> You run into people like that everywhere. Soudns like a bully.   
   Yes, kind of a throwback to 1980's CB dayz during the fall of the band..   
   I don't think he's so much a bully as he is clueless.  I've never met him, I    
   think he's in his early 90s and just doesn't know how to operate right, he's    
   really the only person I can think of off hand I would call a bad operator.    
    Most people around here do operate ok when they actually do get on    
   the air, they just need to do it more.   
      
    > There's one here - the main one for the area - that is VERY tall and   
    > is used by a lot of people. The 2nd most active is another VERY tall   
    > one and is close enought to the Mississippi River to get traffic   
    > from Arkansas. But then there are a TON on Repeater Book in these   
    > little towns that I never hear ANY traffic on.   
   There's half a dozen repeaters in London, the "main" one has quiet a range, I    
   think it's 600 feet up on the local TV station's tower, I have clear line of    
   sight to it from where I sit right now.  I've got it to in from my car on an    
   China HT and a magmount 1/4wave 30 miles out and can still trip it at 40 but    
   to weak to really talk.   
      
    > Actually I'm at work right now - working on four laptops at once -   
    > let's see what I can hear...   
      
    > Oh - just re-read what you said. That's not one you use NOW? Was   
    > looking for ne I could make a contact with YOU. :-)   
   nope,  I haven't used it in ages, but now that I'm thinking about it I should    
   give it a go next time I'm messing around with echolink just to see what    
   happens.  I don't usualy monitor the repeaters any more, unless I want to    
   cycle the battery in the HT..  If I get regualar radio again I'd probably    
   keep it on, but maybe monitor 146.520 instead of the repeater..  or scan.    
      
      
    > What's the details on the SOUTHERNS thing you mentioned?   
      
   I heard about Southcars years ago from a pod cast I use to listen to and    
   tried it out, didn't go back for a long time until recently when I wanted    
   more then just the local stuff, so I spurataclly check in to it via my    
   tablet.  They have a weekly email they send out with the net times, usually    
   the ragcrews at saturday and sunday at 7pm.    
   http://voip.southcars.com/   
      
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