FW: AMRAD meeting no show

[Nan and Sandy Sanders]

We need a repeater to go 100 yards?
      Sandy
     WB5MMB


At 02:06 PM 2/11/2011, William F. Fenn wrote:
>The Advent of the Cell Phone has in many instances overidden the 
>carrying of an HT ... at least no one had one last night.  When you 
>have one, which repeater do you use (duh! W4CIA or Fairfax 
>Machine).  If we use the Fairfax Library again I will make sure I bring and HT.
>
>Bill
>N4TS
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>From: tacos-bounces+bfenn=cox.net at amrad.org 
>[mailto:tacos-bounces+bfenn=cox.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Karl W4KRL
>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:38 AM
>To: 'Tacos'
>Subject: RE: AMRAD meeting no show
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>Bill,
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>Would it have helped if I had brought my HT with me? It is 
>embarrassing to ask if anyone was monitoring the repeater. It is 
>time I put a 2m rig in the car.
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>Oakton is a good location. We have to figure some way to game the 
>system or knock out those Girl Scouts.
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>73 Karl W4KRL
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>From: William F. Fenn [mailto:bfenn at cox.net]
>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 9:55 AM
>To: W4KRL at arrl.net
>Subject: RE: AMRAD meeting no show
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>Karl,
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>Sorry you were missed.
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>Our biggest problem is the Fairfax County Library.  George got beat 
>out by the Girl Scouts when it came to having the meeting at Oakton 
>... seems as though they pressed the return key two or three 
>heartbeats before he pressed his when making the reservation for 
>Oakton.  The library does not let you make standing arrangements for 
>several months, they want it to be a competition on a monthly basis 
>so things get interesting at midnight on the 1st of each month.
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>The main library is a real mess to get into.  They make you climb 
>steps because the elevator is not enabled for entry (works for 
>departure) after hours even though you have a key card.  I honestly 
>think they take this stance to totally discourage groups from using 
>the rooms when the main library is closed.  Last night they even had 
>the bathrooms locked and several folks were really crossing their 
>legs before we left.  Why does one have to lock the bathrooms in a 
>secure area?  I have told them that handicap access is difficult to 
>impossible when the elevator doesn't work in the upward direction 
>and their reply is the elevator access can't be changed.
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>I apologize for not sticking a cell phone number in the email 
>concerning the garage situation.  My error, I take responsibility.
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>Oh yes,
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>I brought a number of members up from the lower level at 7:20 PM and 
>7:25 PM. Rob made a trip to both levels after that.
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>My understanding is the library in McLean will be finished sometime 
>this summer.  We never had these problems there.  We also don't have 
>the problem in Oakton since there is a ground level entrance to the 
>room from the parking lot after hours.  We just have to get George 
>to hit the return key a little quicker to beat the Girl Scouts out.
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>Bill
>
>N4TS
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