Walter, I am in the process of using a Mitrek and an RLC-1. It sounds like
your
using CSQ on the repeater. Have you tried using the Mitrek PL board with
the RLC-1 on
any other repeaters?
The Com Spec TS-32 works fine and easier to find.
I have heard the Mitrek squelch circuit is terrible. Guess I'll have to see
for
myself.
We have been using Mitreks for UHF links, and I just epoxy a 25K, 10 turn
pot on the outside of the front Motorola plug shell. Squelch works fine.
de Joe WB6HRO
We use TS-32 tone boards on our repeaters. So far we haven't been using
CCTCS on our links, just on our drop repeaters. We use 100 Hz encode and
decode on our network repeaters. Some of our stand-alone repeaters use
various tones. I haven't figured out how to make the Mitrek boards encode
and decode at the same time.
The squelch on the Mitrek radios isn't so hot, long squelch tails. Link-Com
offers a Motorola Squelch/cos board that can be added to just about any fm
radio. That board has the double squelch system, instant squelch release on
strong signals and a squelch that follows weak signals right into the noise.
We've used that board on some of our repeaters. That board connects right to
the discriminator output in the radio. Big improvement over the stock Mitrek
squelch.
Walter
VE6ANI
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