The Repeater Builders List Server

Welcome to the Repeater Builders Information List Server
Hosted by Yahoogroups
Sponsored by "Repeater-Builder.Com, Inc."

What it is:
"Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com" is a large (over 2,750 members as of January 2006), free (but advertisement free) technical mailing list available to people seeking information on building and maintaining amateur or commercial repeater or remote base systems.   Upon going to the server of this list, you will be required to register as a Yahoo Groups user.  You will also be given some choices in delivery....

How it works:
If you subscribe in the Email message mode and you or someone else posts a message to the list, it is immediately sent to the others on the list within a few moments.   If others are on their computer, an immediate response is likely.   If you are subscribed in Digest Mode, you won't see the post until several others have been made and a bulk mailing occurs.   If you are subscribed in Web Only mode, the server is updated immediately and hitting reload or refresh will allow you to stay on top of things.

Email Mode is the most popular because one on one or roundtable discussions happen frequently, usually in the evenings.   Also, in email message mode, the advertisements have been removed as the owner of the list has opted to pay the fee to have them removed.

Daily Digest Mode type subscription will send you one large email message containing 24 hours worth of traffic once a day.

Again, there is also the choice to subscribe to the list and receive no email messages.  In this mode you simply go the the Yahoogroups website and select the list and read the messages on the website.   This mode is called Web Only....

Who the list is for:
Discussion of amateur or commercial repeaters, systems, duplexers, antennas, feedlines, controllers, remote base, linking, concepts, theory, terminology, practices, experiences, and humor is encouraged.   Anyone who owns or uses a repeater is welcome to join.

Do's and Don'ts:

Allowed:

• Any repeater, point-to-point link or remote base technology related messages
• "Where can I find X ???" messages - as long as they are repeater related...
        If you are a business owner, a reponse to a "where can I find X" question saying "I carry that - contact me off-list at (email address or phone number)" is perfectly fine... however a weekly posting of your product line is a little extreme.
• For Sale items are allowed, just keep the items repeater related.
        Please limit the For Sale postings to twice a week.
• Occasional off topic messages are expected, just put an "OT" on the front of the subject line....

• Discussion of the FCC Rules
• Proper repeater usage
• Motorola versus GE, or any other Brand X versus Brand Y arguments
• ARRL bashing
• personal attacks

When replying to questions posted on the list, be thorough and don't hurriedly reply just to be the first.   Try to quote the pertinent parts of the message so people don't get lost.   If you are reading the messages in daily digest format PLEASE quote just the one message you are replying to.

Again,  Discussion of FCC rules and the ARRL are not acceptable on this list.   There are other lists that allow this type of discussion.

Unsubscribing from the list:
Click Here for more information on unsubscribing.

If you have questions about this list, please email them directly to Kevin Custer, the list owner: kuggie -at- kuggie -dot- com with a subject line topic of the Repeater Builder email list.

This list is owned by Kevin Custer W3KKC
Additional moderation is provided by several others, including Dan Ruhe KE3UC, Jon Pearl W4ABC, and Scott Zimmerman N3XCC