On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:42:34 -0500, "David 01"
wrote:

"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
.. .

I have run into this when hiking, and operating from various summits.
I keyed up a repeater in Boston from the summit of Mt. Monadnock
(southern NH) and also got a repeater on the same frequency in CT.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)

Yeah, I experienced that too in 1991 on top of Mt Mitchell, NC, 6685 ft.
back when few repeaters used tone squelch. 5 watts and I made several people
angry in the southern states.

No one really angry, but a few people in Boston were confused when
they only heard my side of the conversation with the ham in CT,
although there was no other traffic on the Boston repeater. Only the
Boston repeater has tone, the other one doesn't.

I have also seen some areas deal with tone added for intermod control
by having all of the repeaters in the area (coastal Maine for example)
use the same CTSCC tone. This simplified things for hams with older
equipment.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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