For a short time it's very interesting to hear a quarter kilowatt repeater in one location across the country compete with another fire-bottle machine many thousands of miles away, which includes a box or two outside the US. Of course a few of them are not using ctcss.
cheers, s. > "Paul Plack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure more 10m pairs are really needed. When the band is open, 50 pairs would all have heterodynes. When the skip closes down, few hams use 10 FM locally. > > 73, > Paul, AE4KR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:45 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. > > > At 12/22/2007 20:40, you wrote: > > >It's been tried many times since the 1970's..... > > > >LJ > > The Commission has been a lot more flexible lately, so a petition for > rulemaking that asks for more 10 meter repeater spectrum may be a > worthwhile effort now. IMO, in order to have a reasonable chance of > success any such petition needs to clearly demonstrate that the expansion > would have minimal impact on other non-repeater 10 meter activities. > > Bob NO6B >