I have to wonder how you can know this is a signal passing out of the passband as opposed to talkdown (what the OP was asking about). Both would sound virtually identical.
While I agree deviation should be checked, I wouldn't go so far as to rule out either cause based on the description. Joe M. Kris Kirby wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, kerinvale wrote: >> Hi guys .Can anyone suggest ways to reduce ctcss dropout when someone >> is talking loud on a repeater .The repeater radios are maxon pm150 >> (sm4450sc) and I have tuned them using 600hz of ctcss and a 1khz tone >> at 3khz modulation to make sure it doesn't happen ,but I have one user >> that talks louder than the other users and it seems to breakup all the >> time for them where other users seem to have no problems.Could I make >> sure their ctcss from their maxon pm160 is around 600hz or 700hz or >> could the problem be more tied up with the receiving repeater radio > > Your user is over-deviating. Reduce the deviation in his radio, or tell > him not to yell into the mic. The dropout is because his signal is > passing outside of the receiver's bandpass. > > -- > Kris Kirby, KE4AHR > Disinformation Analyst > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
