The other thing for regard to PLS if 2-meter repeaters in your area use a
given PL that is common that doesn't mean it is common on 440. I don't
know why the default offsets don't seem to apply for 440 but do for
2-meters.
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Christy!
>
> I can think of two possibilities for why you're not hitting any
> repeaters, neither of which have a thing to do with your SWR:
>
> 1) Are you sure you have the right offset? Sometimes automagic
> repeater shift doesn't work on 440 for some reason. Or,
>
> 2) You sure you have the right PL tone? Many 440 machines are
> PL'ed. It's more common than for 2M ones, but even that's changing and
> more 2M stuff is PL'ed.
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