[South Florida DX Association] 146.79 repeater update

[BALDYBAER at aol.com]

Chuck

I want to mention a couple items:

1.  The new  Motorola Quantar repeater for VHF is now on the bench for some  
testing:

--Power out is 120 watts in both digital and analog  modes
--The repeater supports both analog and conventional  operation  
transparently.  This means that digital APCO 25 radios (our current  products 
like XTS1500 XTS2500 XTS5000 and mobiles like XTL5000 XTL 2500 and  XTL1500) 
can use the repeater in analog as well as digital modes.  Here  is the point: 
if you are using an analog radio(like most amateurs) and there  is a digital 
user on the repeater, all you will hear is digital  "buzz".
Our analog W4MOT repeater has been transmitting  PL 100 Hz for many 
years, and the new repeater will continue to transmit  PL=100Hz in the analog 
mode.  To avoid the digital "buzz" , all analog  radios should be programmed 
to have the portable or mobile PL=100 Hz on  receive. In that case, the 
receiving portable with PL=100 Hz receive will  not open squelch to hear the 
digital "buzz" coming out of the 146.79  repeater.  But only one conversation 
is allowed at one time, so the  users need to listen to the repeater carrier 
squelch first or there will be  "RF collisions".

We need to talk this up on the repeater so the word gets  around.

73,

Rich
K4XF