You said off [open] but I think you meant on [closed].
You can have the squelch off/open and still TX if you disable DCD sense (Data Carrier Detect sense). This allows for standard satellite/weak signal practice (never use squelch).
The downsides with disabling DCD sense are that it will allow you to TX while the digipeater is TXing so you'll miss decodes.
DCD sense could also avoid a situation where two locals are TXing at the same time. If you can hear someone else TXing DCD sense will not allow you to beacon/TX at that moment, so that could reduce congestion on the channel.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:10 PM Stewart Morgan [email protected] wrote:
Bob Bruninga reminded me that I was confusing the solution to two different problems. The squelch needs to be off in APRS and Packet modes in order for transmit (not receive) to function properly. Battery Saver mode should be off, otherwise APRS packet decoding is likely to suffer, and there are several mentions in the Kenwood documentation about this.
Sorry for the mistake.
Todd AL0I
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