Tom, The Icom H-16 radio cannot process digital coded squelch; it is capable only of tone coded squelch.
I have to wonder why a Ham repeater would convert the access to CDCSS (Continuous Digital Coded Squelch System) unless the intent was to create a defacto "closed repeater" which could be accessed only by persons with commercial-grade or high-end and recent Amateur-grade radios. Other than keeping out the riff-raff, one advantage of DCS is that there is only one approved format, and that means that radios of any brand can mute silently with any other brand. Yes, there are aftermarket CDCSS encoders and decoders that you can purchase to install in your H-16, but it may be less hassle to simply purchase a new and better radio that includes both CDCSS and CTCSS as standard. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of retiredcss01 Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] tone encoder/decoder board I have an ICOM H-16, VHF HANDHELD. Our system has changed to apparently a DCS tone of 306 and the tones on the H-16 only go to 254. My question is, is there any way, add-on or mod, to get this tone for encoding and decoding? Thanks, Tom retiredcss01
