Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: "PL" and tweedles Message-ID: <11397@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 20:10:06 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11397 Posted: Sun Jul 7 20:10:06 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:38:12 EDT References: <86@biomed.UUCP> <957@sdcsvax.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 > (Note to ham radio newcomers: the ``squelch tail'' is the burst of white > noise heard as an FM receiver squelch delays closing for a short period > of time. It is NOT (as I have heard ignorant people say on local > repeaters) the delayed drop-off time of the repeater. It is perfectly > possible (and common) to have a squelch tail when there is no repeater > involved at all. > On a repeater however, you hear the squelch tail from the repeaters receiver being retransmitted. If you have remote receive sites, the problem is compounded. You can get around this by delaying the repeated audio by enough time that when the COS from the reciever dies, the squelch tail in the delay line is dumped. Of course, there isn't a whole lot you can due about the squelch tail in the user's receiver. -Ron