> In the unlikely event that a repeater designed for FM voice does pass the
> digital data well enough to permit a conversation, it will make all the
> regular analog FM voice users of the repeater very unhappy. It will sound
> like their squelch is wide open, but advancing the squelch control will
> not
> help. As long as the digital signal is transmitting, they will hear a
> loud
> rush in their speakers.
>
> It's going to take some ingenuity to accommodate the inevitable, long
> transition between analog and digital communication on the VHF/UHF bands.
Gary,
What seems to be working around here for another club is that the repeater
transmits a CTCSS tone when in analog mode, and no CTCSS (obviously) in
digital mode. Users use CTCSS-decode to ignore the digital "noise".
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Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - WY0X
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