We sure hear them out on the West Coast. Quite a few of them have Midwest (5,8 and 9) area call signs, as well as the East coast call areas 1,2,3 and 4. All four pairs are completely busy with multiple repeaters when the band is open, which is quite a bit lately. ALl I have to do is key any of the 10FM Radios with a signal (with no CTCSS encoder being used) and there they are.
I'm using a 100W MICOR base station on 10-Meters. I also hear the same activity on my ICOM HF transceiver, an Azden PCS-10 handheld transcevier, and my TenTec Omni VI +. Four repeater channels + a 10M Repeater in nearly every little jerkwater town = a Real mess! LJ Original Message: ----------------- From: Jim B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 14:48:46 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Whatever equipment you do use, be *SURE* you have it in CTCSS access (Not > carrier squelch). There are only four 10M FM repeater channels, and even > during this low part of the sunspot cycle, they're unusable due to the > numbers of repeaters on each of the four channels. They ID on top of each > other, drop in and out as the signals take fades, talk to themselves > spewing out time, temperature, elevation, club names, etc. etc. A real > mess. If we could select the one we want to use with the appropriate tone, > (like we used to be able to do), it would be a good thing. > > Now Six meters, there's a good place for a low-band repeater system. Lots > more channels available. > > Larry I'd sure like to know where all these 10M FM repeaters are. It's so rare that I find ANYTHING I can hit that I seldom bother. Btw, I'm running a 110W Syntor X with an A/S base loaded whip on the jeep. I know it works after talking to CA, AZ, MT, WA, FL, TX, VE7's, much of the east coast, and Spain on 29.6 (from OH). But the repeater pairs are nearly dead. If the band is up, I can hit a machine in PR, but never get a response. That's about it. But I agree 6M is a better place for a repeater. If your group wants 10M, how about a remote base on 29.6? Just make sure there aren't any ID's or other stuff coming out on 10, just the person talking. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . 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/
