- 1972 - WR7ABQ repeater license issued to ARA
- 1973 - Lots of comments about long distance calls on autopatch
- Only way to determine if two repeaters were going to interfere with each other
only way to find out was put them on air and see if anyone complained.
Since radios were crystal controlled major effort was in place was to use
least number of pairs possible to cover state without any interference
- 1975 - 146.64 move to Shaw Butte 40 Foot tower
- Radio linking repeaters became legal