Apologies if I missed this in the search. I am trying to program a 7180 as a base station for my vol fire dept. We share a VHF dispatch channel with twelve neighboring depts. I would like to program a nighttime channel that only opens the RX with our dept tones are received. I see 2 tone Opt Signal but cannot find any details on how it works and if it is RX or TX only. The owners manual doesn't dive deep enough for me. Anyone have an easy how-to? The goal is to select the night channel so we can sleep in peace unless our dept is toned. The old timers here say the Kenwood portables were programmed this way where a certain channel would only open upon receiving our two tone. Thanks, Terry.
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TK-7180 2 tone squelch programming help
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To add to what he said above,
We had two channels programmed into the radio. One was the "night" channel that did what you wanted. The other one was the "day" channel that passed all radio traffic so they could hear what everyone else was working on, and still alert when their tones got dropped.
We had two channels programmed into the radio. One was the "night" channel that did what you wanted. The other one was the "day" channel that passed all radio traffic so they could hear what everyone else was working on, and still alert when their tones got dropped.
To expand, 2-tone>Decode 2-tone 1. Set A/B tones. Can do 2 or 3 sets of tones depending how they are set up. Add alert tone if you wish. Alert tone edit under Special Alert Tone.
Make a channel for night dispatch. Recommend it as receive only. Set your Opt Signal to 2-tone 1 on that channel.
Under zone edit set Audio Control to QT/DQT and Optional Signaling.
That should do it. Try it and see if it works. If it fails your dispatch may be set up different. Let us know and we'll get you working. Attached is a codeplug of an actual working 7180 (names changed to protect the innocent).
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Make a channel for night dispatch. Recommend it as receive only. Set your Opt Signal to 2-tone 1 on that channel.
Under zone edit set Audio Control to QT/DQT and Optional Signaling.
That should do it. Try it and see if it works. If it fails your dispatch may be set up different. Let us know and we'll get you working. Attached is a codeplug of an actual working 7180 (names changed to protect the innocent).
Dropbox
www.dropbox.com
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