7K • Chapter 17
17-4
Select Dropout Delay
Sets the Dropout Delay time.
• The Dropout Delay time is the interval from the end of the Courtesy
Delay/Courtesy Message (and Reset Transmitter Timeout Timer) to the
moment the transmitter is unkeyed. See Figure 2 on page 17-2.
• Enter the two digits, from 00 to 50, representing a delay from 0.0 to 5.0
seconds.
Command Form:
Command Form Data Digit
Select Dropout Delay (PW) 30 xx * (00–50) =
(0.0–5.0) seconds
Acknowledgment: Sends OK
Errors:
Error Meaning
? err 1 wrong number of digits entered
? err 2 illegal digit entered
Default Condition: Dropout Delay is 3.0 seconds
Examples:
Owners of tube-type repeaters sometimes use long a dropout delay to lengthen
the lives of tubes and relays. Fewer transmitter keying transitions will occur,
since the users will keep the transmitter up for the duration of the conversation.
Dropout time for solid-state repeaters is mostly up to personal preference. To
program the dropout delay for 2.1 seconds, for example, enter this command:
(PW) 30 21 *
To program the dropout delay for maximum time, enter the following:
(PW) 30 00 *
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