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SiriusHardware · 17th Jun 2019, 8:59 am

For those against the idea of CTCSS altogether, what about all those lovely CTCSS equipped ex-PMR sets and cheap Chinese made handsets and mobiles which have never heard of 1750Hz toneburst?

Granted, you can build a little 1750Hz toneburst generator and build it into the radio or the microphone, but why bother if both the radio and the repeater support CTCSS? The best, most flexible situation is for repeaters to support both access methods.

The wholly unnecessary introduction of digital transmissions on previously analogue only frequencies annoys me a lot more, nowadays it's impossible to scan the R / RB repeater output frequencies without being hit with a wall of digital noise at some point.

17th Jun 2019, 8:59 am	#39
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,556	Re: Save our 2 Metre Band. For those against the idea of CTCSS altogether, what about all those lovely CTCSS equipped ex-PMR sets and cheap Chinese made handsets and mobiles which have never heard of 1750Hz toneburst? Granted, you can build a little 1750Hz toneburst generator and build it into the radio or the microphone, but why bother if both the radio and the repeater support CTCSS? The best, most flexible situation is for repeaters to support both access methods. The wholly unnecessary introduction of digital transmissions on previously analogue only frequencies annoys me a lot more, nowadays it's impossible to scan the R / RB repeater output frequencies without being hit with a wall of digital noise at some point.