My idea was not for non-emergency informational messages. It was for alerting both ARES members and CERT members to emergency response needs, ie. SkyWarn Net, disaster/sar response in the county, etc.
The page tones would not be used expect for the purpose of alerting ARES and or CERT. --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > I doubt very many groups use tone pages for non-emergency, > informational messages like the one you mentioned ("To all TVARC > members, we will be holding our monthly meeting and swap shop on March > 20, at the Mcdonalds on I-20 in Terrell. We will start at 5:00"). > > One of the things a modern repeater controller does for you is > automatically transmit such "commercials" at opportune times. > > Sending such a message right after the initial ID wouldn't be too > obtrusive since no conversation is likely in progress. > > Or, if the message is sent a minute after the last transmission, the > conversation is probably over but folks are likely still monitoring. > > Event counters can be programmed to prevent too much of a good thing. > > 73, > Bob, WA9FBO > S-COM, LLC > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. >
