At 8/30/2009 09:25, you wrote: >On Aug 30, 2009, at 7:06 AM, WA3GIN wrote: > > > Does having numerous repeaters PL'd with the same tone freq. > > increase the probability of the normally generated intermod/mixed > > signal to now carry within the produced signal a correct PL tone > > that may land on the input freq. of another local repeater? Is it > > considered a bad practice to utilize the same PL for numerous > > repeaters in the same band all located within a few miles of each > > other? > >Bad engineering design, yes. But the fact that it's commonly done, is >also true. Not sure why. > >When "area plans" show something like "repeaters in this area all use >CTCSS tone X" I always cringe a little.
Sure makes it a lot easier for travelers to find all the local repeaters. Bob NO6B
