CTCSS / PL tone — What It Means in Ham Radio

CTCSS / PL tone — A sub-audible tone that opens a repeater.

A low tone sent under your voice. If a repeater will not respond to you, a missing or wrong tone is the most likely reason.

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Related words

  • Offset — The gap between transmit and receive frequency.
  • SSTV — Slow-Scan Television.
  • Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.
  • Band — A range of frequencies set aside for a purpose.
  • Solar flux — A number that tracks solar activity.
  • CW — Continuous Wave. Morse code.
  • Gray line — The band of twilight moving around the earth.
  • SWR — Standing Wave Ratio.