That seems to be a characteristic of Pl decoders on many models including
my Standard C528.  I guess the only condition that I would buy the radio is
if I got the programming cable and software with it.

73, de Lou K2LKK
At 03:38 PM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Oh, okay have we changed your mind about the THF6A?  Can I set it so it
>will just incode because I have noticed a delay with the decode, not just
>on this rig, but other radios.
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>On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>
> > Hi Jefferey.
> >
> > You don't have to set your radio for tone decode--tone encode is all you
> > need to access the repeater.  If using PL decode is causing you to miss
> > things because the tone is taking too long to lock, just set your radio for
> > encode only, and that should fix the problem.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> > At 09:59 PM 1/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi everyone, I have a couple of questions here about the traffic nets.  Is
> > >there anything special i need to know in order to pass traffic at all?  I
> > >have checked in on a few nets here but haven't passed any traffic.
> > >         Also, I've noticed that with some repeaters you have a disconnect
> > >tone and it mutes out your radio too soon and you sometimes have to press
> > >the mon on the THF6A  SIs there anything I can do to hear the repeater
> > >because you can miss like repeater announcements that automatically go
> > >out.  Any information on either of these topics would be appreciated, and
> > >thanks in advance.
> >
> > Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
> > e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work Tel.  (585) 697-5753
> >

Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
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