PLEASE if you are going to keep this silly thing with a toneburst at the start of every transmission at least make it so that i can be switched off. In Sweden this is not needed for repeater work, after repeater been activated with 1750Hz it is carrier operated.
/SM2EKM ----------- ww2r2 wrote: > Having had it tested it on a couple of UK repeaters, I found they require a > tone at the start of every transmission irrrespective of the gap between > transmissions; The present functionality is fine > > Admittedly most have been accepting PL for many years now > > Dave > > G4FRE > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:51:47 +0200 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] 1750Hz tone in MCU 3.41 / DSP 2.37, 10-02-2009 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > format="flowed" > > Hi Wayne and the list, > > without having actually testing this: > >> * EU REPEATER 1750 HZ PL TONE BURST: If a 1750 Hz >> PL TONE is selected, a 500 ms tone burst will be >> sent on each PTT activation. > > This sounds wrong. > > During a normal QSO the tone is only needed once. Here in DL the > 1750Hz tone is used to "turn a repeater on," and it stays active until > it no longer detects an "incoming" signal for 10 seconds or so. In > other words, transmitting the tone as a kind of inverse roger beep > would be very irritating. > > vy 73 de toby > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
