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[Ray Wells]

So you'd remember the original slotted disc morse ID generator at 
vk2wi/r, back when repeaters had to append the /R, circa 1970. Of course 
FRED (vk2aoa) in Orange had already been around for years before the PMG 
Radio Branch/DoTC/ACA/ACMA eventually permitted repeaters.

And if you remember the slotted disc you probably also remember the 
recorded voice ID at Dural using a sexy female voice that provided a 
really extended R that was pronounced aaaaaaaah.

Ray vk2tv

On 29/11/10 20:31, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Gerard Hill wrote:
>
>    
>>> Repeaters Tx with out listening.
>>>        
>    
>> So do beacons. They operate on coordinated and approved frequencies.
>>      
> Heh heh.  One day I'm gonna write my memoirs about the Dural VK2RWI site.
>
> Such as the group that operated on 147.000, and complained about the
> repeater clobbering them.
>
> Or better still (and this is a beauty): VK2RWI finally set up a packet
> radio system (courtesy of Andy VK2AAK) on 147.600, which was designated as
> as "data" (whatever that meant at the time).  It seemed that some group
> was using 7600 as their private net.
>
> Anyway, RWI eventually moved to 4850, and guess what?  The same group had
> migrated there...  It was hilarious; they tried to jam the BBS, but for
> some reason the BBS displayed vastly more patience than they did.
>
> Last I heard (and cared), they shifted to the strange frequency of 4615.
> I don't remember the exact details now, but after someone (not me!) left
> Dural's link transmitter on 4615 (a Kyoto, fondly known as the cockroach),
> some intermod or other left it blasting into VK2RLE's input (Heathcote) on
> 6200.
>
> This, by the way (VK2RLE) was one of the first synthesised voice IDs in
> the country.  It came up in an American accent, announcing V K 2 R L E.
> Anyway, one day the controller failed, and it spent several hours saying V
> K 2 R R R R R R R R R R R before somebody pulled the plug on it.
>
> -- Dave
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