Re: [Repeater-Builder] ten meter repeater setups

2 Dec 2004 06:09:31 -0000

The one on the south side of chicago (29.66) was listed as tone access, but it runs carrier squelch as far as i can tell...... Yup, just kerchunked it with no pl.
 
Tom
W9SRV


Mark Holman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I thought on 10 M. that some are tone access ?

I think Chicago, IL did ??

Mark Holman
Isn't Radio Fun !! ??

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From: "Wade Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> [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
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