> if you run full time tone mode you can run open squelch > (i.e. and blow raw carrier into the tone decoder) and > maximize the system sensitivity.
... with an advisory caution to use a serious quality ctcss/dcs decoder. Less than optimal designed circuits might false on or off. > This is because a weak carrier that otherwise wouldn't open > the squelch will decode. The question is... would the now active weak carrier have an honest usable voice quality signal? Is the difference worth getting excited about? **** > If you didn't know it was toned you'd think it was a > well-designed carrier squelch system (at least until the > first YaeComWood showed up with it's no-reverse-burst and > the PL reed in the system receiver had to freewheel to a > stop to mute the audio). Wasn't GE's scheme to simply delay the carrier drop while the ctcss went away... no reverse burst. An early ACC Repeater Controller with the audio delay module was a miracle cure-all for many would could not tame the squelch crash noise gremlin. s.
