hi all, With about all rigs manufactured in last 10 years or more CTCSS encode is standard and finding the tone of the repeater is easy. If the repeater transmits the tone some rigs find it for you.
However, this is only if you know a repeater exist on a frequency. Here in Florida I have a high repeater that is NOT toned. With the influx of new Hams and ones on vacation about every week someone comes on my machine and comments it is the only one they can make. The reason is the other repeaters are toned and due to the typical Ham Radio not keeping things up to date they cannot get into the toned repeaters because the tone has been changed. Tone has definite advantages and is being required by repeater cancels more. However, the advantages do not alway apply. Hearing DX is not a problem with me for I have always thought DX was part of Ham Radio. Noise is becoming more common these days so tone would help this. Putting tone on a repeater does not bring it into the 21st century. It brings it to about 1950s technology, but can be good for many. 73, ron, n9ee/r --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Coy Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Contrary to some beliefs, putting CTCSS on a repeater DOES NOT MAKE > IT "A CLOSED" mschine! > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Jim B." <jdb@> 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. > > -- > > Jim Barbour > > WD8CHL > > >
