Gee John,
I have heard the same crap on two meters about PL!
Funny Comm-Spec makes decoder for any radio out there. The folks here all
have to have pl on the receivers soon. Maybe one one year left.
It helps alot.
73 Russ,
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From: "JOHN MACKEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] East coast system?
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> SNIP
> > The main reason for not using CTCSS on 10-Meter repeaters seems to be
that
> > the repeater owners have the excuse "most of our users don't have
> > sub-audible tone in their radio, so they can't use the repeater if we
put
> > it in tone squelch." One group said "we can't make a PL Decoder work at
> > this site." When we offered to help, they turned down our offer and left
in
> > in carrier squelch anyway.
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> One time I dealt with a group that said they couldn't make the PL decoder
work
> on a Micor 10 meter receiver & that is why their repeater was in carrier
> squelch. So I went to their RX site & installed a PL decoder & had it all
> hooked up & working in PL decode. About a month later the repeater was
> running in carrier squelch again. The excuse they gave was that some of
their
> users didn't have PL.
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> > It _used_ to be fun! Every little town (or big City) does NOT need a
> > 10-Meter Repeater! It's not just another band needing "filling up"
> > because Repeaters are authorized there.
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> This is part of what I was bringing up earlier about the several repeaters
in
> West Virginia.
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