don, i do that on my repeater, state the repeater pl on my ids.
dan
At 12:31 AM 8/29/04, Don Bishop wrote:
>I agree that the accessibility issue is really not the driving force here
>at all.  It is, however, difficult for someone who may just be visiting an
>area to know all
>the pl tones for each machine in a particular area.
>
>I wonder if they've ever considered having repeater operators include the
>pl frequency as part of the regular repeater id sequence.  Do this for open
>repeaters anyway.
>
>Don W6SMB
>
>On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:03:07 -0400, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
>
>I'm thinking you may be miss underestimating the intent of the new
>policy.  In most cases the
>effected repeaters are open machines so there is no purpose to be defeated
>by broadcast of the tone
>frequencies.  Also, this policy is an attempt to curb an issue of
>interference between co-channel
>users on a pair which has been an issue needing to be addressed for
>years.  Your concerns about
>accessibility are valid concerns but the coordinating bodies need to look
>at broader issues such as
>reducing interference.  They are likely aware of the accessibility issues
>but those issues fall
>outside the scope of their responsibilities If you are concerned about
>accessibility I respectfully
>suggest you address those concerns to the equipment manufacturers and venders.
>"I do think that radio is the most enormously magical medium in a way that
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 17:19
>Subject: Re: PL Required for Repeater Coordination
>
>
>Chris, I agree with you.
>
>I also feel that the blind are being left out of the equation because not
>all radios are accessible to us.
>
>Also, if a repeater owner chooses to broadcast its P.L. tone what good does
>it do to require tones since that effectively cancels out the purpose of the
>tone.  Most radios have a tone finding feature wherein if a repeater is
>active it can find the right P.L. tone.  So I really don't see that this
>policy will do much good.
>73.  Harvey (N.5.H.A.U.)
>
>
>
>
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