Reducing Squelch Tail; Busy Channel Lockout - Radio Shack HTX-200 Owner's Manual

REDUCING SQUELCH TAIL

If you are communicating with a repeater or another station using
subaudible tones, you can eliminate the squelch tail (the burst of
noise the other person hears when you stop transmitting) by turn-
ing on the transmit delay option. When you turn on this feature
and use CTCSS, the radio continues to transmit for a short period
of time after you release , but then it immediately drops the
PTT
subaudible tone. This causes the other radio to close the squelch
before there is "dead air," preventing the squelch tail.
Use the Main Menu (see "Using the HTX-200's Menus" on Page
16) to set the transmit delay option. Then, with t.dy and the cur-
rent status displayed, press or to turn this feature on or off.

BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT

Use the Main Menu to set the busy channel lockout (see "Using
the HTX-200's Menus" on Page 16). The lockout prevents the
transceiver from transmitting while it is receiving a signal. With
the radio's preset value bCLO oF displayed, press or to
change the display to bCLO oN. Repeat this step to change the
display back to bCLO oF to disable the lockout .
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