[Elecraft] 1750Hz tone in MCU 3.41 / DSP 2.37, 10-02-2009

[Julian, G4ILO]

Toby Deinhardt wrote:
> 
> I am sure that it will work as implemented, but transmitting a 500ms  
> beep every time one starts to transmit would be overkill. Generally FM  
> rigs here have an extra button for transmitting the 1750Hz tone to  
> activate the the repeater, which only needs to be done once per QSO -  
> at least here in DL, this does vary a bit from country to country  
> within Europe.
> 
I was actually surprised to see this feature being implemented as the
repeaters here only support 1750Hz toneburst for legacy reasons. In the UK
repeaters now use CTCSS as the primary if not only method of access, and
have done for years. But perhaps it is different elsewhere in Europe.

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