I have the TOT in all my radios set at 30 seconds and building a 2 meter rptr that will be no more than 120 seconds, no reason in my mind to talk more than 2 minutes without releasing the PTT.
--- In [email protected], "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill Powell wrote: > > > (b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the station > > to a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of malfunction in > > the control link." > <snip> > > > > Nothing about timeout though. > > The 3-minute timeout timer is the accepted means of accomplishing the > above. It goes back to the early days of repeaters (60's). Many > repeaters back then had 3-minute timers on the transmitter itself. You > had to let the transmitter drop off the air completely to reset it. > (I remember the ID interval was 3-minutes back then too. Not to mention > everything had to be logged.) > > > Perhaps a friendly E-Mail to Riley asking if he'd "bust" you for it? > > In any event, a 3 minute time out timer is simply good practice and > > might save an expen$ive final. > > > > Bill - WB1GOT > > My usual rule of thumb is that the FCC is the last people you want to > ask whether something is legal or not. They will normally tell you it's > not, just to CYA. > ARRL has proven themselves to be worse. > > -- > Jim Barbour > WD8CHL >
