Mark Kramer wrote:

So now it is also the responsibility of the repeater owner to protect
his investment in equipment by seeking people to use his repeater all
the time? Otherwise, it will be "housecleaned" out from under him?

KØHB wrote:

I just had a look at our local (Minneapolis/St Paul) pair
assignments. In the 2M and 75CM bands there are 108 repeater pairs
assigned.

There must be a compromise between these two opinions. There cannot be
108 active repeaters in one urban area. Frequency coordinators need a
way to reassign pairs that really are no longer being used.

73, Steve KB9X