No. As a matter of fact, I tried to hear several VERY close
repeaters when +/- 15kc of their outputs. I heard none of them.

You're telling me a repeater is *supposed* to be *less*
selective than a Kenwood TM-271A?


I am not saying the repeater is suspost to be less slective, just that many
are. Some (maybe alot ) of repeaters are converted from older comercial
gear such as the GE Mastr ll series. They probably are not as selective.
They met the comercial standards from 20 or so years ago. While there are
probably not very many if any of the old VHF Enginering units in use today,
they were fine repeaters for the money and for what was out about 25 or so
years ago. I still put one on about 2 years ago while I took the other
repeater off the air to do some work for a week or so.
While your Kenwood may be more selective than the repeater , try keying the
thing for an hour or two in a shack that is about 100 deg F . The repeater
has to be built to a differant enviroment than the rigs at home operate in.
It might also have a 20 db preamp on it and the deviation may be lower.

I am not defending the repeater over your rig, just mentioning some things
that the repeater owners have to compete with. Also look at the overall
cost of the repeater, including the antenna and controler and duplexer. By
the time some of the other items have been bought it may leave little money
for the actual receiver and transmitter.