San Antonio Mountain
Our SAM repeater 146.760 is down for the count! It is flooded with interference and unable to hear much else. The machine is pretty old and way out of date. We need to replace it. Brian has suggested we replace it with a Digital/Analog modern , up to date, unit that will last for many more years. This repeater has been in use for many years and has provided an important asset, not only for the club , but for Search and Rescue. As, most of you know, our own member, Conrad Cordoba , KG5CBJ was able to use it to call Brian, NB5R when he and his wife were seriously injured in a snowmobile accident. Recently the repeater was linked to Santa Fe, allowing those on the road to call home from a far greater distance.
So, What can we do?
well, we have the money, but the bad news it’s in your pocket. While the club has the money on hand that would leave us with only about half our funds at a time when we’ll need to be paying our mountain top rents to the USFS and insurance. Luckily we have 4 members who have stepped up and we have, $350. 00 pledged so far. Can you each pledge something to help replace the repeater with a far better one. we need to raise about another $ 1,000 and we can then afford to kick in any remaining funds from money on hand. We will be looking into connecting to the DMR world perhaps the Bandmiester Network, for a little diversity.
So, please give what you can to help out!.
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You can also send a donation directly via PayPal to the email address: TaosARC@Live.com.
You may also mail us a check. TaosARC, Post Office Box 642, El Prado, NM 87529
Good news we already have $ 961.04 more, pledged! This will all make it possible to have the best system!