> --- In [email protected], Peter Summerhawk > <commcon...@...> wrote: >> Morning Crew, >> I need some suggestions on what tone frequency people are using for > the ID >> on their repeater as well as speed for the ID. I am using a repeater >> controller that I can adjust the frequency and speed of the system. > I want >> to use something that can be heard but don't want it to be to high > so they >> users go deaf or have the speed to fast as its all a blur in the id. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> Thanks >> >> Peter Summerhawk-N0WRE
It's pretty subjective. First, for amateur, FCC says no more than 20 WPM for an automatic ID. So set it for that-you want it to go out as fast as you can to get it out of the way. Tone pitch is VERY much a matter of taste. I use 520 Hz for some, and for ones that I want to be as unobtrusive as possible, the S-Com's will let you go down to 260 Hz. It's almost inaudible, but meets the rules because if you listen with a radio that does NOT have CTCSS filtering, it's quite copyable. Deviation for a CW ID should be around +/- 1-1.5 KHz. More then that will interfere with voice intelligibility.
