Lol! Thanks everyone! 



73.
Darren Duff.
amateur radio station KK4AHX.

Vice President,
Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
http://www.cherokeehams.com

Cherokee County ARES.
http://www.cherokee-ares.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 9:29 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Difference in tones.

dcs is like pl but digital. I run a dcs tone on my repeater on 900 MHz. It's
supposed to be less prone to being triggered by the right tone of
interference or whatever brings up a toned repeater when no one's there but
I don't see much difference. that or someone has a lot of fun listening to
my repeater ID even when it's dead for hours.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Difference in tones.


> Hi Darren.
>
> CTCSS and PL are the same thing.  Where the confusion may come in is 
> the four settings of squelch on the TM-V71A.  There is Tone Squelch, 
> which is most likely what you want.  It's essentially what you think 
> of as PL.  The tone is transmitted, but not received by the radio.  
> CTCSS is also PL, but in this case the radio sends and receives the 
> tone.  I have this on for channels that have interference, so only a 
> signal that sends the tone will open the squelch.  DCS is one that I'm 
> not too familiar with, but it isn't PL.  There is also the option where
all tones and decoding is off.
>
> Hope this helps you out.
>
> GO CATS!
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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>