Doug wrote: > I have just about completed setting up the MSR2000 as per the > article by K4HAL and WA6ILQ > and it appears to work just great. I have to interface it to the 7k > and Doug Hall interface and > it will be ready to go. All the cabling is done. The only option > cards left in are the TOT and > the Station Control card. > > However, when I key the radio, it appears the pl tone is being > transmitted all the time. The > PL DISABLE switch has no affect on it. Is this normal??
uhhh-yes-that is normal for all repeaters and base stations. It is more frequently called 'monitor' however. It is used to disable the CTCSS decoder. It is a requirement on commercial freqs to make certain that you are not interfering with another transmission on the freq, usually by temporarily disabling the decoder and listening carrier squelch. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
