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So I have been wondering if you guys can help me think of an pros vs cons of turning ON the PTT Lockout on Busy function of my kenwoods. It scares me to think that you can't transmit but at the same time we all know what it sounds like when the repeater gets jammed by 2 people talking at once.... no one hears the message at all.
In many ways this is why I wish we had a digital system that would "bonk you" from talking when someone else is still keyed up... Back when my department received all of our new kenwoods I had made mention of turning on the ptt lockout feature but was advised by my tech not to but was never explained to me... I'm just revisiting the situation and contemplating having it turned on along with a few other tweaks.
 
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Please turn on the transmitter time out function. Would hate to have the repeater tied up 'till the battery runs down'.
The PTT Lockout on Busy usually is used when radio is operating on a shared channel with tone squelch the op does not hear the neighbors.. Kinda like a forced monitor.
 
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