Everything is recorded. Ham radio is not a mystery to anyone. Repeaters are everywhere and all of them have the capacity to archive every communication.
“Repeaters are everywhere and all of them have the capacity to archive every communication.”
Nope - some may be capable of that but none around my area can do that, to my knowledge. Specifically, I’m the site rep for a location that has 3 repeaters on 6 meters, 222 MHz, & 440 MHz so I know for a fact that none of those three have that capability. I’m also the president of a local ham radio club and I know none of the club’s repeaters have that ability, either. The truly geeky may record transmissions by way of a receiver in their home, though.