All the things which made adding CTCSS to a rockbound Regency HR2A in 1970 a pain in the butt still make it a pain to add it to a CB conversion. Among the big ones, no good way to change and read out which tone is selected from the front panel, and no memories in which to store tone info with frequencies.
I know, I know...but I hope there's always room for Rube Goldberg homebrew conversions in some corner of ham radio! Perhaps I can learn to work with with PICs so I can build a little microprocessor controller that handles all that, provides memories, and displays the PL's EIA code on the flourescent display. Hmmm...maybe I could put in an 8-pin mic jack and share my Alinco's DTMF mic with up/down buttons... Look what you guys have started! And I heard him exclaim, as ten meters went dead... "Merry Christmas to all! Now...y'all go to bed!" Ho ho ho! 73, Paul, AE4KR ----- Original Message ----- From: Kris Kirby To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 10 meter desense help, split site, high noise floor. On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, JOHN MACKEY wrote: > So if the transmit offset for a CB radio was overcome, and converting > from AM to FM for a CB radio was overcome, adding CTCSS is a simple > issue that will be easily overcome. Adding CTCSS to a repeater has been an issue as long as I've been a ham. I think the only thing that has allowed progress to be made is that the older hams who object eventually fall into a silent majority .. or become silent keys. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility. --rly
