When You SHOULD Use Security Codes, Sub-Channels, CTSSS Tones, DPL, DCS & Other "Encryption Codes"

Your videos are very informative but your so dead set that you don't waist time and get right to the point that you waist minutes every video telling us how to the point you are kinda funny but definitely not straight to the point

Some HTs do have sub-tones for both transmission and reception, but what was said is still true: it's not so much for privacy, but rather a feature to avoid unintentional interference from others who might happen to be on the same frequency you and your peers are, as well as to avoid interfering into their conversation. It's useful when all parties are civil and just want to avoid nuisance.

But the subtones, DCS/CTSS, are standardized codes. If malicious third-parties wanted to listen to or interfere with your comm, it would be trivial to do so.

I am new to this Channel, I don’t know if he is having Fun, making Sarcasm or paranoia? I couldn’t tell which one and to be honest I don’t care.
But he is informative on his topics, sometimes he’s the only one talking about certain topics for radio-stupid people like me, but I am learning from his videos, and I skip the non so informative parts, so NO COMPLAINTS FROM ME.

Good video Randy you could also go down the rabbit hole of What People use Ani ID Codes and Ptt ID Codes for also group id Codes lots of Things to conFu*kulate the situation @NotaRubicon Productions

FCC stands for effing complete control.
Just switched from a coded channel to a religious fm station.
Explain THAT!
Was hearing Morse, Russian, Spanish and CA chunks.
Warned about coding on gmrs and things went silent until my radio switched to an fm religious station

My new Baofeng UP-69 has the new privacy feature that the FCC just recently approved. It has LIMITED new GMRS channels 23-30. It's great that they would give us pleabs such cool features.

Only true way to get privacy on GMRS channels , is to get a DMR radio “commercial “ with a encrypted code on that channel this way without having that encryption code it will come out gargled can’t here the conversation. And those are exspensive.

Privacy codes keep you from stopping what your doing and trying to listen everytime someone who's not in your group talks on your channel

Good day to you! I have two questions for you sir:
I was wondering what is the difference between the different codes used, if it's relevant.
What are the effect of using codes on the Tx and or the Rx?
Thanks 👍

I am in love with my new radio Baofeng up-69. I am so glad the FCC approved this one of a kind item with channels 23-30.

does this all apply to digital also?

truth bomb 😂

The Baofeng UP-69 is cool. And the new FCC approved encryption for channels 22-30.

Thank you! The exact answer I was looking for. I discovered this on my own and was wondering why my DCS/CT transmissions could be heard on a radio not setup with the same codes.

I love the sarcasm and dry humor.

467.900 is used by Target in my area. Radio Reference shows they use 205 DPL. Can someone explain to me what that means?

I can hear everything they transmit on my UV5R. But for fun, I set DCS to 205 and I can't hear them anymore. But if I remove the DCS tone, I hear them again.

I think it's important to use tones. I use an angry tone when my friend doesn't bring his own water on a hike, I use a happy tone when my hikes are shaded... 😂

What's the difference between Tone and TSQL (tone squelch)? Some repeaters show TSQL.

Thank you very much. I have never had the occasion to use a tone, and did not realize that all receivers were not rejected. Is there a way to configure your receiver to reject information with a tone set?

Question, if you and your buddy use a different code on a busy channel, the other people on that busy channel still can hear the conversation? Thus interfering with said busy channel and making it more busy for the other people?

I'm no expert nor am I a Sad Ham and I have a question about "tones." I understand that there is no "security" with tones and anyone on a channel can HEAR the communication between two people using tones, but aren't those just a squelch de-activator? So, if one of them is transmitting and someone else keys his radio at the same time, won't that interfere with his transmission, or is that filtered out somehow? Wouldn't they be ahead to switch to another channel?

actually, my new Baofeng UP-69 has FCC approved encryption on GMRS so suck it

I'm a bit late to the party but if you use the Decryption code feature on the latest firmware release for the BaoFeng UP-69, you can understand what Kenny is saying. Its pretty clear.

As a life long celibate and abstaining father, I took my thirteen children on a one-way vacation trip to a third world country of your choosing. Once there I promptly traded them for the new Baofeng UP-69, some dried shredded squid, and two cases of room temperature beer. The new UP-69 more better you likey radio allows me to talk directly to Mao's rotting corpse on the FJB-FCC's newly approved uber channels (23-30).

I just got my Baofeng UP-69 which supports the NEW FCC personal encryption / privacy tone for the brand new GMRS channels 23 thru 30.

Hello Sr. First of all good job with your videos. I been searching in yours videos about the function “scrambler” and nothing. I suggest a video about it, if you don’t have already. Thanks for everything that you teach 👍.

Which is better ?

Nicely done. They can also be used to stop random interference opening the squelch.
73 M7TUD

I too have a drug ( coffee) and porn soaked 🎉 brain that gets vapor locked from time to time…

Can someone explain why my new UV-69 only works when I hold it upside down? I knew antennas come with different gender connectors, but from my perspective this must be a female radio.

Ok, so I pretty much understand the privacy code thing, except for one thing. If my friend and I are talking on say channel 16, with our "privacy codes" on, and some one nearby, with perhaps a more powerful unit, talks on the same channel, at the same time, will it interfere with our communication, even if we don’t actually hear him?

Where I live in Nova Scotia, Canada tones are used for commerical radio licenses to have many companies with the same frequency for simplex operation. In my city at least 6 different companies have licenses for the same frequency, they all have different tones on them. By design they are just out of range of each other and are not mobile so it works.

Dear Randy, We need a new Jailbreak Hack for new Baofeng UP-69. It's not letting me access channels 23 - 30 and the old hack won't work. I need the ultimate and complete Cone-of-Silence privacy of the new encryption available on those channels. Please Help!

I would only use them in repeator inputs. It stops static from triggering the repeator or others using a repeator on the same ch far away from triggering your repeator.

Hey thank you for putting these videos together. You're maybe not the "Elmer" people want but you are certainly the one they need! Your video was short and concise! I could spend way more than 7min digging through my HORRIBLE Baofeng instruction manual and come away with less knowledge.

Thank You, Sensei - my understanding is increasing.

Half true. Let’s have a look at the definition of privacy: a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people.
Not disturbed by other people… Check ✅

can a low tone 1 hear a high tone 2 or the high tone 2 hear the low tone 1?

hello . Thanks for your very useful videos. how can i add a sub channel in gmrs repeaters. So my group just listen each other?

Hey Bro! Maybe give us the new skinny on the Boa-Chicka-Bao-Funk's new UP-69 model with that new uber privacy goodness! Thanks bro!

I use the tones when we’re traveling so as to minimize receiving other people’s transmissions. I’ve only had my radios for about a year, and I’ve yet to encounter any areas with much chatter at all. I’d guess most folks are just using their cell phones.

Howdy, jumping in to say I like that you switched to an RE20 mic from your condenser, hope you do too.

DCS Codes Natural or Inverted?

You have an amazing talent to explain complicated shit to average people. I appreciate it.

Boooo fwang!

i have a baofeng UP-69 which enables secure comms but only on channel 23

So if its a busy channel and you add a privacy code and people can still hear you, couldn’t you be interrupting others on that busy channel? Just asking because I’m brand new to this and still learning.

I am not a fan of 'privacy' tones. I have a question though. Wouldn't the guys using tones 'walk over' the guys not using tones because they couldn't hear them when they were transmitting? Seems like it is bad radio etiquette to use tones.?

GMRS is not very popular in my area yet so scanning channels to find out my range on my new radio is difficult to do when no one responds to me because they are using the stupid tones. I have talked to a couple of people so I know that the radio works.

I wish everyone would watch your video. Except for repeater tones,...... tones suck.

People that think they know everything are particularly aggravating to those of us that do.
Keep up the good work and humor.

My new Baofeng UP-69 claims to have something called 'rolling encryption' but I don't trust it. Is this the same as tones?