I may have met one or two Tech experimenters but the only reason they were
Tech experimenters and not General or Extra experimenters was they
couldn't
get their code speed up. Which is why I always thought that the concept of
a Tech being an experimenter type license kind of silly.

Heck there is an electronics whiz named Cecil with a web site all about
neat
antenna ideas of his. He surely fits the experimenter mold. For eons on
these newsgroups he said he wouldn't have an Extra if they gave it to him.
Absolutely no need said he. But when the code went away guess what. Yup
he's an Extra. So IMO the license class has little to do with being an
experimenter...

This whole line is silly because there are all kinds of experimenters in all
license classes (and unlicensed) so how does the fact that I can experiment
on any frequency make any difference.

BTW repeaters are old hat. Hams were doing remote bases and repeaters in
the 50's. The biggest changes have been all the available off-the-shelf
equipment since the 70's that spawned the appliance operators that need help
to put up a mag mount antenna.