[arm-allstar] Using PL instead of COS

David McGough kb4fxc at inttek.net
Fri May 13 09:37:16 EST 2016



Hi LaRoy,

Typically the PL decoders are slow to de-activate, compared to squelch.  
So, yes, only using output from the PL decoder will likely leave you with
a very long squelch tail.

73, David KB4FXC


On Fri, 13 May 2016, LaRoy McCann via arm-allstar wrote:

> I'm interfacing a ge mastr exec II to raspberry pi.  I have one I've 
> done previously where I have both cos and pl inputs.
> 
> I'm going to have to make a cos buffer interface to change the cos_high 
> from the radio to cos_low for the controller which is no problem,
> 
> We will always us PL on the input so I was wondering if I could just get 
> by with using the TS64 PL signal for the cos input on the controller?
> 
> Does anyone know of any reasons not to use only PL signal for cos?
> 
> Would there be any longer squelch tail?
> 
> 
> LaRoy McCann, K5TW
> 
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