I've never heard of a radio that would receive the tone but not transmit it
outside of commercial, that's very strange. Are they all like that? It
really doesn't make sense, I believe you, it just doesn't make sense.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: TS480/SAT in FM operation
> John, That is what we are trying to do. Now my neighbor has a TS2000 and
> it
> works the way you described it. With the 480 when you switch to CTCSS it
> no
> longer transmits the tone.
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 2:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TS480/SAT in FM operation
>
> PL and CTCSS is exactly the same thing, what you're talking about is
> something else but that doesn't make sense at all. If you need a split
> tone,
> in other words different from receive to transmit, set the transmit tone
> and
> leave receive tone off, you'd be out of luck and that would be crazy since
> only commercial radios do that as far as I know though I did trick a ham
> radio to do it once. Anyway, as long as the tone is the same for in and
> out,
> when you turn on tone squelch, so you need a tone to receive the repeater,
> it will transmit that same tone when you transmit so you have the tone set
> for receive and transmit that way.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: TS480/SAT in FM operation
>
>
>> PL tones are the tones going into the repeater. CTCSS are those
>> transmitted by it. That is the best explanation I can come up with
>> that makes sense to me.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Lou Kolb
>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 2:32 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: TS480/SAT in FM operation
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>> I thought they were the same. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you
>> mean by ctcss and Pl tones, but I thought both those terms refered to
>> a tone that's transmitted continuously as long as the transmitter is
>> up to hold the squelch open on the receiving end. I'm sure someone
>> will correct me if I'm wrong. 73, Lou Lou Kolb Voice-over Artist:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:11 PM
>> Subject: TS480/SAT in FM operation
>>
>>
>>> Anyone that has experience with the 480 on fm repeaters may be able
>>> to help with this. We have just added tones to our local repeater.
>>> The
>>> 480 manual, if I am reading it right, doesn't allow you to have a pl
>>> tone and a CTCSS tone at the same time. Does anyone have a work
>>> around for this?
>>>
>>> Bob kd0br
>>
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