Bob Dengler wrote: > 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
Right-Cleveland area 2M repeaters have used 110.9 since the mid-70's, since most of the PD's & FD's in Cuyahoga Co. used it on VHF, and 131.8 on UHF, thus an abundance of reeds back then. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
