[SixClub] 6 meter repeater PL tones

[KB0NLY]

I haven't seen any Amateur gear from Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu, that allows 
different tones for transmit and receive.  This is more of a commercial 
requirement.  Just about any programmable commercial LMR gear will support 
the separate tone requirement.  I don't know why the Amateur gear 
manufacturers never followed suit, probably to make it less complicated 
perhaps, and the fact that most repeaters in the Amateur service don't use 
this ability.

If you have a 6m repeater using split tones then the best you can do is to 
program the transmit tone required so you can at least use the repeater. 
Although it is much nicer in my opinion to have tone squelch down at these 
frequencies to keep the noise out, but if you don't have the ability there 
isn't much you can do.

Your only other option is to buy a commercial radio and convert it to the 
ham band, or for some models just program it.

73,

Scott KB0NLY



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From: "Barry Sherwood" <ars.kf5gc at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:33 AM
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6 meter repeater PL tones

> I do not know about the FT-8900 but my Icom LMR software lets you
> program separate tones for tx and rx as well as the Kenwood LMR
> software.
>
> Barry
> KF5GC
>
> On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 08:31 +0000, nn1f at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> I am using the FT-8900 and it does not seem to have more than one tone. I 
>> will try again.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Aron
>>
>> NN1F
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gabriel Sierra" <g_moonrec at yahoo.com>
>> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:10:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6 meter repeater PL tones
>>
>> Some radios make distinction between CTSS and RPT tones, being CTSS for 
>> reception and RPT for repeater access. You have to check you radio's 
>> manual, as there are some old radios that only use the same tone for both 
>> receiving and transmitting.
>>
>> 73!
>>
>> Gabriel Sierra , WP3BM
>> Bike Tourist Podcast
>> http://biketourist.podomatic.com (English)
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>>
>> --- On Fri, 4/16/10, nn1f at comcast.net <nn1f at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: nn1f at comcast.net <nn1f at comcast.net>
>> Subject: [SixClub] 6 meter repeater PL tones
>> To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 2:47 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a question regarding the PL tones in some repeaters here in the NH 
>> area.
>>
>> I see that there are listed two tone frequencies, I presume one for the 
>> input and one for the output.
>>
>> How do I enter both of the PL tones into the memory?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Aron
>>
>> NN1F
>>
>> Bedford, NH
>>
>
>
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