why don't they market it as a filter group or a squelch group? name it after what it actually does. not something that has nothing to do with what it does.
can you tell me what's the real Difference, say we are at the camp ground chatting between family members say, is there any noticeable difference in using dcs or ctcss? I can't find any videos about the difference in using the two. . you did a great job of explaining it all though, very good and thank you, thumbs up!
You won't notice a difference between either DCS or CTCSS. DCS is newer digital technology. Using either at a camp will only cause confusion since others will still hear you but if they try to talk to you they won't hear you since they don't know what code you have programmed. You're probably better off just finding an empty channel to talk on. Hope that helps.
This is a perfect explanation. All the other videos i found are missing the basic explanation of what Squelch is, before they go into all the tone settings. You have great teaching skills.
Specific frequency, say 462.68750, is to specific telephone number, say 212-123-4567, as CTCSS or DCS, say 67.0 or 023, is to the "extension" number - is that accurate to say? Meaning, you can dial in the frequency, but if it has that code and you don't know or include it, you won't be able to "talk" to the other end?
Yep, just bought a radio with this on, the instructions makes no sense at all. You do, and made me realise that ill never use it. As you say.... Switch the channel. Thank you for time saving my life.
Nuisance Filter would have been a better term. I've always known and understood PL and DPL, but also assumed that most people had the wrong interpretation of what its function was. Glad you could explain it for everyone.
Wow. What a difference semantics can make. I really thought these codes provided some level of privacy, when in fact they are just specific filters. Dang. I appreciated the explanation of how they are useful on repeaters. VERY helpful.
How do people on a locality "agree" which frequencies their respective groups should use? Do you just listen for a while on a particular band to check that there's no traffic?
The private codes Motorola uses has its sense of privacy, meaning that only those in the same frequency and code will be able to talk. It should be more used as private listening and no privacy at all for what you say. However the word PRIVACY (PRIVATE) implied by them is really misleading as you well explained. Thanks for the video.
Can each sender/receiver only have a single CTS or DTS "tone" selected? Or do some radios allow you to set more than one tone for even more selectivity?
The only time I've ever had a use for the "privacy codes" on my gmrs radio's is at festivals when don't necessarily want to hear everyone's transmission.
Thank you. I just purchased GMRS walkies for my son and I. I accidentally discovered how non-private those codes were. But I'm not sure I did a good job of explaining it to him. He will be watching this tomorrow. Huge thank you in explaining the repeater use for the tones.
You are very good at explaining this things, can you help me with my 2 baofeng BF T-1? I allready programed it, it works but only within 100 meters between them, and it picks up a local repeater in my are from 3 km away! It doesn't make sense! I know repeaters are stronger then handheld radios, but I see a lot videos here on youtube of people doing range tests, and they work really good with 4 km between them or more. I really like this model would love to use it.
Question: If I have my GMRS channel e.g., channel 23 set to a PL tone of 250.3 (or the designated repeater tone) and there is no local repeater, the radio will still transmit and receive in simplex?
The thing that always kind of bothered me with the idea of using CTCSS/DCS is mainly that I could be stepping on someone else's conversation without even realizing it bc I'm not looking at the radio.
If you have a UV-5R and you are listening to DCS-encoded transmissions with your R-DCS set to OFF, you will hear the transmissions, but if you transmit, the other users will not hear you unless you have your T-DCS set to the correct code. The digital code is not audible, only the circuitry within the radio detects it.
I work in the soundboard at my church, theirs a lot of witless microphones, and something’s on our radio interferes with other church equipments. What would be better in my situation, DCS, or CTCSS?
Those handheld radios area a toy really. Good only really if you are working apart from others on a larger installation in the outdoors or going hiking etc. But otherwise turn one on at home and get ready to hear a heap of people 50 miles away with powerful transmitters who can't hear a thing you say back!
what GMRS channels and FRS channels can unlicensed users, use. like for family use. but also on high frequency? I just ordered Midland GXT1000VP4 and the users manual sais. The radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. You must be licensed prior to operating on channels 1 - 7 or 15 - 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of the radios. Serious penalties could result from unlicensed use of GMRS channels, in violation of FCC rules, as stipulated in the Communications Acts Sections 501 and 502 (amended). Please let me know, because I seen youtubers using channel 18 on GMRS and I highly doubt he had a FCC license because he probably would have mentioned it.
The FCC rules on GMRS just changed last year and as I understand it, licenses are no longer required for most common radios such as your Midlands to use. www.arrl.org/news/fcc-personal-radio-service-revisions-will-affect-gmrs-frs-cb-other-part-95-devices
Variable thank you for taking the time to respond and provide me with that link, but unfortunately I am even more confused by reading that link lol. So the radio I just ordered which is a GMRS/FRS radio needs to get a license from the fcc? That article doesn't show that this is in effect, just talks. I think I should call the fcc, because this is all way to confusing, and I don't want any problems, nor do I feel like calling out call signs between myself and the people in my house / home business. Ridiculous rules for walkie talkies, in my opinion.
@@christopherm8168 the FCC couldn't tell me the location of the transmission towers after the last repack of TV frequencies.. you thing there going after people on FRS/GMRS frequencies? The one think they know is how to cash the checks they got from the frequencies they sold to the telecom companies...
Most programming sites for handhelds demo a CTCS for transmit side only. If the repeater has PL in and out, shouldn’t you enter both? Or is there a reason to only have it on one side
If you only want to hear traffic on that frequency that comes from the repeater, enter the tone on your radio's receive too, in addition to your radio's transmit...if you want to be able to talk into the repeater, but hear both traffic on that frequency originating from the repeater AND anywhere else, enter the tone into your radio's transmit only, and leave the receive open (carrier squelch only).