Thanks much.  I tried that, but put in 6 zeroes, I'll try just one.  I 
have already programmed some stuff with receive pl tones, guess I'll 
leave them and see how things work.  One hell of a radio for the price 
though and not bad to program once you get the hang of it.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Sat, 13 Oct 
2012, Colin McDonald wrote:

> hey butch:
> go to menu 11, which is rx ctcss and just type in 0 and hit menu to
> confirm...the rx tone will then be disabled.
> If you have already programmed the weather frequency into a memory channel,
> you'll have to reprogram it without the tone as you cannot edit that
> particular parameter in a memory channel.
> Don't forget to delete the memory channel first if you want to use the same
> channel location.
> Don't worry, someone was having precisely the same problem the other day on
> the uv5R email list.
> I just leave rx ctcss off for everything as there are some quirky issues
> with using the rx tone on the uv5R.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:46 AM
> Subject: uva-5r question
>
>
>> How do I get it not to require pl on receive?  I can go to weather channel
>> and don't get them unless I hold in the monitor button.  Thanks.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>
>