27 Jul
2017
27 Jul
'17
6:15 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 05:40:39PM -0400, Scott wrote:
Question: in a case like this where the status of a transponder is unknown and no activity is heard, absent any SSB gear would it be bad to transmit an FM signal on the uplink just to see if the transponder is in fact active? I would never use FM if there was activity, but could an FM transmission cause any harm just to possibly determine the status of a transponder?
Just make sure to ID at the end of your transmission. You can do this by using your PTT as a key.
... otherwise, you're just kerchunking a repeater. :-)
--- Zach N0ZGO