Not with just about every scanner made having the ability to instantly display it. All someone needs to do is listen to the frequency. Many PC scanner programs even have logging.
As for not giving the coordinator access to the info, WPA keeps published and non-published info separate - it's even a separate entry on the coordination form with warnings about what is and is not published. But, if you don't give it to them, and they can't verify the repeater is there, you take your chances on what happens. Joe M. Ken Arck wrote: > > 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 > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
