When the station is that far away and, apparently, is not able to hear "your" repeater and the problem only occurs during "band openings", I believe it is NEITHER poor operating practice NOR inconsiderate to transmit a tone that may be needed for occasional use. There are two repeaters in my area which have the same issue. One RESOLVED the issue by changing to one of the other tones recommended for his area; the other operator lowered his antenna which somewhat resolved the issue and, when it occurs anyway, he just complains about it. Now, which of those repeaters do you think provides better service to its users? Remember, everything about ham radio is SHARED. There are NO exclusive frequency or tone assignments. Every region that I have ever looked up has more than one recommended tone so, who do you think is being "inconsiderate"?
Tom
It seems its only a problem to someone with a twist in his britches and the belief that he 'owns' the frequency--and no other repeater within a thousand miles has a right to use that pair.
So, I see you’re back to reading to my posts again.
You all seem to want to bash others in this forum rather than look at the logic of the original question. I used my situation as an example of what could be wrong with the rationale of transmitting PL tone when using a repeater that doesn’t need one. But instead, your ego has clouded your ability to look at the logic of the question.
Knowing that transmitting PL tone when not required can POSSIBLY cause interference to a distant repeater, yet not using PL tone will still accomplish accessing the repeater you want to use but not cause interference some distance away, yet transmitting PL anyway is foolish. Why would a respectable ham transmit a signal, while knowing his emissions MAY cause interference, yet also know he doesn’t have to? No emotion here, no complaining, just simple logic.
What I have learned here is that some operators don’t really care if their operations cause interference to others. Shared spectrum, remember?
I also learned that here on this forum, logic be damned, some posters will not allow themselves to learn anything. They pick their position and come hell or high water, they stick to it even though they know they are wrong.
Also, when someone uses an example to demonstrate what can happen in a situation, these same posters drift way off the thread topic simply to bash the poster only so his or her ego remains at a high elevation.
To get back to the original question, it’s bad practice to use PL tone when it’s not required. Go ahead and use your PL tone all you want to, it’s still bad practice. As a matter of fact, why not transmit all the PL tones all the time on every repeater pair you use? That way you will be assured to access any repeater anywhere in your travel area. You won’t need to worry about which tone to use. Wouldn’t this be good operating practice by your standards?