Repeater Output tones

[WSAJ688]

Hello, I just had a question about output tones on a repeater. Does that mean that the repeater will only transmit whats received on that tone? So Id have to set my radios with that receive tone? Or can i set the output tone as nothing and still hear what the repeater receives? I only ask because ive seen many people online say you dont need the output tone.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[kidphc]

You can do either.

If you are in an heavily used area or have multiple repeaters on the same frequency. Then I would suggest using the output tone. Even then always open squelch (or use monitor) to verify input frequency is not in use, before transmitting.

Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

[WSAJ688]

Ok so it doesn’t necessarily only send on that tone. Thank you very much for the help! That clears up some thinking. I don’t have too many repeaters in my area. In fact i can barely hit the one i do have. lol. I may end up putting up my own at some point.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[kidphc]

I should add, I generally use the output tones in my area.

Otherwise, I would be hearing all the kids, lawnscaping companies

Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

[WRXB215]

4 minutes ago, WSAJ688 said:

Ok so it doesn’t necessarily only send on that tone.

You need to understand how tones work. When a radio or in this case the repeater has an input tone, it will squelch out any signal that does not have that tone. So, the repeater will ignore you unless your signal has that tone. When the repeater sends out a signal with a tone, you can still hear it when you use no tone at all. But you also hear all other signals. To squelch out all the other signals and just hear the repeater, use the repeaters output tone.