ARA Discontinues Autopatch

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Oc­tob­er 12, 2014

Ef­fective the week of Oc­tob­er 13 the ARA is dis­con­tinu­ing the auto-patch at Guy Hill. Over the years. the use of the auto-patch for both per­son­al phone calls by mem­b­ers and Em­er­gen­cy phone calls by the gener­al amateur radio com­mun­ity has de­cline to vir­tual­ly no calls per year. Meanwhile the cost of keep­ing the phone line at the site has been ris­ing over the years. The Board of Di­rec­tors, led in the this in­stan­ce by the Treasur­er and Trus­tee of the 224.74/R Wayne N0POH and con­cur­red by Pre­sident and Trus­tee of the 448.85/R Steve K0IBM and Trus­tee of the 147.15/R David W0CBI we’ll be dis­con­tinu­ing the phone line and con­serv­ing some $800 per year that can be de­voted to other pro­jects.

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