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October 10th 03, 06:07 PM
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Any ham radio that does Quick Call RX?
Is there a ham radio that does Quick-Call (two-tone) decode, like a
fire department uses? Thanks.  Evan To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address. |
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#2
October 11th 03, 08:30 AM
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Evan Platt wrote in message . ..
Is there a ham radio that does Quick-Call (two-tone) decode, like a fire department uses? Thanks. Evan To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address. Is this about the same as the "sel-call" used in aviation? If so, no. I know of no ham rigs that include that. But airnav sells a sel-cal decoder for computer. You can get a working demo on the web at their site. I don't know if this would work for your needs though. The aviation sel-cal uses a 4 letter code, IE: EKBN or whatever...But on the radio you hear two tones of different pitches. IE: beeeeeep, boooooop, or whatever. I *think* the two tones heard are mixtures of two tones themselves, hence the 4 letter code, but not sure. Seems like I've heard fire station calls that had about the same type of sound, now that I think about it. But don't know if compatable or not. I guess you could try the free sel call demo and see if it will work. MK |
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October 11th 03, 08:30 AM
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Evan Platt wrote in message . ..
Is there a ham radio that does Quick-Call (two-tone) decode, like a fire department uses? Thanks. Evan To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address. Is this about the same as the "sel-call" used in aviation? If so, no. I know of no ham rigs that include that. But airnav sells a sel-cal decoder for computer. You can get a working demo on the web at their site. I don't know if this would work for your needs though. The aviation sel-cal uses a 4 letter code, IE: EKBN or whatever...But on the radio you hear two tones of different pitches. IE: beeeeeep, boooooop, or whatever. I *think* the two tones heard are mixtures of two tones themselves, hence the 4 letter code, but not sure. Seems like I've heard fire station calls that had about the same type of sound, now that I think about it. But don't know if compatable or not. I guess you could try the free sel call demo and see if it will work. MK |
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October 11th 03, 05:05 PM
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On 11 Oct 2003 00:30:49 -0700, (Mark Keith) wrote:
Is this about the same as the "sel-call" used in aviation? If so, no. I know of no ham rigs that include that. But airnav sells a sel-cal decoder for computer. You can get a working demo on the web at their site. I don't know if this would work for your needs though. The aviation sel-cal uses a 4 letter code, IE: EKBN or whatever...But on the radio you hear two tones of different pitches. IE: beeeeeep, boooooop, or whatever. I *think* the two tones heard are mixtures of two tones themselves, hence the 4 letter code, but not sure. Seems like I've heard fire station calls that had about the same type of sound, now that I think about it. But don't know if compatable or not. I guess you could try the free sel call demo and see if it will work. MK I don't know if it's Select Call - I think that's another tone. You can hear the tone at http://www.firescan.net/cgi-bin/chin...i?by=page&ch=2 - click on any link. I'd prefer it in a handheld... Thanks. Evan To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address. |
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October 11th 03, 06:00 PM
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:05:40 -0700, Evan Platt
wrote: On 11 Oct 2003 00:30:49 -0700, (Mark Keith) wrote: Is this about the same as the "sel-call" used in aviation? If so, no. I know of no ham rigs that include that. But airnav sells a sel-cal decoder for computer. You can get a working demo on the web at their site. I don't know if this would work for your needs though. The aviation sel-cal uses a 4 letter code, IE: EKBN or whatever...But on the radio you hear two tones of different pitches. IE: beeeeeep, boooooop, or whatever. I *think* the two tones heard are mixtures of two tones themselves, hence the 4 letter code, but not sure. Seems like I've heard fire station calls that had about the same type of sound, now that I think about it. But don't know if compatable or not. I guess you could try the free sel call demo and see if it will work. MK I don't know if it's Select Call - I think that's another tone. You can hear the tone at http://www.firescan.net/cgi-bin/chin...i?by=page&ch=2 - click on any link. I'd prefer it in a handheld... Thanks. Evan To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address. I know of no amateur transceivers that do two-tone select calling. Icom's IC-F30GS does, it will also operate within the 2 meter amateur radio bands. Other commerical transceivers do two tone select calling too. What I don't remember is if you can scan with the 2 tone select calling enmabled. If you docan there is a possibility of missing a call as you are scanning channels other than the primariy 2 tone select call channel. Gary K8IZ Washington State Resident Registered Linux User # 312991 |
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#7
October 11th 03, 06:00 PM
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:05:40 -0700, Evan Platt
wrote: On 11 Oct 2003 00:30:49 -0700, (Mark Keith) wrote: Is this about the same as the "sel-call" used in aviation? If so, no. I know of no ham rigs that include that. But airnav sells a sel-cal decoder for computer. You can get a working demo on the web at their site. I don't know if this would work for your needs though. The aviation sel-cal uses a 4 letter code, IE: EKBN or whatever...But on the radio you hear two tones of different pitches. IE: beeeeeep, boooooop, or whatever. I *think* the two tones heard are mixtures of two tones themselves, hence the 4 letter code, but not sure. Seems like I've heard fire station calls that had about the same type of sound, now that I think about it. But don't know if compatable or not. I guess you could try the free sel call demo and see if it will work. MK I don't know if it's Select Call - I think that's another tone. You can hear the tone at http://www.firescan.net/cgi-bin/chin...i?by=page&ch=2 - click on any link. I'd prefer it in a handheld... Thanks. Evan To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address. I know of no amateur transceivers that do two-tone select calling. Icom's IC-F30GS does, it will also operate within the 2 meter amateur radio bands. Other commerical transceivers do two tone select calling too. What I don't remember is if you can scan with the 2 tone select calling enmabled. If you docan there is a possibility of missing a call as you are scanning channels other than the primariy 2 tone select call channel. Gary K8IZ Washington State Resident Registered Linux User # 312991 |
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#8
October 11th 03, 08:06 PM
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In article , Evan Platt wrote:
You can hear the tone at http://www.firescan.net/cgi-bin/chin...i?by=page&ch=2 - click on any link. I'd prefer it in a handheld... Almost all of the Motorla units will do it. When I lived in the states, my family and I each had motorola handhelds that responded to quick call II codes. We would get on the local repeater, ID, issue the codes to the repeater controler to activate the quick call tones and then call the others. I also had a voice pager sitting in an amplified charger unit in my living room. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 972-54-608-069 Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: (Not for email) Carp are bottom feeders, koi are too, and not surprisingly are ferrets. |
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#9
October 11th 03, 08:06 PM
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In article , Evan Platt wrote:
You can hear the tone at http://www.firescan.net/cgi-bin/chin...i?by=page&ch=2 - click on any link. I'd prefer it in a handheld... Almost all of the Motorla units will do it. When I lived in the states, my family and I each had motorola handhelds that responded to quick call II codes. We would get on the local repeater, ID, issue the codes to the repeater controler to activate the quick call tones and then call the others. I also had a voice pager sitting in an amplified charger unit in my living room. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 972-54-608-069 Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: (Not for email) Carp are bottom feeders, koi are too, and not surprisingly are ferrets. |
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