Tail Messages - ACC RC-85 Owner's Manual

RC-85 Repeater Controller Owner's Manual

Tail Messages

Up to three different tail messages may be programmed by the repeater owner
and selected for use by the Control Operator. These messages are sent at the
end of the hang time, just prior to dropping the transmitter carrier and can
remind users of status of the machine of an approaching net or meeting. Some
examples of tail messages which could be useful are "Net tonight", or "Weather
alert!", or "PL". Tail messages may be composed of any words in the controller's
vocabulary or any Morse code characters.
Tail messages are generated when users allow the repeater carrier to drop (at
the end of the hang time) so that they don't interrupt a conversation in progress.
They also will occur no more frequently than defined by the Tail Message Timer
to keep them from becoming annoying. For example, if the Tail Message Timer
is set to five minutes, tail messages will not occur more frequently than every
five minutes.
Timeout Timer
The repeater's timeout timer is available to limit transmission duration in case
of a continuous carrier at the repeater's receiver. The timer resets automatically
when the signal at the receiver has gone away for 650 ms. Normally, a courtesy
tone is generated at that time, however if an Anxious ID is waiting, the ID
message will be generated in place of the courtesy tone and will be followed by
the tone. In either case, the timeout timer resets at the beginning of the
courtesy tone or Anxious ID.
If users don't wait for the courtesy tone and the total transmission time between
timer resets exceeds the timeout timer value (repeater owner programmed and
Control Op selected) the controller will announce "Repeater Time Out", and the
transmitter will be shut off. When the signal at the input goes away for at least
650 ms, the transmitter will be re-enabled and will announce "Repeater Time
Out Cancel".
The Control Op may disable the timeout timer and may reset it if it has timed
out or is about to time out and the signal is still present at the receiver.
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