Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Requiring CTCSS, etc.

2004-12-05 Thread Kris Kirby
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Al Wolfe wrote: normal tone. With this system any transient could access any PL100 compliant system by transmitting the universal tone of 100 htz. A distinctive tail message or other mechanism could be used to discourage common usage of the PL100 system but still allow

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Requiring CTCSS, etc.

2004-12-05 Thread Al Wolfe
PL100 is not a new idea but I don't know anyone who has tried it. It does seem to answer the issue of the transient user, one of the arguments put forward for having carrier squelch available. Motorola figured it out back in the late fifties, that they could have about ten times as

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Requiring CTCSS, etc.

2004-12-05 Thread Neil McKie
Or put a 5 second time out timer on the 100 Hz tone access. Users could make a call but not hold a long conversation. Neil Kris Kirby wrote: On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Al Wolfe wrote: normal tone. With this system any transient could access any PL100 compliant system by

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Requiring CTCSS

2004-12-04 Thread motarolla_doctor
-My 2 meter and 440 machines do not have a CTCSS disable and both send out CTCSS tone that is muted with COS in the repeater hang time. Paul A ha, the Mexican reverse burst. AKA Chicken burst. All kiding aside, this IS a good method to force the user to have his/her radio in carrier

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Requiring CTCSS, etc.

2004-12-04 Thread Mike WA6ILQ
At 10:47 AM 12/4/04, Al Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (big cut) Another thought, in regards to the itinerant mobile, is the PL100 concept where a repeater receiver responds to 100 htz. as well as their normal tone. With this system any transient could access any PL100 compliant system by