renewrfy950 Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 To my understanding when using a PL tone on normal channels anyone using the same PL tone or no PL tone can hear you. Does this work the same with a repeater? Can I listen to repeater channel 18 with no PL tone and hear people even though the repeater has a PL tone of “x”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidphc Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 No, the PL tone is a filter. If you have it enabled you will only hear people with the PL tone enabled. Everyone else will still hear both sides fine. The repeater will ignore any inputs without the PL tone. You will hear it fine. However, using it will defeat having squelch enabled. Think of it as a sql filter. The radio won't open unless it breaks the sql level or matches the tone. So when listening to a repeater you can use either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkinet Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Kidphc. Although, as usual, your technological description is accurate, I think you got the question backwards. He was asking if he is listening without PL will he hear everything. And the answer to that is yes. kidphc and H8SPVMT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidphc Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Crap must of miss read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renewrfy950 Posted June 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Ok I’m lost. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkinet Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Ok I’m lost. LolIf you have no PL tone programmed for receive on a channel, you will hear everything on that channel. Well, everything that is strong enough to break the audio squelch. Mikeam and kipandlee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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