The future of the regional 2-metre repeater of the Nature Coast Amateur Radio Society K4NCA in Florida looks bleak, according to various reports by the club on social media. The repeater, which is hosted by the county, had its antenna hit recently by lightning.
The county removed most of its equipment as well since, according to the social media posts, officials do not have the budget to cover the cost of repairs, which will require the service of professional tower crews. The club said members will be talking to the county to pin down a more definite estimate of what the cost would be to complete the repairs to get the repeater back on at 147.330 MHz again.
Nature Coast ended its message by saying: [quote] "It's not looking too good for the future of 330. If enough could be gathered by the community, then we may be able to keep this repeater on the air." [endquote]
