Subj : 6m
To   : Andy Ball
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Jan 28 2001 05:16 am

Hello Andy.

27 Jan 01 12:32, you wrote to me:

RW>> There are FM repeaters on 10m.  During a skip cycle,
>> it's not unheard of to use them, even though they're a
>> thousand miles from nowhere...

AB> I think /I'm/ a thousand miles from nowhere! <g>  I didn't mean to
AB> suggest that FM repeaters /shouldn't/ be used for DX, but I wouldn't
AB> want to have to rely on them.

Most of us don't.

AB> I think CW (and perhaps SSB) is probably better suited to DX.

No doubt.  But then; working an FM repeater during skip conditions is
more rare than any CW or SSB work.

AB> Of course, there are satellite FM repeaters that have quite a broad
AB> footprint, but they're a special case ;o)

Most of those are cross-banded and are very hard to use.  I've yet to find
one even.


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