Narrow vs. wideband in out of tune radio

[Renamon]

I have a radio taht need to be tuned a little. When it recieves a signal (analog or digital) it unmutes slightly quicker with a wideband signal than it does with a narrowband signal.

Does that sound normal? My logic tell me yes, since in narrowband there is less signal for the radio to grab onto...

[Bill_G]

Maybe. S/N ratio is what squelch circuits work on, but PL/DPL circuits shouldn't care as long as they decode. Someone would have to do experiments to prove whether it matters or not.

[Renamon]

When I said digital, I was meaning P25. It seems P25 narrowband unmutes "slower" than wideband P25. This is in the clear, with fast unmute disabled.

I have also noticed that it is just this one radio too, all the others have the same "speed" so to speak. So there could be other factors at work here.

[Bill_G]

Ah. Well, broken is broken.

[escomm]

P25 wideband???

[Tom in D.C.]

Jeff,

Believe it or not, we have a wideband ham P25 repeater here, or at least the owner claims it to be that. Actually we have two, with one wide and the other narrow.

Regards,

[GlennD]

On P25 wide refers to mixed mode. P25 by definition is always narrow. The analog would be wide and I suppose the receiver is wide but the P25 transmit is narrow.

[mr.syntrx]

The repeater operator is probably referring to Wide Pulse mode used in simulcast systems.