Al Wolfe wrote:
> Jim,
> Yes, if everyone is transmitting 100 tone it would defeat a major
> purpose for using tone in the first place. But the only ones who are
> supposed to use 100 htz are mobiles or HT's, and then only long enough to
> set up the normal tone for the system they want to use. Base stations are to
> never use 100 htz. This is where discipline and peer pressure come in. An
> obnoxious or intrusive tail message could discourage routine use but still
> allow a tranient to use the system. The idea of self-policing and mentoring
> still have some place in Amateur Radio, I hope.
>
> 73,
> Al, K9SI
>
Well, it isn't just base stations that get into out-of-town repeaters.
It doesn't take much of a band opening for handhelds here in Cleveland
to hit repeaters in Detroit or even Buffalo.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
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