[aprssig] Q: Voice Alert freqs around the world?

[Wes Johnston, AI4PX]

why not just say it's 136.5 world wide?  It's not a multiple of 50 or 60hz.
I'm willing to change my radio.
Wes
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We are learning a lot more about Chicago-style politics than I ever wanted.


On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 15:19, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> > I totally agree.. I would like if possible
> > to see a European wide agreement on the
> > CTCSS tone frequency used [for Voice Alert].
> > I understand it to be 136.5 Hz, but like
> > others have already said, you can
> > find references to different frequencies :(
>
> Im partly to blame, because my early docs said 123 in some
> places and 136 in others... Back then no one was using it so it
> didn't matter.  I've been afraid to change any of my docs for
> fear of changing the wrong one.  But once we nail this down now.
> We cn fix the docs once and for all...
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
>
> >
> > Is there anyone responsible on a European level to say "Guys,
> > this is the value" and we just stick to it ?
> >
> > I have made some effort in Finland to agree that it's 136.5
> > Hz and Jouni OH2JIU (Finnish APRS manager) has put this
> > information through the local APRS mail distribution lists,
> > but now's the time to act if we are to use a different value
> > before everyone has configured their radios. There's an idea
> > to write a short article in the local Amateur Radio magazine
> > on the Voice Alert concept, and in the mean time we have
> > identified all the Finnish and Irish Kenwood D7/D700/D710
> > users in Finlandand are in the processes of guiding them to
> > follow suit.. eg with pages like this:
> >
> > http://www.elisanet.fi/craig/aprsvoicealert.html
> > http://www.ei7ig.org/aprs.html
> >
> > Naturally it's only confusing if the information on these
> > pages are incorrect, so the sooner we agree on the CTCSS
> > tone, the better :)
> >
> > regards, Craig (OH1UK)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Kai Gunter Brandt
> > <kai.brandt at hjemme.no> wrote:
> >
> >
> >       Reijo Hakala wrote:
> >       >
> >       >
> >       > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote:
> >       >>
> >       >> In Norway we are using 123Hz as this was suggested
> > for Europe. Not sure
> >       >> how many countries have adapted this...
> >       >
> >       >
> >       >
> >       > Err,
> >       >
> >       > Europe: 136,5Hz
> >       >
> >       >
> >
> >
> >       yes and 91.5 has been recomended etc.
> >
> >       http://www.aprsla.net/dwnld/v_alert.txt
> >
> >       So it really depend on when this was adopted.
> >
> >       Anyhow i think as long as the same tone are used in
> > country XX it's not
> >       a big problem. But it would probably be great if all
> > European countries
> >       used the same CTCSS.
> >
> >
> >       Kai Gunter
> >       LA3QMA
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Craig Mitchell
> > http://camitchell.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
>
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