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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lowell 442.250 repeater is managed by the MMRA, and is linked in for the HHTN. I use it regularly for HHTN.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">According to mmra.org, the<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> repeater is located at Saints Medical Center hospital in Lowell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">73,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shawn – N1CVO<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>
Matt Wagner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 5, 2023 7:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lizzie DeMarco <lizzie@lizzie.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> bars@w1hh.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] Heavy Hitters and inability to reach be heard by them<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not to go too far off-topic, but I think the Heavy Hitters net refers to the traffic net that meets on a variety of local repeaters: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ema.arrl.org/heavy-hitters-traffic-net/">https://ema.arrl.org/heavy-hitters-traffic-net/</a> (seems like the EMA section site is temporarily broken?)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unless the name is overloaded (very possible), it’s not a network of repeaters as such, but a traffic net that meets on some repeaters that are temporarily linked together. I don’t think the 70cm repeaters you mentioned are used by Heavy
Hitters net.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">73,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matt, N1ZYY<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 08:12 Lizzie DeMarco <<a href="mailto:lizzie@lizzie.com">lizzie@lizzie.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently bought a 2m antenna and successfully tried it out on Sunday's NET, so I know that I can be heard. However, I recently added to new repeaters that have the title Heavy Hitters and though I've tried to reach each of them, have
had no success. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What might be my issue, please? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">MANY thanks! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lizzie <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">KC1SUY <o:p></o:p></p>
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