WRZH847 Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 I'm new to GMRS! Is there a table that translates "DPL" to "DCS"? Context - local open repeater says tone in 156 DPL and tone out 156 DPL and my radio (GMRS PRO) has DCS codes, not DPL. My radio has: DCS-156N/265I Is that the same thing? When I tried this code my radio went silent .. so I'm guessing that its not right. Quote
0 SteveShannon Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 1 minute ago, WRZH847 said: I'm new to GMRS! Is there a table that translates "DPL" to "DCS"? Context - local open repeater says tone in 156 DPL and tone out 156 DPL and my radio (GMRS PRO) has DCS codes, not DPL. My radio has: DCS-156N/265I Is that the same thing? When I tried this code my radio went silent .. so I'm guessing that its not right. DCS is exactly the same as DPL. Motorola just called it DPL. Change your radio so it transmits with 156N. Leave tones off for receive until you know you have transmit set correctly. That way you’ll hear everything on that frequency. WRXB215 1 Quote
0 Socalgmrs Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 Yes soo and dcs is the same thing. It’s just a digital tone and it analog. Did you input them correctly do you have the programing set to cross tone? Are you programming in the radio or on the computer? What radio is it? Do you know for sure you could health that particular repeater before? May it have been a different repeater or simplex? If you leave the receive tone off you will have no idea what you’re listening to…ie another repeater or simplex. There is no reason at all to leave the receive time off. Just program it Correctly and go for it. Quote
0 PRadio Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 5 minutes ago, WRZH847 said: I'm new to GMRS! Is there a table that translates "DPL" to "DCS"? Context - local open repeater says tone in 156 DPL and tone out 156 DPL and my radio (GMRS PRO) has DCS codes, not DPL. My radio has: DCS-156N/265I Is that the same thing? When I tried this code my radio went silent .. so I'm guessing that its not right. It's my understanding is that DPL is Motorola's name for DCS. Quote
0 OffRoaderX Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 and dont forget about DTC.. DTC, DPL, DCS = all the same Quote
0 SteveShannon Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 9 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: and dont forget about DTC.. DTC, DPL, DCS = all the same And DTCSS. Quote
0 Guest Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 14 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: and dont forget about DTC.. DTC, DPL, DCS = all the same 4 minutes ago, Sshannon said: And DTCSS. ... and tone and privacy tone ... Quote
0 OffRoaderX Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 12 minutes ago, WRXD372 said: ... and tone and privacy tone ... Well.. No.. Because "tone" and "Privacy Tone" would include CTC, CTCSS, and PL, which are not the same. and we don't want to go down that rabbit hole. SteveShannon and kirk5056 2 Quote
0 nokones Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 1 hour ago, OffRoaderX said: Well.. No.. Because "tone" and "Privacy Tone" would include CTC, CTCSS, and PL, which are not the same. and we don't want to go down that rabbit hole. Yah, stay out of the wabbit holes, they're not private either! SteveShannon and kirk5056 2 Quote
0 WRZH847 Posted April 15 Author Report Posted April 15 Thanks all! Confirmed that its working with this DCS code. It helped to remember that I own two GMRS radios which made testing easier than listening to an empty channel. SteveShannon 1 Quote
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WRZH847
I'm new to GMRS!
Is there a table that translates "DPL" to "DCS"?
Context - local open repeater says tone in 156 DPL and tone out 156 DPL and my radio (GMRS PRO) has DCS codes, not DPL.
My radio has: DCS-156N/265I
Is that the same thing?
When I tried this code my radio went silent .. so I'm guessing that its not right.
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