Yeah, but PL on stops non-hams from expending battery power. 73, Jim wb4gcs@amsat.org
Robert Bruninga wrote:
nice sounding Russian speaking ladies chatting away on a
phone.
Chalk this e-mail up for another vote to reactivate the PL tone. Those of us running QRP into the bird work hard enough...
PL will make absolutely no difference. Their signal is still there, jamming yours whether you can hear it or not. The only thing PL does is act like a squelch so that you don't hear them. But their signal is still just as strong on the uplink as without PL.
Hence, it is far better to have PL OFF so you can hear what you are up against.
Would you rather be in a boxing match with a giant with a blindfold on your eyes or not. You are still going to take the same punches, but without blindfold, you can see the punch coming.
Bob, WB4APR
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