chances are one will interfere with the other. They would but be present and active at the same time. I have never seen it done successfully. David R. Henry LME Licensed Master Electrician Amateur Radio W2DRH Member ARRL Accredited Instructor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ctcss and dcs at same time? > ku4zs1 wrote: >> Is it possible to run CTCSS and DCS at the same time on a >> transmitter? Aside from the fact that most radios will not allow you >> to select both at the same time (I will be using an outboard DCS >> encoder and the built in CTCSS encoder). I am not sure if they are >> capable of both running at the same time. Thanks. > > Chances are-the transmitter will be perfectly happy. The decoder on the > other end most likely will not. > > I have never been successful at it, even using a good service monitor > with an outboard DCS encoder (test instrument grade, I think it was a > Motorola box) as the 'trasnmitter'. Several different radios, none would > decode both. > -- > Jim Barbour > WD8CHL > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
