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APX AES PTT Tone
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
By default, the PTT tone is there to alert you that your transmission is NOT encrypted, so you don't reveal sensitive information.
In encrypted mode, the tone isn't there by design.
I'm not well versed in the APX CPS but that's how Motorola has done it for a long, long time.
Look for a talk permit tone option.
In encrypted mode, the tone isn't there by design.
I'm not well versed in the APX CPS but that's how Motorola has done it for a long, long time.
Look for a talk permit tone option.
Magnetsteve
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You won't have a PTT tone in P25 conventional unless you have "TX clear alert tone" turned on, which is just that. It alerts you that you are transmitting "in the clear" you won't have a tone when transmitting while encrypted.
I wish Motorola had a different alert tone for secure tx, rather than simply no tone at all. I use a clear tx alert tone to let me know that I have keyed the radio and that the transmission has begun in conventional. When I am using a secure channel, sometimes I find myself waiting for the beep and realizing "oh crap... there won't be a beep bc I am in secure!" It would be nice if secure users could get some sort of audible feedback in conventional.
Motorola radios technically never had a Go-ahead tone on conventional Astro.. no need for it as signaling is embedded and no need to wait for the identification packet to as with the case of pre-ptt mdc1200. the only brands of radios i know for a fact can be programmed with a go-ahead tone on conventional systems is Harris (same talk permit beep as trunking since the GE days). JVCKENWOOD/EFJOHNSON also has a conventional go ahead tone. and i believe icom can also be programmed with double rapid beep on conventional.
TRBO radios do this, not sure why Moto never thought to add that to their public safety line.
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