My reply was likewise based on the information at hand and the near impossibility of finding 5-tone decoders. But even given that, it seems like a lot of overkill to use an "exotic" format.
I'm certainly not opposed to experimenting and learning, but the original post didn't really give us a hint of the entire picture. And I'm certainly not against using 5-tone. Heck, stack two together and go for ten tones. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "mch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 5 tone > Well, I do know Europe uses a lot of 5-tone equipment, but the fact that > you had a lot of it was missing from your original post, so don't be > surprised that your replies were skewed based on that missing fact. > > I'm not 100% positive, but I THINK you will find that there are two > 5-tone formats - that used by pagers (older ones) and that used by the > European radios. They may be different and the controllers that support > 5-tone only support the US version. That isn't to say that you could not > use a controller that has a programmable tone generator to make the > format you need. > > I can't speak for others, but MY reply was based on an equipment > availability issue, and not a "not invented here" attitude. As I said, > had you pointed out that you had a lot of european equipment, my > response would have been different, and included the info above. But, > I'm not psychic, nor is anyone else on this list (that I'm aware of). > > Thank you, and a belated Merry Christmas to you an all, > Joe M. > Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
