No differencee. You say tomato, etc., the generic name is CTCSS, while PL (private line) tone is a trademark held by, I forget if it's Motorola or GE, but believe it's Motorola. Sorta like Coke. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:01 AM, KK4AHX Darren Duff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Good morning!
> 
> Before I get the kenwood today I wanted to ask a question about pl tones and
> ctcss tones. What is the difference? And if you program in a pl tone do you
> need to worry about the ctcss? I feel silly asking this question but I think
> programming the wouxun radio has confused me!  When I would program in a
> repeater in the wouxun, I would program in the ctcss tone (menu 16) and that
> would be it. But it looks like the kenwood has pl, and ctcss and dcs.
> Someone please refresh my memory! Lol!
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 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
>