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 <*> 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/
