"So you're saying only 2m and 70cm repeaters should be beaconed because the special APRS radios don't cover other bands?"<br><br>Are there *any* radios that can auto-tune to frequencies other that 2M/440 from a received packet with such information formatted in the comments?<br><br>The OP was addressing the Tune/QSY feature.<br><br>Jeff<br>N5TEV<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br><br>Brett Friermood via aprssig <aprssig@tapr.org> wrote:<br><br><p dir="ltr">On Sep 13, 2015 9:32 AM, "KB1EJH via aprssig" <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Others feel the need to beacon repeaters that the radios that tune can't physically tune; 6M, 220, DMR, 900.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So you're saying only 2m and 70cm repeaters should be beaconed because the special APRS radios don't cover other bands?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Since when did APRS turn into catering to those special radios rather than the greater community? Amateur radio has long since been more than only 2m FM.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Per Bob's many posts on the subject properly formatted objects sourced at the digipeaters add negligible load to the network.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Brett KQ9N</p>