[TowerTalk] Off Topic Question - Repeater Operation in Germany

[Alan Beagley]

Menu option 23 "Call Key" can be switched between "Call" and "1750Hz".

73

Alan AB2OS


On 04/26/04 11:59 pm Jim Brown put fingers to keyboard and launched the 
following message into cyberspace:

> I will be visiting Berlin next week, and would like to use my Kenwood
> TH-F6A on German repeaters to keep up with friends who are attending
> the same international conference. I've heard that a 1750 Hz tone is
> required to active repeaters in Europe, and I don't see how to make the
> TH-F6A generate that tone (there is a European twin of the radio that
> does). Is there a way around this?  
> 
> I've heard that sub-audible tones (PL) are starting to be used in some
> parts of Europe. Can I transmit PL as an alternative to 1750 Hz, or do
> I need both?