[Milsurplus] 150c tone on 51mc (was Field Day 3996, 7296 and 51mc)

[Fibber]

Thanks for the comment Dave.

Well, the problem is no noise squelch on the rigs (PRC-77/PRC-25) being 
used. We have about 5 get-togethers (NWMRE) each year and just about 
always operate 150c mil tone. When or if we have a request for 
PRC-6/PRC-10 type compatibility, we set up skeds and take it off.

Really, civi radios don't handle the wide FM very well anyway, so we'd 
be looking for mil radio folks anyway. Last FD and the one before that 
we worked a number of in-coming and remote sites on 51mc with 150c no 
problem. We worked stations 35 to 65 miles milradio to milradio VHF 
lowband before.

I guess the answer is to install the Canadian noise squelch modules and 
tweak the deviation down, but we could just as easy run civi gear. Takes 
the fun out of the Green that way :-(

With my mil log-periodic and or a rc-292 we oughta be able to work a few 
  die-hard mil radio types.

Regards,
-"Fibber" K6FIB

David Stinson wrote:
> I think running the 150 hz tone squelch isn't a good idea.
> There will be few enough people able or willing to put
> a signal on 51.0 without closing the squelch to some of them.
> 
> 


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