>> Also add a commercial community tone board
>> with DCS to keep things orderly.
Can anyone explain the need for a community tone board and DCS? I
understand that some radios allow us to use the digital coded
squelch, but why the community tone board? Best I can tell from
researching them on the net (and on repeater-buider site) is that
they are used when a repeater owner wants to track usage by different
groups of people, each assigned a different CTCSS code or DCS code
(?), sometimes used for billing purposes.
I am building up a first-time UHF reapeater/remote for local
emergency use but am now a bit confused as to whether I am best to
buy a simple CTCSS decoder or a whole "community panel"?
Equipment obtained thus far is a Kenwood UHF TKR-850 repeater radio
with Decible Products Duplexer. Thanks in advance for any comments.
Jim K7RNR
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