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  1. I see nothing unreasonable about that, but I've come to find a lot of GMRS people believe that accessing someone's repeater is the equivalent to breaking into someone's car and driving it without permission. Personally, I fail to see how that's equivalent to putting a device on public airwaves with a shared channel. Suggesting that keying up to an unknown repeater, even just to see if it's there, is equivalent to car theft or home invasion, is much closer to those anti-piracy commercials that say "You wouldn't download a car, would you?" Everyone made fun of those commercials because equating downloading digital files to car theft is hyperbolic. I'm trying to understand why many operators seem that protective of their repeaters, and I really don't get it. Yes, you can limit who uses your repeater. Does that mean someone trying to reach you through your repeater is being malicious? No, not necessarily. If you put a repeater up, put no information about it on the net and don't transmit an automated message, then expect people to key up and ask what the deal is. Whether one's repeater equipment "cost thousands" is no one's problem but the owner's.
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