Hi, Colin.  Also, thanks from here for the info.  Should have my 
antenna up within two or so weeks, and will check out the repeaters 
then.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 11:36 AM 4/3/2015, Tom Behler wrote:
>Colin:
>
>This is extremely helpful, and I really appreciate the info.
>
>10 meter repeaters will be something interesting to try in the summer time
>once my school teaching year is over.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 11:34 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 10-meter Repeaters again
>
>Hey Tom and all:
>It's actually pretty simple...simply program in the 6 FM frequencies you
>will be using, that would be:
>29.5 FM simplex
>29.6 FM simplex
>29.62 FM -100K input
>and through to 29.68 -100K
>
>You will find that the repeater frequencies like 29.62 and 29.64 have
>multiple machines coming in at the same time and you'll find you will be
>able to key multiple machines at the same time.  The trick is being able to
>pick out the machine you want to hear and grabbing the CW or voice ID from
>it.  SO compiling a big list of repeaters is kind of pointless when you
>never really know which machine your going to be getting into on a
>particular day based on propigation etc.  It's not like 2M or 70CM where you
>will only hear one repeater in your area on a particular frequency
>pair...with propigation covering half or more of the world during the day,
>you'll hear a bunch on the same frequency.
>few of the 10M repeaters use tone on their inputs, so it's almost not worth
>scouring through to find what tones they claim are used with those
>repeaters.
>If you do want to use a machine that has tone on the input, I think it's
>probably better just to turn the tone on your tx when you want to access
>that particular machine instead of programming each machine
>separately...since there are only 4 repeater pairs anyway.
>A vertical antenna on 10, especially 10M FM seems to do better than a
>typical dipole config.
>Also, set your FM audio level as high as you can.  There are so many guys
>who try to go low on their FM audio and with noise and multiple carriers
>clattering around, you won't be heard with low audio.
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>From: Tom Behler
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:04 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 10-meter Repeaters again
>
>Hi, all.
>
>I'm trying to compile the info on 10-meter repeaters that has been shared
>recently into a single set of notes, since I may venture into that aspect of
>things when I get time here, but I'm missing the info for Bob's repeater in
>the Des Moines, Iowa area.
>
>Can someone pass that along again?
>
>Also, if someone has a list of the most easily-accessible 10-meter repeaters
>from here in North America, that would also be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ