I don't know about DCS, but PL was actually coined by Motorola, and later
DCS was also coined as DPL.  I think that on other brands of radio the
numbers may be off a little bit but not much when it comes to PL, but not
DCS.





On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Butch Bussen wrote:

> Basicly dcs is just another way to do what pl or subtones do.  As I
> recall, Motorola came up with this so their stuff wouldn't be compatable
> with other radios.  If you started out with there radios, you had to stick
> with them.  They also use to letter code their tone reeds to make it more
> difficult to swith brands.  I've used both and don't see any difference.
> 73s
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
>