[K4RY] AUARC: Getting out the word about the meetings

[Kris Kirby]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, John Klingelhoeffer wrote:
> Kyle:  A thought about getting the word out about the AUARC.  The 2M 
> repeater has the ability to voice announcements as you have programmed 
> before.  These can be done in rotation.  Might be useful for a while 
> to put in an announcement that says, "AU amateur radio club meeting 
> Tuesday 12 noon".  There is not a Broun or Brown or Hall or Building 
> in the vocabulary, so at least it is a tickler.  I guess B R O U N 
> could be spelled out.  
> 
> Another one might be, "A U Club information E May L to K4RY point 
> AUARC at G May L point calm".  Ok, it is a bit pidgin, but that is the 
> best we can do with the 1985 vocabulary.  You could put the 'G May L' 
> and 'E May L' in without any pauses to help the effect.  (Using three 
> syllables for a single syllable word is a time-honored southern 
> tradition.) There is no 'dot' or 'period', nor any COM, so 'calm' or 
> 'come' is as close as you can get, and I chose the former.  
> 
> Have fun and experiment.  There are some 500+ words in the vocabulary. 
>  See: 
> http://www.repeater-builder.com/acc/pdfs/acc-rc-96-owners-manual-v3-v5.pdf

This is a great idea. Lots of clubs around Huntsville have used this and 
other methods to get the word out about events. The NARA spent the money 
on a CAT-1000 just for the DVR capability. My Pion and Simon controller 
does a single message, for up to ten seconds. 

--
Kris Kirby, KE4AHR
Disinformation Analyst