[SARES] Re: New 440 Repeater

David,
    Your points are well taken!  This repeater is considered a resource 
for; #1 Sunnyvale, #2 Santa Clara County - as needed.  The mission of 
SARES is to provide communications within the city of Sunnyvale and to 
the Operational Area (read Santa Clara County ARES / RACES - OES).  As 
for reaching out of the area during an emergency, that is the 
responsibility of the Operational Area for tactical needs or Red Cross 
for the health & welfare type messages (they are better equipped & 
staffed for that mission).

    Other considerations for your suggestions simply comes down the 
$$$$$$.  As you are aware, SARES is not an organization that has a 
funding source.  The repeater is currently being funded, for annual 
expenses, by the EC & AECs making out of pocket donations of $75 - $100 
dollars.  This is to cover the annual rental & insurance.  There will be 
a little left over to put in an escrow type account to have $$$$ when 
needed for repairs or upgrades.  Some SARES members have also made 
donations to assist with the repeater, but at this time we are not setup 
to where donations are considered a tax deductible donation - we are 
working on changing that.

    We will keep you ideas in mind for possible future consideration.

bg

David Valiton wrote:
> Hello SARES-RG,
>
> First of all, congratulations on obtaining control of a functioning 
> repeater in a high-level location.
>
> The purpose of this message is to encourage the SARES-RG to think 
> about providing something that isn't already provided by the other 
> repeater owners.   What can you do that will differentiate the 
> SARES-RG from the other groups that maintain the hundreds of other 
> mostly unused repeaters in the Bay Area?
>
> I found a list of repeaters that lists 3 other repeaters on Crystal 
> Peak, one of which is listed as ARES afiliated. 
> http://www.accesscom.com/~dave6592/scv-rptrs.html
>
> 224.020 (-) K6UB/R  (Crystal Peak) S.F./Monterey Bay areas [88.5 Hz]
> 224.640 (-) N6NAC/R (Crystal Peak) S.F./Monterey Bay areas [110.9 Hz] 
> *LINKED* 224.06 & 224.62
> 444.625 (+) N6NAC/R (Crystal Peak) S.F./Monterey Bay areas [110.9 Hz] 
> A.R.E.S.
>
> Does the SARES-RG plan to offer something such as a fire hardened 
> repeater enclosure, total solar power, radio links to other repeaters, 
> etc?
>
> Has a switch to D-STAR been considered?   The data/voice capablity of 
> D-STAR could also be a valuable asset.   If one in the South Bay is 
> linked to the one on Mt Diablo, it could be very useful in an 
> emergency.   Like many hams, I have delayed the purchase of a D-STAR 
> radio because of the limited chance to use the radio's full 
> capability.    If there were more D-STAR repeaters in strategic 
> locations, I might seriously consider buying one.    The SARES-RG has 
> an opportunity to be a leader here.
>
> 73 de WB4FZU
> -- 
> Dave
>
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