RF Hangtime, DMR (Repeater)

[G0FHM]

Hi folks,

I'm running a repeater with a Winters board and a pair of Kenwood TK-8180.

The problem I have is with the RF hangtime. The TK-8180 has a 10 minute (max) TOT and during heavy incoming net traffic, the TX radio will time out and not come back in until the TX drops and it resets.

What I want in a perfect world is for the RF to drop as soon as the other station de keys, to try and help the TX TOT a little bit.

I've had a poke about in MMDVMHost DMR settings and can't seem to get any joy with the TX hang, Call hang and Mode hang settings. Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks,

Jay G0FHM

[AF6VN]

To my knowledge, the various "hang times" only really become effective if you are operating mixed mode (D-STAR and DMR on the same board). They control how long the Pi-Star software stays in the last used mode ("listening DMR", say) before going into an all mode wait ("listening").

No experience with repeater boards -- but simple hotspots don't hold the Tx during that hang time (if they did, one would never be able to reply until the time ran out and the unit went back to listening for all modes again).

[M1DNS]

If ur issue is with net traffic, look at net hang times.

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