Jim wrote: > Tony Alviar (Home) wrote: >> Getting people to use the PL'ed repeater is another story. I have been >> trying to get people to understand that they can transmit a PL of 131.8 on >> the repeater input full time to make the transition to PL repeater easier. >> The response I get frequently is :: But the repeater isn't in PL, it won't >> work if I transmit the PL. . . . > > How do people like that get a ham license???
Wrong question. How about: "Why can't the Amateur community seem to convey this really simple concept to new repeater users without alienating them?" > That's as bad as the guy that kept complaining about a 'hum' on the > output of a repeater. After several weeks, I finally figured out he was > talking about the CTCSS on the output. I told him there is something > wrong with his radio if he's hearing it. That's when he told me he had a > 12" bass reflex guitar speaker on his 2M radio...I told him to get rid > of that speaker and stop complaining. LOL. Well, most Amateur rigs don't even bother to filter off the CTCSS. He could buy a commercial rig and use his big speaker, in most cases. Amateurs simply don't demand anything -- most don't even know what the hell is going on -- and almost none are clueful enough to write a manufacturer and say, "It'd sure be nice if you'd filter off 300 Hz and below before sending it to the radio's speaker!" Nate WY0X
