And therein lies the inherent problem... most radio equipment today use microprocessor-based encoders/decoders. Older commercial equipment may have used reeds and such, but current technology has gone away from that.
I'm not debating whether this will or won't work but rather, given the current technology being employed for this purpose, the tendency will be more toward "not working" for just the reason you cited below. Mark - N9WYS -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of mch If they are far enough apart in frequency and of the same relative amplitude, yes. Whil I cannot say either will always work, I have proven that those who say it cannot work are wrong. It will also depend on the type of decoder used. Many times microprocessor based decoders may reject both tones. Joe M. Rusty Coleman wrote: > > So I am hearing yes and no. I would be using an outboard encoder for > one of the two, and the VXR-7000's built in encoder for the other. I > guess since it is not an obvious "yes" then it may or may not work, > and it may or may not work on each user's individual radio. I need to > avoid that situation, it needs to either work or I won't use it. > > Maybe as a side question, can you run two CTCSS tones at the same > time, if they are far enough apart in frequency? Currently I have a > 123.0hz tone on our repeater, and I need to also encode a tone only > when a user is actually transmitting, for linking purposes. I do not > care what the frequency of this other tone is, as long as it wont > interfere with the 123.0hz tone. > > > Thanks > Rusty Coleman > KU4ZS > > Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WD7F - John in Tucson wrote: > > Tell us how, please. I ended up using PL and DPL but not > at the same time. > > The Kenwood's community panel allows multiple PLs and > crossover as required > > but only one can be used at a time. Another quirk is that > the repeater must > > drop before it will respond to a different PL or DPL > input. > > > > So, how did you go about simultaneous PL/DPL? > > > > It definitely does require 2 encoders-one of each. > > -- > Jim Barbour > WD8CHL