At 8/28/2007 12:39 PM, you wrote: > > If CTCSS is still "turning people away" after almost 40 years of > > it being "out there" and in heavy use for at least 30 years, > > perhaps they need to be. > >In rural and remote areas it often ends up a bit of chore for >traveling-through mobiles to locate the proper rx ctcss. Unless >an area visitor already knows about the available repeater most >open machines are easily missed.
One concept that really helps in this area is CTCSS tone frequency standardization, IOW tones by region. All you then need to know is the freq. being used in the area you're traveling to. Many areas are already well established: 110.9 in Rochester NY, 107.2 in Niagara Falls & San Diego, 131.8 in Santa Barbara, 127.3 in Springfield MA. Even if you don't know what tone is in use, all you have to do is find the tone of one system. After that you can find the others by kerchunking (with ID of course!) all the other pairs with that tone. Bob NO6B
