Amen, I have had a few 10 meter repeater QSO's just to try it. They were all incredibly short due to about 12 interfering repeaters all being keyed up at once!! You would think that a 10 meter repeater op would, at the very least, set them up to require a CTCSS tone so that they dont interfere with every other repeater on the channel with every carrier on the input freq.
Wade - KR7K ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups > > 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 > > > > > > > > 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/
