On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: > At 8/30/2009 09:25, you wrote: > > >On Aug 30, 2009, at 7:06 AM, WA3GIN wrote: > > > > > Does having numerous repeaters PL'd with the same tone freq. > > > increase the probability of the normally generated intermod/mixed > > > signal to now carry within the produced signal a correct PL tone > > > that may land on the input freq. of another local repeater? Is it > > > considered a bad practice to utilize the same PL for numerous > > > repeaters in the same band all located within a few miles of each > > > other? > > > >Bad engineering design, yes. But the fact that it's commonly done, is > >also true. Not sure why. > > > >When "area plans" show something like "repeaters in this area all use > >CTCSS tone X" I always cringe a little. > > Sure makes it a lot easier for travelers to find all the local > repeaters. > > Bob NO6B
Who's so dumb that they SCAN with CTCSS Decode turned on? I think the "one CTCSS in an area" is just a leftover from the time when we all had single-tone boards in our rigs. No one needs this "feature" in area repeaters anymore. (No one has trouble finding repeaters out here, and we've had a system where every large club and small backyard repeater is on different tones for decades. We never went with the popular, silly idea that different tones are somehow "difficult" for someone who knows how to operate their rig.) All my club's repeaters are on 107.2, another large club is on 103.5, yet another 123.0. No one here has any difficulty "finding" the repeaters. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [email protected] http://facebook.com/denverpilot http://twitter.com/denverpilot
