MTR2000 CW ID - Does it Wait For Tx to End? ID w/o PL?

[Birken Vogt]

I have a MTR2000 to set up and I would like to turn on a CW ID but I am not sure how it is going to work. I don't want to have to make two trips if it does something unexpected.

I did not see any info for this in the programming software so I would like to ask the gurus. I am familiar with the logic of a R1225. That repeater will let a voice tx override the ID and then just start over if it has been interrupted.

If I turn on a CW ID on the MTR2000, will it behave the same? Will it also send the ID without the DPL so the customer won't have to hear it?

Thanks for the help.

[Bill_G]

It will behave the same. It will be polite and patient. And I think it xmits without pl, but you'll have to verify that.

[kcbooboo]

Yes, it will send CW ID without PL/DPL after the appropriate time interval. However if something else keys the station during the ID, it will stop the ID mid-stream and let the voice through. After things get quiet it will try to do the ID again. On a busy repeater that doesn't go quiet long enough, it may NEVER ID. That could be a problem on some services, particularly amateur radio in the US.

Bob M.

[escomm]

That could be a problem on some services, particularly amateur radio in the US.

It could be a problem in every service that requires regular IDs during periods of activity. Part 90, Part 74... I guess Part 22 would not be affected since it doesn't have any ID requirements!

[N4DES]

That is why I set CWID for my amateur repeaters to be every 8 minutes, just to give me 2 minutes of buffer, before I reach that 10 minute mark.
I also run with my subs in carrier squelch as well so I can initiate the pause if I'm in a QSO to let my repeater ID.

[MTS2000des]

use an external controller. Not easy to do with the MTR but that's what we had to do.

[escomm]

Not easy to do with the MTR but that's what we had to do.

Disagree. It's quite easy, especially if a wireline board is present.

[MTS2000des]

Not easy to do with the MTR but that's what we had to do.

Disagree. It's quite easy, especially if a wireline board is present.

Ours did not have the wireline board.