> > I'd bet the bigger hurdle would be convincing the users to > > adapt all those individual radio to add tone encoders. There's > > a lot of ancient hardware in use on 10m.
If there's known local activity in the area... people will try to find and use equipment that makes the machine. It's hard to get folks to sink money into repeater use radios for bands that have minimal activity. > "You can take my converted CB when you pry it from my cold, > dead fingers," etc. Most serious CB Radio Operators I know don't mess around with basic CB equipment. Many have advanced HF Radios at home and export type CB's in their cars. If you haven't checked out an Export CB for legit 10 meters then you're missing out. Some of the models are much more impressive (bells and whistles wise) that many Amateur Radios. > I once had a converted CB for 10 FM. Added a CTCSS encoder; > worked fine. > Bob NO6B The low cost 555 based home-brew tone encoder project was originally designed and installed in a Regency HR-212 2-meter radio. http://www.radiowrench.com/sonic/so02148.html Both the encoder and the radio still work fine... although the receiver front-end is so wide it won't work well in a busy metro city.... but living large in the countryside with an old radio can be swell. If you have an active repeater on in the local area, people will find you if they know about you. cheers, skipp
