The Radio Shack in Derby, KS, the next town south from Wichita, also happens to be the local HAM radio sales/tech shop. Several folks there, including the manager, hold a ticket. Here's a link to the store:
http://hamradiocenter.biz/Tuesday, I wandered in just before closing time, and was talking to the manager, Mark, KB0MOF, and mentioned to him that I hadn't been able to trip any of the 2 meter repeaters in the area. He told me that most of the local repeaters don't use a CTCSS/PL subaudible tone, since there isn't nearly the RF interference issues that we experience in California.
So, this morning, I fired up my VX-150 HT, turned off the Tone Encode function, and hit the Transmit key. The Derby repeater responded with nearly full quieting. Go figure...
If interested, here's a link to the Wichita Amateur Radio Club (WARC):
http://www.warc1.org/The link titled "Grid" is "The Grounded Grid", their monthly newsletter. On the last page of the December issue (and perhaps all of them) there is a list of the local nets, and the days/times they are active.
I think I'll wander into the next club meeting next week, and see what they are all about.
Peace and 73s all
Matt/KG6ZET
P.S. Mark also said that if I brought in my PRO-95 scanner, he would clone the local frequencies into it. So, after work today, I'm off to Radio Shack again!
