On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:16:11 GMT, "Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this
mindspring.com wrote:

Addressing this situation; why not simply make the repeaters 'whistle up'?
In Germany they had the repeaters set up for a 1750 tone burst, if I
remember correctly. You could whistle it up. The machine then stayed up
for a period of time. If it dropped, you did the tone again.

It could also be setup on the machines to override the PL (private line, sub
tone) just for travelers.

I brought this up several years ago to the Alabama council. They ignored
it. What do you folks think here?

Dan/W4NTI

I believe that is the European standard, not just Germany. In any
case, most HTs and mobiles sold in the last few years seem to have
this as an option, and going US or Euro is a software adjustment with
many.

Also, see my other post about repeaters in Maine using the same PL
tone.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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