PTT sidetone beep

[motolover]

On some motorola radios iv noticed when they key up there is a multiple tone instead of the one long tone that you hear when you ptt. Can normal conv. radios do this or is this like a trunked thing? Thanks

 

[SKYNET156]

i know what your talking about, a local police department uses it, and i think they use XTS radios,
it kind of reminds me of a phone ringing, does anyone know what type of signaling that is?

 

[N1GTL]

Could it be that you are keying up a Passport system? I know with an HT1250 LS, it will beep quickly, three times.

 

[SCPD]

The three quick beeps are for trunking systems letting the user know they can talk.
Most conv. radios only can do the long tone the ID.

 

[ocguard]

On the HT1250 or HT750, if you select the long and short sidetone, the radio will emit both (beeeeeeep beep). This may be what you experienced.

 

[KAA951]

This is a regular function on our Motorola trunking radios. The 3 beeps at PTT are the signal that you have a channel assigned and can talk. If you his the PTT and receive a long "bong" then the system is busy or you are out of range.

 

[motolover]

Ok thanks guys i guess it is a trunked thing then.. It almost sounds like a ptt on a nextel.

 

[IceBlueEyes579]

Correct me if im wrong but I think you can get the 3 beep tone only on the XTS 5000 handhelds and XTL 5000 mobiles on conventional channels.

http://forums.radioreference.com/motorola-forum/150911-xts3000-talk-permit-tone.html

 

[HarryWilly]

Correct me if im wrong but I think you can get the 3 beep tone only on the XTS 5000 handhelds and XTL 5000 mobiles on conventional channels.

http://forums.radioreference.com/motorola-forum/150911-xts3000-talk-permit-tone.html

If the radio has an encryption module and you want the tone to be used to let you know the encryption module is or isn't activated for the channel

 

[b7spectra]

One nice thing about a pretone is that you have to WAIT before it finishes in order to talk. Nothing worse that you hearing someone already into their conversation when the channel becomes active.

Yes, your 3 tones is indicitive of a TRS radio - it's transmitting it's ID to the controller letting it know that your radio is authorized on the system. In the burst, it will also show your radio ID on the dispatch console as well as on the XTS displays (if that option is enabled). The long beeeeeeep and a beep is pretty much the same thing - your radio ID is being transmitted, but the system doesn't require your ID to access the system.

 

[immelmen]

Correct me if im wrong but I think you can get the 3 beep tone only on the XTS 5000 handhelds and XTL 5000 mobiles on conventional channels.

http://forums.radioreference.com/motorola-forum/150911-xts3000-talk-permit-tone.html

This is correct. You cannot get the triple beeb TPT on a XTS3000 to work for anything but trunking channel grants. The 5000 will produce it when used in conjunction with a VRS on conventional channels.