[arm-allstar] Courtesy Tones question

Lon Anderson lgamta at gmail.com
Sat May 26 18:02:26 EST 2018


Thanks Doug,

I am on an external antenna.  Didn't take into account something in the
area may be triggering it.  Thanks for giving me some things to try.

N7LGA
Lon

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 11:55 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Lon,
>
>  The stock simplex courtesy tone setup is used by many and works well.
> There are different courtesy tones setup in rpt.conf to indicate no
> connections to your node or connections to your node when you locally RF
> unkey. When a network node unkeys there is yet another courtesy tone. These
> tones serve a purpose and while most are use to them and want them you can
> set - nounkeyct=1  (default is 0) in rpt.conf to disable the tones.
>
> There are also two howto links on the hamvoip.org web page on setting up
> courtesy tones and adding a distinctive courtesy tone based on the node
> number.
>
> Courtesy tones can be defined as complex tones, CW, or audio files as
> described in the howto.
>
> If you are hearing tones it could mean several things. You unkeyed, someone
> reaching your RF input unkeyed, someone you are connected to unkeyed, or
> possibly there is some interference causing a false RX COS trigger. You
> must use PL or DCS on an Allstar node not just squelch input or this could
> happen. In addition it is possible your node radios transmitter might be
> falsing the receiver.  If you are using a handheld like a Baofeng 888, etc.
> You should not be using the rubber duck antenna but rather a dummy load or
> external antenna.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 12:12 PM, "Lon Anderson via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I set up a simplex AllStar node (Asterisk, RPi 3, DMK-URI) and content
> with
> > the setup EXCEPT for 1 thing I would like to mute.
> >
> > If  I connect to another Node and there is no one talking and it sits
> > idle I get a single beep that seems like it the system reminding me I am
> > connected to another node, say every few minutes.  This is the same tone
> if
> > someone bumps the microphone. How can I silence this if possible?  I've
> > looked through the rpt.conf a number of times but not familiar with the
> > functions enough, etc
> >
> > If the Node is NOT connected to any other node it broadcasts my ID at the
> > 10 minute intervals but not the single beep tone,
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Lon Anderson
> > N7LGA
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