At 11:40 AM 1/22/2007, you wrote: >W5KGT wrote: > > And make sure that the coordinator has the correct PL > > tone in his data base. > >The only problem with that is they have a tendency to publish it. Then >suddenly the repeater isn't closed anymore. It's happened here. Access >codes/tones were published in the ARRL directory when they were told NOT to.
<----Folks seem to forget that PL/DPL was never meant to be a security feature, although it seems many Hams try to use it as one. And besides, with today's radios it ain't exactly rocket science to figure out which particular tone(s) a particular system uses. I don't see where it makes one iota of difference whether tone(s) are published or not... Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of the world famous RC210 Repeater Controller and accessories. http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net
