At 02:29 PM 12/29/2007, you wrote: >My 2 friends just linked their 440 machines together using an Alinco >DR-235T at each end for the link. They did find that there is a delay >in time in which the decoder takes to decode and release. They are >going to fix this by using Audio Delay Modules in the controllers at >each end of the link. Also, using a high PL tone should help the >decoder decode faster.
<----Nope. A delay board won't do a thing for the decode pickup time and probably not for the release time either. And a using a higher tone probably won't help either. You're talking microseconds in difference between a tone at the low range and one at the top end. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net "We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!"