100 Hz tone on VE7RVF repeater

Posted 27 February 2021

For many years, VECTOR’s frequency list has specified an input tone of 100 Hz for our VE7RVF repeater (channel 1 on the VECTOR frequency list). However, the repeater did not previously require the tone to be used.

As of February 25^th, 2021, the 100 Hz tone is now mandatory for the VE7RVF repeater.

Please check your radios to confirm that the tone is set properly. VECTOR runs a nightly wellness net on the VE7RVF repeater at 19:05, which is an excellent opportunity to check-in and confirm that your radio is programmed correctly.

A big thanks for Hiroshi VA7LET for braving the snow to visit the repeater and adjust settings. In addition to enforcing the tone as a means of preventing spurious inteference, the repeater time out timer has also been increased.