It'll be much more secure than broadcasting tones over the company frequency where someone could be listening. Also, the garage door openers are short range so that there's less chance of an accidental unlocking.
Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Need to find a product to develop goodwill at a tower site(s) > Good idea, Chuck. Sorry I didn't think of that. > Keep it simple. > > 73, > > Dick W1NMZ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuck Kelsey > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: 26 May, 2007 13:23 > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Need to find a product to develop > goodwill at a tower site(s) > > > Why not just use a garage door opener radio? > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 4:03 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Need to find a product to develop goodwill > at a tower site(s) > >> Hello to All, >> >> I am starting to develop a future ham repeater relation with a tower >> site(s) owner and recently got a request for something unusual. The >> company has a fleet of VHF radio equipped vehicles. They want to pull up >> to a site, enter a touch-tone sequence on the mike, and open a security >> gate at the site. I could kludge together something, but would rather >> find something commercially available. Anytime I have kludged something >> together, I have ended up having to repair it for longer that I expected. >> Something with a VHF receiver, TT decode and relay contact output would >> be >> great. >> >> Any ides if this is even made commercially? I know that some >> fire/ambulance departments use a similar idea to open and close the >> firehouse door. Some also have the ability to control traffic control >> lights on their way to a situation. >> >> 73, Joe, k1ike > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >