cortchubby
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Once again the phantom 462.550 GMRS repeater has mysteriously come back on the air.
A great machine with insane coverage. Except one small issue. It has a 114.8 Pl tone block that transmits a busy signal (Illegal under FCC rules for GMRS) and ID's with a call sign that does not exist.
When joliet repeater that DOES use 114.8 keys up it causes the chicago busy signal to wipe the entire channel out.
Joliet has since changed PL tones graciously without incident. The joliet repeater owner is a great guy!
The ISSUE here is we do not know who owns the repeater in Chicago and where it is located.
We SUSPECT this is a rogue machine. (Illegal) It has been suggested that a fee for use be implemented and that the Chicago machine turns OFF the 114.8 PL tone and uses the other 7 CTCSS and 2 DPLS that it has available however no one "seems to know" who the owner of this machine is. Interestingly, when this machine came back on line the deviation was very low. People made comment about this and wouldnt you know suddenly the deviation increased and we could actually talk and not have to scream into the mic to be heard. Meaning the control person does monitor the channel. It is beginning to look like Chicago has some grudge against Joliet which is a shame since we would like to develop a network using both repeaters. Anyone that "may happen to know" who owns the chicago machine please privately contact me with that information.
Its a shame to loose a great coverage machine. South Bend to Kenosha and The lakefront to past Braidwood.
A great machine with insane coverage. Except one small issue. It has a 114.8 Pl tone block that transmits a busy signal (Illegal under FCC rules for GMRS) and ID's with a call sign that does not exist.
When joliet repeater that DOES use 114.8 keys up it causes the chicago busy signal to wipe the entire channel out.
Joliet has since changed PL tones graciously without incident. The joliet repeater owner is a great guy!
The ISSUE here is we do not know who owns the repeater in Chicago and where it is located.
We SUSPECT this is a rogue machine. (Illegal) It has been suggested that a fee for use be implemented and that the Chicago machine turns OFF the 114.8 PL tone and uses the other 7 CTCSS and 2 DPLS that it has available however no one "seems to know" who the owner of this machine is. Interestingly, when this machine came back on line the deviation was very low. People made comment about this and wouldnt you know suddenly the deviation increased and we could actually talk and not have to scream into the mic to be heard. Meaning the control person does monitor the channel. It is beginning to look like Chicago has some grudge against Joliet which is a shame since we would like to develop a network using both repeaters. Anyone that "may happen to know" who owns the chicago machine please privately contact me with that information.
Its a shame to loose a great coverage machine. South Bend to Kenosha and The lakefront to past Braidwood.