Well, I have it all connected and running, coming straight out of the Doug Hall voter. Audio is fine, TKR-850 is sending ID's as programmed, everything is OK except one item: I have no squelch tail (carrier delay). The system keys up and down exactly within the timing window of the mobile user. Is there anyway for the TKR-850 to add back a carrier delay operating in Duplex mode, rather than Repeater mode?
--- In [email protected], Ken Arck <ah...@...> wrote: > > At 05:41 PM 4/21/2010, midcom.audio wrote: > > > > > >I'm attempting to update an existing repeater system that currently > >uses a Hall voter in tandem with a ComSpec TP-38 CTCSS repeater tone > >panel. The replacement RF deck is a Kenwood TKR-850 Series I. The > >previous RF deck was a KSG-4500, operating in a plain, dumb, > >duplexed TX / RX mode with no internal controller, PL decode, etc. I > >used the ComSpec TP-38 in the repeat audio path following the Hall > >voted audio to handle PL encode-decode, TOT, carrier delay/squelch tail, etc. > > > >Reading from the Repeater-Builder site, I came across the following > >comment regarding use of an 850: "If you are using an external > >controller you set it to "duplex base" mode, with COR on Aux out #1 > >and TOR (tone decode) on Aux out #2." > > > >I would very much like to eliminate the need for the TP-38 external > >CTCSS unit if at all possible, instead utilizing the TKR-850's > >INTERNAL PL encode/decode capabilities, carrier delay, CW ID, etc. > >My questions is: If I program the 850 from "repeater" into "duplex" > >operation, do I lose all those features normally found in "repeater" > >mode, rendering the 850 back to a "dumb" radio like its predecessor? > >Assuming those features DO remain, how does one "break" the normal, > >internal repeat audio path, since it will be necessary to route > >local receiver audio out to the Hall voter for comparator operation? > > <---Bottom line Mike is yes. You retain all the features (multitable, > etc) when the TKR is programmed for duplex operation and you let an > external controller do its thing. > > 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!" >
