W4CIA 147.210 Mhz

[Iain McFadyen]

I wish I could respond on the repeater! But I can't find an IRLP node
within range here.

Best wishes, enjoy your lunch, drive safe, and please continue to keep .210
active!!

Iain
9Y4/G4JMM
Port oof Spain, Trinidad
aka KI4HLV


On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 11:53 AM, William Fenn <bfenn at cox.net> wrote:

>       Last Saturday I stumbled across a miracle.  On my way to lunch at
> Tippy's in Merrifield I normally tune the mobile rig to the AMRAD repeater
> and give a call to see if anyone is listening.  Before Sandy left for the
> better land of Texas (I know, who can prove Texas is better than Northern
> VA) I just might have him come back to me.  Ian was also a person who
> listened to the repeater but he is out of the country now.  I have spoken a
> number of times to Mike (KA2ZEV) but it has been a number of weeks since we
> have chatted on the repeater.  I have also spoken to Dick Barth and Bill a
> few times but that was a while back when we were having out monthly
> meetings at the Oakton library.  Let's face it almost no one uses our
> repeater (members included).
>
>
>
> Last Saturday's miracle occurred after several calls on the repeater.  I
> forget the call sign of the station that came back to me but do remember he
> was not a member of AMRAD.  He was returning from HRO in Woodbridge and
> was passing through Lorton on 123 when he heard my call and responded.
> Since he was traveling toward Fairfax with his ultimate destination close
> to Merrifield I mentioned our Saturday event and told him he was welcome to
> join us at our weekly feast upon the sacred Taco (and other goodies).
> About two years ago I also chatted with another ham on the repeater and
> believe it or not he was from out of town, visiting the area (Now that is a
> real miracle - from out of town and listening to W4CIA's frequency ... WOW!).
>
>
>
> I guess what I am trying to say is why don't members of AMRAD who live in
> the DC area start monitoring the repeater and chatting on it.  It might
> also be nice if we programmed it into our scanner if we have one.  The lack
> of activity on our repeater could result in its loss.
>
>
>
> Well, I am now off to Tippy's.  I wonder it anyone will respond when I
> give a call on the repeater during my journey this morning.
>
>
>
> - N4TS -
>
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