Hello, Fred and the group,

repeaters over here in central Europe are not any more "universally" to be
opened by 1750 hz tone. Many are carrier opened, and some need a PL tone.

The 1750 hz tone can be generated by whistling, though it is not the easy
way, since the length of the tone differs.
I bet, there is a setting in your HT to operate with the 1750 tone. I
operate a VX5R since 5 years, bought in San Diego. After doing some of the
"usual mods" www.mods.dk I could operate it over there as well as here in
Europe.

Unlike in the States, Repeaters are allocated frequencies between 145.600 to
145.787,5 in a spacing of 12.5 khz.
Only few are out of this range.

Mail me, offlist if you like, or here if this topic is of interest for
others, where you plan to go, from your name assuming somwhere in the german
speaking countries. Repeaters are strictly owed by clubs here, but are all
open by law, and are well documented. I can mail you a list, or a link. If
you need help for your travel, I am out of this business.

Herzliche Grüße an alle

73 de DL/OE8SOQ
Helmut

Echolink # 107658
"Fred" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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| I am taking my IC-W32A HT with me to europe on Vacation. The repeater
| access tone there is universally 1750 HZ however, my HT is not
| designed for this requirement. Is there a workaround? A manual whistle
| maybe? who would sell one?
| Thanks in advance
| 73
| Fred
| wb6iiq