Paul- With all due respect (as you & I have had good dealings in our past) that statement of "will have tone on most of the time...There will only be limited times where the tone will be turned off" is what every 10 meter repeater owner says before they put up repeaters that become carrier squelch problems.
------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:09:59 PM CST From: "Paul Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups > > I am in the planning process for constructing a 10 meter repeater and it > will have tone on most of the time. There will only be limited times where > the tone will be turned off. > > Paul > WB5IDM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups > > > > Some, yes. A few, yes. Many, No. > LJ > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Mark Holman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:41:50 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups > > > > I thought on 10 M. that some are tone access ? > > I think Chicago, IL did ?? > > Mark Holman > Isn't Radio Fun !! ?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wade Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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