Hi Chris.

The best way around the issue that Steve mentioned is to try to listen to a
signal on the input and set the tone based on that.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 10:24 PM 11/6/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Chris,
>
>Some repeater operators suppress the output tone, which means that
>the search will never find it.  Others use a different output tone
>from the input tone, which means you'll find it, but it won't
>help.  In all fairness, though, most repeaters use the same input and
>output tones, and don't try to hide them, so the search feature will
>usually help you.
>
>Steve
>
>On Sunday 11/6/05 21:53 John Miller wrote:
> >ya,  just to let you know, it only tends to find the output tone so check
> >the tone for that and manually check the input tone to make sure you're
> >transmitting the right tone, but that search has come in very handy for me
> >in the past.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:32 PM
> >Subject: Re: TMG707a Question
> >
> >
> >Hi John,
> >
> >Thanks so much.  I'm picking up a number of repeaters over in the St. Louis
> >area and because my radio and antenna seem to get out so well and the fact
> >that these repeaters are quite strong, I'm sure the reason I can't hit them
> >is that they have a PL tone and I thought this would be the easiest way to
> >find it.
> >
> >73
> >Kris

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