I guess I should clarify that. "Talk to" means depending on whose 
manufacturer's specs you are looking at. Some are 500, and some are 750 
for NBFM.

Joe M.

MCH wrote:
> Spec is either 500 Hz or 750 Hz (0.5 kHz or 0.75 kHz) depending on who 
> you 'talk to'.
> 
> Joe M.
> 
> Ron Wright wrote:
>> PL is usually aroung 800 Hz.  1 K little high, but should not cause a 
>> problem unless the problem radio's PL circuits are being over driven.
>>
>> I would get the problem radios on a service monitor.  Some of the IC PL 
>> units, which probably is what is in these radios, and there might be a 
>> problem with them not being on PL freq.
>>
>> Generate the input rcv signal with PL from the service monitor and see how 
>> far off PL tone freq you can be.  Might find they are on the edge decoding 
>> sometimes and not others.  Also could verify if receivers have a sen 
>> problem.  With radios in PL it is often harder to tell if signal is fading 
>> since PL cuts in and out and cannot open sq for this test.
>>
>> I would want to verify problem receivers are working before I tore into the 
>> base/repeater.
>>
>> 73, ron, n9ee/r
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: David Murman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Date: 2008/07/18 Fri PM 07:49:19 EDT
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] PL Problem
>>>                
>>>
>>> Isn’t1K a little hot for PL tone? 
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> David
>>>  
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:[email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
>>> Of tgundo2003
>>> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:56AM
>>> To:[email protected]
>>> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] PLProblem
>>>  
>>> I need some suggestions.
>>>
>>> It seems that my users that have newer Motorola "Astro" series radios
>>> have a problem on my Micor UHF repeater where the PL does not always
>>> open up their radios. It seems that it's only Astro type radios that
>>> have the problem.
>>>
>>> I have the PL Deveation set at 1K. It's generated internally on the
>>> uni-chassis TX PL board.
>>>
>>> I have 2 GP-300's, 1 MAxtrac, 1GM300, a Yeasu dual band Mobile and a
>>> Radio Shack HTX-404 (With an MDC board installed it in! I actually
>>> love that little radio) and None of them have any problems decoding
>>> the PL.
>>>
>>> So what's up with the new stuff? It it really picky? what else should
>>> I check?
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>>
>>> Tom
>>> W9SRV
>>>
>>> P.S.- I told them all to buy old radios and be done with it. Besides
>>> the TX audio out of the new stuff sucks anyways, IMHO, unless you like
>>> listening to over-processed crap ;) 
>>>                                                                             
>>>         
>>
>> Ron Wright, N9EE
>> 727-376-6575
>> MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS
>> Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL
>> No tone, all are welcome.
>>
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