It would appear from what I see that Tillamook County and Yakima have a same PL tone for them to come in and be repeated like that. Mountaintops are great for that. You normally wouldn't think that would play into effect, but with ducting that occurs from time to time, it sure can be fun.
I don't know why the radio techs would have such an issue about a PL/CTCSS tone on the output side, unless there are still people running around out there with equipment that can't handle a multi-PL arrangement with their radios. But with all the new equipment that is out there, you wouldn't think that would be a problem. Sigh... Unless they have an issue with every agency that is out there having to cough up some bucks to reprogram a few hundred radios that are probably out there. Budgets are tight out there, so it may be way down at the low end of the priority scale.
My 2 cents here.
Scott
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