Lou, After giving it some thought I do have a better explanation of what we
are doing.  We have a PL tone on the repeater's receiver  so that the
repeater is only activated by those transmitting that tone.  The repeater in
turn puts out a tone on its transmissions so that only receivers that have
that CTCSS tone turned on are going to receive the signal.  I hope that
makes more sense than my first explanation did.

Bob 

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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: TS480/SAT in FM operation

Bob,

I thought they were the same.  Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean by
ctcss and Pl tones, but I thought both those terms refered to a tone that's
transmitted continuously as long as the transmitter is up to hold the
squelch open on the receiving end.  I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm
wrong.  73,  Lou Lou Kolb Voice-over Artist:
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:11 PM
Subject: TS480/SAT in FM operation


> Anyone that has experience with the 480 on fm repeaters may be able to 
> help with this.  We have just added tones to our local repeater.  The 
> 480 manual, if I am reading it right, doesn't allow you to have a pl 
> tone and a CTCSS tone at the same time.  Does anyone have a work 
> around for this?
>
> Bob kd0br