Yep - I understand the relationship issued between site and repeater owners.and it might not get much traction unless they had more than one internet-connected repeater. There may be a case for consolidating multiple 'net connected repeaters onto a single back-haul (ours) vs multiple individual. It may be of limited use, but if it helps get one site its worth it! Cheers, Rob From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bart Kus Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:34 PM To: Puget Sound Data Ring Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] annoying banter... Yes. I've spoken @ WWARA already in order to address the repeater owners throughout the Puget Sound. What came of that is that most repeater owners have very little power over their sites when it comes to installing new gear, and are typically (>95%) not the site owners. It's still a viable avenue though in terms of who might be interested in using or supporting such a system, but probably not from the sites-for-HamWAN angle. Perhaps you know more repeater folks, give it a shot! FWARC has expressed the most interest in D-Star over HamWAN for their D-Star system. However, their site is fairly low down, on Graham Hill. --Bart On 02/07/2013 04:06 PM, Rob Salsgiver wrote: Sorry all for the ongoing barrage of emails, but once something starts taking root in the head it's hard to drive it out... Has there been any thought given to the angle of marketing HamWAN to repeater owners? Specifically the following two points: 1) Internet based remote control for repeaters 2) Internet connectivity for repeaters (echolink, IRLP, D-Star gateways, etc) Getting mountain-top connections to the 'net is often difficult enough. If we market right, we may be able to get into sites easier, connect to multiple repeaters per site, make their lives easier, and drive some adoption and expansion through that avenue. Cheers, Rob _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.org/mailman/listinfo/psdr_hamwan.org