WRYP302 Posted October 6, 2023 Report Posted October 6, 2023 I am new to GMRS, and recently purchased two BTECH GMRS-PRO handhelds and the BTEC GMRS-50V2 for my truck. My question is on CTCSS & DCS tones. I have a basic idea of their purpose, but I noticed that it appears the RT Systems programming software is adding tones to the CTCSS (67.0 Hz) and DCS (23) fields. I noticed that the tones are present in the RT Systems default program (Tone Mode = None) and these tones were added when I downloaded the programming from the radio (the radio was programmed with the BTECH CPS software and CTCSS/DCS were set to OFF). I am saying it "appears" because the Tone Mode field = None. Would it be correct to assume that as long Tone Mode = None that any entries in the CTCSS & DCS fields are ignored? Thanks Mike WRYP302 Quote
marcspaz Posted October 6, 2023 Report Posted October 6, 2023 Correct. If the tone type is none, then regardless of a tone code being present, it will not enable tone squelch. Same for DCS. WRXB215 and WRUU653 2 Quote
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