Sounds like, in essence, it was a closed repeater. Only those meeting some tough standards were allowed. Nothing wrong with that, as long as one doesn't call it an OPEN repeater. "OPEN" being anyone operating within the limits of the FCC rules is welcome.
Wes AE6ZM & VE7ELE ARRL Techncial Specialist Lincoln, CA AEC Placer County ARES CM98iv SKCC #5769 > > It would be ANDed with the COS, so that anyone too > > "soft-spoken" would drop out of the repeater. > > > We had one repeater around here with that feature. AFAIK > > it worked quite well. >
