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Ctcss Tone Guide

CTCSS, or Continuous Tone-Controlled Squelch System, allows different groups of radio users to share the same channel without hearing each other by transmitting and detecting audio tones. Radios are programmed to only respond to transmissions containing their group's tone, ignoring other transmissions. While groups are isolated, transmissions could still interfere if two users transmit simultaneously on the shared channel. The document provides a table cross-referencing the 38 CTCSS tones by their code numbers and actual frequencies in Hertz used in radio programming.

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Ctcss Tone Guide

CTCSS, or Continuous Tone-Controlled Squelch System, allows different groups of radio users to share the same channel without hearing each other by transmitting and detecting audio tones. Radios are programmed to only respond to transmissions containing their group's tone, ignoring other transmissions. While groups are isolated, transmissions could still interfere if two users transmit simultaneously on the shared channel. The document provides a table cross-referencing the 38 CTCSS tones by their code numbers and actual frequencies in Hertz used in radio programming.

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Amherst Walkie Talkie Centre

CTCSS Radio Tone Frequencies and CTCSS Numbers Cross-Reference


CTCSS (Continuous Tone Controlled Squelch System) is a method of allowing different groups of radio users to use the same
channel (frequency) without overhearing each other’s messages.

It works by transmitting an audio tone along with every transmitted message, and then setting all the radios in a particular group
so that they only respond to transmissions with the appropriate CTCSS tone set.

All other transmissions are ignored, so that the different groups are not disturbed by radio messages not intended for them.

They ARE all still using the same frequency though, so if two users even in different groups happen to transmit at exactly the same
moment, their transmissions will interfere with each other.

On most “consumer” PMR446 walkie-talkie radios, the 38 CTCSS tones are referred to as numbers from 01-38. If CTCSS if off, this
is sometimes referred to on some walkie-talkies as CTCSS code “00”.

When programming professional radios, the CTCSS tones are usually referred to by the audio tone frequency in Hertz.

The table below shows the relationship between CTCSS codes (often incorrectly called “Sub Channels” and the actual audio tones
in Hz.

CTCSS Code Tone Frequency (Hz) CTCSS Code Tone Frequency (Hz)

1 67.0Hz 20 131.8 Hz

2 71.9 Hz 21 136.5 Hz

3 74.4 Hz 22 141.3 Hz

4 77.0 Hz 23 146.2 Hz

5 79.7 Hz 24 151.4 Hz

6 82.5 Hz 25 156.7 Hz

7 85.4 Hz 26 162.2 Hz

8 88.5 Hz 27 167.9 Hz

9 91.5 Hz 28 173.8 Hz

10 94.8 Hz 29 179.9 Hz

11 97.4 Hz 30 186.2 Hz

12 100.0 Hz 31 192.8 Hz

13 103.5 Hz 32 203.5 Hz

14 107.2 Hz 33 210.7 Hz

15 110.9 Hz 34 218.1 Hz

16 114.8 Hz 35 225.7 Hz

17 118.8 Hz 36 233.6 Hz

18 123.0 Hz 37 241.8 Hz

19 127.3 Hz 38 250.3 Hz

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