There is no legal difference between using CTCSS tone paging vs audible tone paging. Both are the same thing. I have a pager on my repeater. It alerts me to site conditions that require attention (alarms), and is used by others if they are trying to get hold of me and I'm not monitoring at the time. Again, telemetry is legal, as are ancillary functions of the repeater.
Joe M. Chris Robinson wrote: > If you are trying to do a paging system on the repeater then no you > can not do this, if you plan on using a method that encrypts the > message. > I would sugesst that many radios now come with the ability to CTCSS > tone page, and use this method. Only radios on and set to that page > code you pick will activate. No it is not secure but no transmission > on amateur is secure, it was never meant to suppliment or bypass other > radio services! > > On 5/22/09, rert...@ix.netcom.com <rert...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> If you send to one pager at a time, you're OK because the message is going >> to a single person and isn't a broadcast. >> >> Dick >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Christopher Hodgdon <chris.hodg...@kaufman-ares.org> >>> Sent: May 22, 2009 3:43 PM >>> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >>> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] One way transmitting question >>> >>> Ok, I have a question that has been bothering me over the last few days. I >>> had mentioned that we wanted to use our repeater to send out a set of >>> tones to activate fire style pager (this was some time ago) and people >>> said we should not do it for one reason or another. One of those reasons >>> was that it might be considered a one way broadcast and not legal under >>> FCC rules for amateur radio. >>> >>> That being said, I know that some people have come on here and asked about >>> using a weather radio on their repeater system, etc. Having it setup to >>> send out alerts over the repeater when they come in. Would this not also >>> be considered a 1 way broadcast for reception by general public, per-say. >>> >>> >>> How can you legally include a weather alert radio in a repeater setup and >>> have it function as required? >>> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.323 / Virus Database: 270.12.37/2131 - Release Date: 05/24/09 > 07:09:00 >
