Chris,

You can have the radio scan for PL tones by pressing and holding the Tone 
button until you hear a beep.  When the radio finds a tone, you'll hear 
another beep, at which point you press OK (also known as the high/low power 
button).  At this point, the PL has been entered into the VFO, and since it 
is stored as a CTCSS tone, it will keep the receiver open.  Depending on the 
way the repeater is set up, you may also have to re-enter the PL into the 
tone setting so you can turn CTCSS off.  To do this, press Function followed 
by the Tone button, and then press the speech button to read the PL tone 
frequency.  Then, press Function to cancel this operation.  Press the Tone 
button twice, then Function followed by Tone, and turn the Tuning knob until 
you have matched the setting you previously read.  Then, press OK.

After all this, you may conclude that it's easier to get a list of the tones 
you want and manually enter them.  It's also easier to enter them through 
the software.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:04
Subject: TMG707a Question


> Hi All,
>
> What do you do in order to get the radio to search for PL tones and how do
> you know when it finds the right one and how do you then add it to the
> memory channel where you want it.
>
> Is it easier to let the radio search or is it better to get a list of the
> tones and add them manually.  I just thought if the radio could find them 
> it
> would be easier.  Nearly all of the repeaters I can use have PL tones now
> and I don't know most of them.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> 73
> Kris
> WB9SLM
>
>
>