These guys obviously have never built or ran a linked repeater system. Back home we had several hams that would not upgrade there equipment or run pl. They felt that since it had pl on the receiver that it was considered a closed machine. When I purchased the 147.260 repeater in Eugene, Oregon. I built a new repeater that ctcss encode and decode and that threw all the older guys for a loop. They thought it was a closed machine and started complaining. My reply to them was stop bitchin and get involved. They were not paying any dues or support of any kind. They eventually went out and got new hand held radios. When I linked it to my North South trunk and started hearing people in Seattle and Medford Oregon they thought the repeater had moved to another hill that covered all of that area.
Point here is that things change and pl is a good thing since the bands are so crowded and most states are out of clean VHF pairs. Just my 2 cents worth, Mike K7PFJ _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Miller WB5OXQ in Waco Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 6:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Kenwood squelch quality I am curious why anyone in modern times wants to use carrier squelch? All radios I have seen for years had ctcss standard. Also I am in Texas and the Texas VHF-FM society our coordinator agency frowns on carrier squelch on vhf and does not allow it on uhf. I find ctcss much more sensitive than carrier squelch. Just wondering? WB5OXQ <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=104168/grpspId=1705063108/msgId= 84514/stime=1219073192/nc1=4025338/nc2=5028926/nc3=5379227>
