At 8/14/2009 08:54, you wrote: >Let me get this straight... someone installed a circuit >that would cut off the transmission if the user didn't talk >with a loud enough voice into the mic?
Actually, I think it looked for sufficient modulation to activate the repeater. Once it was up, it would stay up until COS drop. >Think anyone might have ever left in frustration? ... maybe >embarrassed or felt chased away by not clearly understanding >"what was required" of them? > >... or were they all eventually "well trained"? ... at least >those who stuck around? IIRC, that repeater was fairly busy back in the day when the VOX was in place. So I'd say most were "well trained", & the few that left probably gave the lesser-used low-level repeaters more use. Win-win. Bob NO6B
