On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:27:07 -0700, Diamond Dave
wrote:

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:35:44 -0600, "Noon-Air" wrote:

If you absolutely must use a beeper, then do it on the Childrens Band.. not
on the HAM bands.

Except for repeaters, they have no good use, but if you must, I agree with the
above.

A distinction here is that the repeater itself puts the tone on to
signify when the timer has started. The tone is not superimposed by
the person using the repeater.

There are only a couple of times when transmitted audible tones are
used. One is for a repeater autopatch. The other is to awaken Litz
decoders for emergency traffic. Beyond those two applications,
audible tones have no place in amateur radio. They need to stay in CB
land.

Dick - W6CCD