NX-700-E Scan Issue

[LimaZulu]

Hi, I am pretty new to the Kenwood digital family. Been looking to get one for a long time and now when I got it I love it even more By now I only had some analog radios and I love them.
After reading here I found some answers to my questions but there is something I still can't get right. So my problem is to program the radio to scan the way I want it. I programmed some HAM repeaters and simplex frequencies and I have a separate zone with mixed analog and NXDN conventional channels just for listening. Radio does start to scan ok but for the analog channels I have only indication that a signal is present. If I want to hear it I have to press briefly the PTT button. But that is not true for the NXDN channels. They sound ok when signal is present. If I disconnect the microphone the problem is gone. I know that maybe I messed something with these "on/off-hook" settings but just can't get it right. I do have "off-hook scan" checked. Would be nice if some of you, knowledgeable people, can help me

 

[KK6ZTE]

Sounds like you have a PL tone/DCS code enabled on channels that don't transmit PL/DCS (very common on low quality/very old ham repeaters) or the wrong PL tone (Split tone systems) on the output. It also sounds like you have "Off Hook Decode" disabled because you're able to hear the audio once you take it off hook.

I'd run the radio in carrier squelch (no decode setting) on the ham channels until you can verify the correct output tones.

The other option is maybe you have optional signalling enabled on that channel and audio signalling is set to "AND" condition in that zone.

 

[ramal121]

The other option is maybe you have optional signalling enabled on that channel and audio signalling is set to "AND" condition in that zone.

That would be my vote. PTT would not disable QT/DQT to hear things, but it would defeat any optional signalling.

 

[KK6ZTE]

That would be my vote. PTT would not disable QT/DQT to hear things, but it would defeat any optional signalling.

Yeah, but it's hard to imagine they set an optional signalling on accident and set to AND. Weirder things have happened!?

 

[LimaZulu]

Thanks guys, you gave me a clue and I figured it out!
Signaling type was set to 5-tone but since I have no other options than 5-tone, Fleet Sync or MDC-1200, I went to 5-tone section and set Monitor Function to QT/DQT. Then all you have to do is set the correct tone for each frequency, which in my case is None.

 

[KK6ZTE]

Thanks guys, you gave me a clue and I figured it out!
Signaling type was set to 5-tone but since I have no other options than 5-tone, Fleet Sync or MDC-1200, I went to 5-tone section and set Monitor Function to QT/DQT. Then all you have to do is set the correct tone for each frequency, which in my case is None.

Great job!