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In that case you may want to use "split tones." This is means the that TX and RX tones are different - for example TX on 467.675 MHz with DCS tone 654 and RX on 462.675 with DCS tone 172. Our club repeater uses this strategy to help limit interference. There is even a repeater in my area that uses a digital tone for TX and an analog tone for RX. The caveat here is that many radios are not capable of operating with split tones - the recent Midland GMRS offerings are not capable of using split tones as far as I know. A split tone strategy can help limit interference and people inadvertently keying up your repeater, but this is not a silver bullet. A persistent repeater jammer can easily thwart this strategy.

Ok, so from what I understand, some Repeaters allow Multiple TX and RX tones. That explains why I was not allowed to use the 141.3 and was given another Private PL Tone to use on the same repeater and frequency near me. At first, I thought they had two repeaters setup using the same frequency with separate the PL tones. That didn't seem feasible or cost effective. I'm in the process of setting up my own repeater and have to choose a Frequency and PL tones myself and thinking about a strategy to avoid not only interference but I want to make it the most private.