things. It's been a long
road that started in September last year. It's early days, but there are already
signs that there may be new interest in D-Star here locally. It's a matter of
converting the unconvertible. As the saying goes and was again recently
suggested to me, the Amateur is always progressive. I hope that's true.
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>Take it easy out there :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>Nik Presser<BR>VK3BA<BR>Geelong<BR><A
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