Now, does that mean that there will be silence in the channel until the tone
is heard, and does it work for the entire radio at once, or just for a
specific channel?

"John Bartley K7AAY (ex-KGH2126)" wrote in
message ...
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:01:24 GMT, "Alan Lansburger"
wrote:

What is the purpose or what does a tone does in a radio? Can an export
radio
(10m converted) be installed (with) a tone?

Probably not in a cost-effective manner.

I saw a 10 m hand held, with a 88mhz

88.5 Hz, not mHz

tone. Does this helps with reach

No.

and transmission to another radio which
has the tone? Can anyone explan a little bit on this?

CTCSS (same as Motorola's 'PL') has the xmtr send a subaudible tone.
The receiving radio will not break squelch unless the CTCSS tone is heard.
You can search on the terms above for more info.

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