[Elecraft] Is it possible to generate 1750Hz tone on HF with the K3 ?

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

Touch-tones are DTMF (dual-tone multi-frequency). CTCSS is Continuous
Tone-Coded Squelch System. They're quite different animals ;)

Audacity as a tone-generator function. I'd try that first.....
http://audacity.sf.net/

73,

    ~iain / N6ML



On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
> I *think* I recall reading about a freeware computer program that would
> generate US touch-tones (CTCSS) with a standard sound card.  Google might be
> your friend here.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 12/13/2012 8:45 AM, Ray Sills wrote:
>>
>> IT's hard to figure how a 1750 "tone" would control a repeater on HF.
>> And, I doubt that the system is a true repeater. Possibly, it's a
>> -re-transmitter- where a signal could be received, recorded, and then
>> immediately re-transmitted.  An unattended system like that would not be
>> permitted in the US, by maybe it's OK in VK-land.
>>
>> It might be possible to have your computer (presuming a computer is used
>> to display the SSTV video) generate a 1750 tone for you. If you have the DVR
>> recorder module, you could record -that- tone into the K3, and have it
>> available to trigger the "repeater" station.  Just a thought.
>>
>> 73 de Ray
>> K2ULR
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Lyle Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Only in FM mode.  it is one of the CTCSS tone choices.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Lyle Kk7P
>>>
>>>> I just found there is a SSTV repeater in VK5 on 14236 and it requires a
>>>> 1750Hz tone for access,
>>>>
>>>> any way to do this ?
>>>
>>>
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