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FDNY radio tone out

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JackRoberts23

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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the tone that the FDNY uses for their radio? I will try to find a clip and post it so you know what I'm talking about


In this link at around 30 seconds in you will see what tone I'm talking about.

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30 second is just a single tone generated by a console. Mobiles and portables have the option of single tone. These were intended for repeater access, but can be varied in freq and duration for alert. There is also the FLASH option of FDNY Emergency Rx/Tx Tone Set that sounds like a hi/low warble
 

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Using unnecessary transmitted tones always results in the same thing: The first couple times you use it, the people who hear it become irritated and then annoyed at you. Use it a few more times and they begin to HATE you. Once it reaches that point, they'll never STOP hating you. So just don't do it.
 

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This guy’s posts are always interesting. First with his NAS that he has no clue what he’s doing - and now this.

MDC is strictly forbidden on all our local GMRS / HAM repeaters in my area. If someone has a “Roger” beep or any other tones on their radio they are politely asked to turn them off. It’s more of an annoyance than anything else.
 

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He’s got the video linked at the 9 minute mark; I assumed he was talking about the signalling at the end of a transmission.
That tripped me up as well which is why the thread was initially closed with a link to the FDNY TPS thread.
 

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I just want the tone so I know when a new call is coming in.

This guy’s posts are always interesting. First with his NAS that he has no clue what he’s doing - and now this.

MDC is strictly forbidden on all our local GMRS / HAM repeaters in my area. If someone has a “Roger” beep or any other tones on their radio they are politely asked to turn them off. It’s more of an annoyance than anything else.
As for you saying I have no clue about what I'm doing with NAS, in the forum that I posted that, I asked that if you don't want to help me, leave me alone and not call me stupid, or say I don't know what I'm doing when I'm just trying to learn
 

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So you're saying you don't want your radio to TRANSMIT any tones, but you want to hear them when they're present in a signal you are listening to? That's fine. But take this advice: Don't program your radio to transmit any tones or signalling sequence that aren't NEEDED for a legitimate purpose. And only on frequencies you are licensed to transmit on.

You can listen to whatever you want. How you get the radio programmed to listen to certain systems is a separate topic, or several.
 

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As for you saying I have no clue about what I'm doing with NAS, in the forum that I posted that, I asked that if you don't want to help me, leave me alone and not call me stupid, or say I don't know what I'm doing when I'm just trying to learn
Hit dog hollers. You are being stupid. Forking around with trunking subscribers can get someone hurt or worse, or wind one up in hot water.
Get a scanner. Seriously. Just stop.
And the nonsense about wanting to listen to tone outs, not buying it. You're a whacker who wants to whack. Everyone knows but you apparently.
 

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I just want the tone so I know when a new call is coming in.


As for you saying I have no clue about what I'm doing with NAS, in the forum that I posted that, I asked that if you don't want to help me, leave me alone and not call me stupid, or say I don't know what I'm doing when I'm just trying to learn
FDNY doesn't "tone out", so whatever you're asking about makes no sense. As for the trunking stuff you're messing with, you very clearly have no idea what you're doing, and screwing around could cause issues on the system. That is why you have been advised to stop.

As for anyone calling you stupid...

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