marcspaz Posted November 11 Report Posted November 11 1 hour ago, LeoG said: Don't need to open squelch if you have a meter. If it's showing incoming then you wait. That is true to a degree. Im sure some radios have a busy indicator or busy lockout that could help. Though, the monitor button or temporarily disabling the TSQL may still be the best way to go. I have Yaesu and Motorola radios that don't show any activity at all if the tone squelch is on and not the correct tone to open the squelch. So I would have no idea if the channel is busy or not unless I go into monitor mode. Also, the busy indicator can't tell the difference between a conversation and random noise. It would stink if you're waiting to use the radio based on the meter or busy indicator because the RF noise floor is higher the the user squelch threshold. SteveShannon 1 Quote
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