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!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: PL, DTMF, etc comments Message-ID: <11514@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 17:50:22 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11514 Posted: Thu Jul 11 17:50:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 03:41:44 EDT References: <18736@mgweed.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 > Remember one thing that MOST commercial stations using tone activated > receivers forget: DISABLE THE TONE CIRCUITRY BEFORE TRANSMITTING. > That is, except on the 440 MHz ham band, it is illegal to transmit on > a frequency before monitoring it. You can't do this unless you revert > to carrier squelch! > This is why the mike "hook" switch disables PL when you pick up the mike. -Ron