What Are DTMF Tones On GMRS & Ham Radios? D.T.M.F. Radio & Phone tones Explained & Demystified

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • In this very short video I will explain what D.T.M.F. tones are with regard to GMRS radios and the ham radio hobby. I will explain the definition of DTMF, I will go over the history of using DTMF tones in ham and GMRS, and I will demonstrate what DTMF tones do.
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Komentáře • 163

  • @CyborgAlienBariaur
    @CyborgAlienBariaur Před 9 měsíci +10

    That was Timex not Casio BTW...

  • @chrissewell1608
    @chrissewell1608 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Randy. I'm a student of the ham 🐷 radio arts, you make learning all these radio terms & technology, so much fun! 😅

  • @turbochardged
    @turbochardged Před 9 měsíci +8

    Even tho I know what DTMF tones are, I still watch this video because I enjoy the entertainment and all the jokes. 😢🍖,😆

  • @tomdonahoe3539
    @tomdonahoe3539 Před 9 měsíci +2

    @TheNotaRubicon
    In a world 🌎 that takes itself entirely too seriously, your humor is very refreshing 😊.

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Před 9 měsíci +9

    3 blind mice was hilarious at the end when the camera went dark 😂 5:56 @NotaRubicon Productions

  • @flocksbyknight
    @flocksbyknight Před 9 měsíci +5

    I prefer the more subtle background pokes, but this one's directness is appreciated.

  • @jeffparris8387
    @jeffparris8387 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Your videos are hilarious dude. And I always learn something. I am a ham and love that you take pokes at the more tight-assed enjoyers of the hobby.

  • @javabeanz8549
    @javabeanz8549 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Okay, you got me! I heard 1940's and World War... and missed the One... but speaking of Casio, in the late 1970's, I had a Casio calculator that did play music.

  • @royd.9609
    @royd.9609 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Confuckulation is my new favorite word!

  • @beanieman7138
    @beanieman7138 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I was just figuring out what D.T.M.F is and you just released this video. Thanks.

  • @ozzymandius666
    @ozzymandius666 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I inherited my grandpa's old pre WW1 Casio watch. I had to replace the pendulum, though.

  • @raymondmartin6737
    @raymondmartin6737 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I used to use DTMF, for Autopatch starting in 1973, as an add on to my
    first Drake ML2 2 meter mobile.
    I know it can be used as a control
    function.
    Additionally, some transceiver have
    direct frequency input via DTMF pads. 😊

    • @geraldcampbell6834
      @geraldcampbell6834 Před 9 měsíci

      Yes I used auto patch on my local repeater back in the day before cellphones, great fun and I impressed my friends with it they thought I was a dork always carrying that radio around but when I got us out of a few jams from time to time or was able to call for help for a major auto accident in a remote area the dork title went away! There are still a few repeaters here in Colorado that still have an auto patch function that covers areas where cellphone coverage is bad!

  • @stevenjones3356
    @stevenjones3356 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Finally explained my touch tone land line. Now I can disconnect it, fully satisfied.

  • @plainairbarnettsoutdoors
    @plainairbarnettsoutdoors Před 9 měsíci +15

    All I need is a simple radio, maybe a roger beep. Then a beer near the camp fire.

    • @dereklea1183
      @dereklea1183 Před 9 měsíci

      I’m trying to figure out the fascination with roger beeps. I’ve heard queer truck drivers use them to locate each other on the down low. A beer near a campfire… sounds like a Broke Back Mountain scenario. Maybe there is something to that roger beep and rump rangers after all…

  • @cj2171
    @cj2171 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Didn’t expect to think about dtms here on a Sunday but here we are.

  • @3rdpig
    @3rdpig Před 9 měsíci +4

    I think I know that song, "Three sad hams, see how they type". Right?

  • @andrewrichardson3135
    @andrewrichardson3135 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Yessss thank you. I was hoping you’d do a video like this. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!

  • @Stealthmode72
    @Stealthmode72 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love the sign! Love the shirt!! I want a shirt!!
    Oh and I love you attitude!!! You’re great!

  • @DM-qm5sc
    @DM-qm5sc Před 9 měsíci +4

    The radio on the right was run without an antenna for 10 seconds straight. Just crazy.

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Před 9 měsíci +2

    Im impressed that KG-935G still turns on with all the burned and melted plastic and The cracked screen that is badly shattered Impressive Randy how much you did to it and it kept ON ticken 2:40 @NotaRubicon productions

  • @yourdonefor4454
    @yourdonefor4454 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I'm glad you made this video I've always wanted to figure this out but learn it from a very entertaining CZcamsr

  • @Aimsport-video
    @Aimsport-video Před 9 měsíci +2

    I hope Farsometer 2000’s will be back in stock in time for Xmas.

  • @CentralVirginiaEAS
    @CentralVirginiaEAS Před 9 měsíci +1

    And yet Randy nails it again!

  • @ocsrc
    @ocsrc Před 9 měsíci +7

    DTMF tones are used to trigger relays, activation of cross band repeaters, and phone patches
    We used *88, #88 to activate and deactivate the crossband repeaters
    We also used * on our simplex phone patch frequency to activate the phone dial tone.
    To hang up we used #
    We also used tones to call different people
    So in my Kenwood TK-250 and TK-350 I have my personal unit number so I can be paged if I am not active on the radio.
    It beeps just like a pager
    The other great thing to own is a 2-tone pager, so you can have a lot of different people with their own tones
    And we can have a group tone
    SO 313 pages all the people in our zone
    1090, 515 pages a specific person
    So you can use 1 frequency and talk to a lot of people without bothering anyone else.

    • @bendeleted9155
      @bendeleted9155 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Beedoop (Roger that)

    • @RKingis
      @RKingis Před 9 měsíci +1

      A pager would be nice if you're active on a repeater. While one way pages are against the rules, but if you're calling someone, it's ok.😊
      Of thought about a Minotaur, but I'll probably get an Uniction, because it can scan too.

    • @whollymindless
      @whollymindless Před 9 měsíci +1

      You forgot to include how long you've been a ham operator.

  • @Francois_Dupont
    @Francois_Dupont Před 9 měsíci +1

    the information in this video is valid and true.
    -expert

  • @VincentVader
    @VincentVader Před 9 měsíci +2

    I'm not even a radio guy, but I'm here for the laughs.

  • @joshstohr
    @joshstohr Před 5 měsíci

    Half the reason I watch these are to see what pencils he’ll put where and try and reason why he’s moving a particular one around and then I like to think on his end he’s thinking what if I just shuffle this around what are they going to think I’m doing…..and, well, hopefully u know what I’m talking about. A true mastery

  • @SP5NT
    @SP5NT Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks for your video. It's funny but all the polish YT experts with the ham operator license called "some people" did not explain what this function is and what for is. Their words: “hmmm... just skip it". But the most important thing is to tell the world at the beginning of every single video is "You can't use this radio. It's only for people who have the ham operator license" and at this moment I feel like a piece of .... then I hide in my wardrobe and start crying 😂

  • @denniscrowley8517
    @denniscrowley8517 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Timex my brother.

    • @cuzofsloth
      @cuzofsloth Před 9 měsíci +1

      You beat me to it. 😅

    • @3rdpig
      @3rdpig Před 9 měsíci +1

      Humor, it is a difficult concept.

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci

      Whooosh........... I could hear Randy punking you two guys all the way over here in the state of chicago @@cuzofsloth @denniscrowley8517

  • @okhouri
    @okhouri Před 9 měsíci

    I must always laugh when I watch the videos. Thanks again.

  • @johnnyz.fradley2306
    @johnnyz.fradley2306 Před 9 měsíci +2

    My favorite song to "touch tone" play is "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Před 9 měsíci +1

    Omg Randy what happened to your KG-935G screen is shattered and the radio looms Melted 😮 holy smokes 🔥 2:38 @NotaRubicon Productions

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Did you not watch all the video? 4:00

    • @AntonioClaudioMichael
      @AntonioClaudioMichael Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@craigdavidson2977yes i did watch the entire video My comment was left before It was mentioned How about you read the other Several comments I left on the video.. which shows I seen the explanation.

  • @twakum
    @twakum Před 9 měsíci +1

    Hah! I worked for two brothers who owned a tennis club. Westroads Racquet club in Omaha. 1977. they got their money from their father who worked at Western Electric, and had the patent for this. They would have $10,000 Backgammon games with friends when I left.

  • @kenbutler1566
    @kenbutler1566 Před 9 měsíci

    Tks but I have been using them. Keep up the good work, enjoy your dry humor.

  • @GlobalCorpIncorporated
    @GlobalCorpIncorporated Před 9 měsíci

    I just graduated the notarubicon institute and received my boofwhang with honors

  • @guillaumeboutet5964
    @guillaumeboutet5964 Před 9 měsíci

    New vidéo in short time, oh Yes !

  • @Saeid.j
    @Saeid.j Před 27 dny

    Tnx for the video. How can we see the numbers on Baofeng UV9 (the receiver radio's screen) when using DTMF from one radio to another,

  • @vernongambill921
    @vernongambill921 Před 8 měsíci

    That’s pretty cool, Randy😊

  • @Cory14Tina02
    @Cory14Tina02 Před 6 měsíci

    PHEW!
    Thanks for deconfuculating me.
    I thought someone was telling me:
    Don't
    Talk
    Mother
    F*****
    😂🤣😂🤣

  • @jong3122
    @jong3122 Před měsícem

    4:56 nice.

  • @JoshMann-m1s
    @JoshMann-m1s Před 4 měsíci

    I love the 1.5x speed setting

  • @samuelwalker4620
    @samuelwalker4620 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Looks like ol kg935g can take a f@#$ing and keep on trucking. I had some high school teachers like you back in the 70s . You make learning fun 👍

  • @chrissewell1608
    @chrissewell1608 Před 9 měsíci

    The ham radio program "EchoLink", commoly uses DTMF tones.
    (Echolink provides an internet link so Hams can easily talk around the world, with other Echolink users. This can be done via a PC, phone / tablet, and via a Radio & Repeater, or an at home Simplex Repeater!)
    The tones are used to operate the program, from a radio. DTMF tones allow access, dial various stations, and other program functions.
    Its a simple, easy, and stable system. Its pretty cool, because I can sit in my back yard with my HT, sipping a cold bevv-erãge 🥃, all while chatting with a chum in England! 🇬🇧 (God save the King!)

  • @garryharris9098
    @garryharris9098 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Dual tone multi function tones were on old 1970s phones

  • @erikalmighty
    @erikalmighty Před 9 měsíci +2

    Can these fancy noises transmit your gmrs call sign so you dont have to say it?

    • @RKingis
      @RKingis Před 9 měsíci +1

      Technically yes, but legally no. Voice, or CW.

  • @mdfield1
    @mdfield1 Před 9 měsíci

    Informative video however it was WWII that took place in the 1940’s and it was TIMEX that came up with the slogan “It Takes a Licking and Keeps On Ticking” starting in 1956. I was 6 then.

    • @TheNotaRubicon
      @TheNotaRubicon  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Are you sure? I think you'd better check your facts again. Please don't spread misinformation on this channel.

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yer not from around here, are ya.

  • @imjustanotherguy2007
    @imjustanotherguy2007 Před 9 měsíci

    Many of the IEDs in Afghanistan were turned on and detonated using the DTMF function of the Icom radio as a remote control.

  • @damiengirvan5020
    @damiengirvan5020 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Can these tones also be used to make free calls at payphones?

    • @RKingis
      @RKingis Před 9 měsíci +4

      Blue boxing has been a thing for quite sometime
      😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @RussellNelson
      @RussellNelson Před 9 měsíci +2

      Not anymore.

    • @damiengirvan5020
      @damiengirvan5020 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Sad phreakers don't want you to know.... I don't have DTMF tones on my radio so I have to whistle or use my genuine vintage captain krunch whistle....

  • @wesak777
    @wesak777 Před 9 měsíci

    Hi, ur so funny ! love it ! have a nice day !

  • @bendeleted9155
    @bendeleted9155 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Play Mary had a little ham

  • @cen7ury
    @cen7ury Před 9 měsíci +1

    I was always taught that DTMF stood for Down To M********y F**k

  • @richardcorwin1828
    @richardcorwin1828 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you!

  • @lowandslow3939
    @lowandslow3939 Před 9 měsíci

    I’m glad it still Woux.

  • @apar1560
    @apar1560 Před 9 měsíci

    👍👍👍 Thanks ! 🇨🇱

  • @dennischerry4545
    @dennischerry4545 Před 5 měsíci

    used DTMF in the 1970's on React GMRS.

  • @KenVet
    @KenVet Před 9 měsíci

    Don't call us, We'll call you - Sugarloaf Btw, nice vid

  • @RussellNelson
    @RussellNelson Před 9 měsíci

    I was afraid that the Roger tone had become passe, and we would never hear it again, but there it is!

  • @MisterTwister55
    @MisterTwister55 Před 9 měsíci +1

    pretty sure in college one of my many MDC radio IDs was 69420 lol

  • @ExcuseMePhoney
    @ExcuseMePhoney Před 9 měsíci

    I can't believe he didn't play "Funkytown". 🤦
    I've never been disappointed in Randy before.

  • @albuquerqueaerialimagery6133

    Haha love this

  • @manuelserna8282
    @manuelserna8282 Před 9 měsíci

    Last night I heard some guys talking on gmrs channel 19, and they were using a repeater channel aswell but supposedly they were from Texas and Louisiana, I'm in California, is that distance on gmrs actually possible

    • @TheNotaRubicon
      @TheNotaRubicon  Před 9 měsíci +1

      I am struggling to understand what that has to do with DTMF tones, which is what everyone is talking about here.

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci

      If your repeater has a zello bridge, and you know the dtmf code to turn it on, you can tunnel through the internet anywhere in the world.

    • @manuelserna8282
      @manuelserna8282 Před 9 měsíci

      @TheNotaRubicon sorry for wasting your precious comment space, I'll see myself out... over and out

    • @manuelserna8282
      @manuelserna8282 Před 9 měsíci

      @craigdavidson2977 I don't have a repeater nor am I setup for any around me, it's my first GMRS radio and I heard these guys on channel 19 chatting it up about the weather down in Texas but I was close to a huge electric tower maybe that was it, just figured I'd ask here since I'm not currently active on any GMRS social medias

  • @rsgallo
    @rsgallo Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thanks for this & all your videos! Now...."Sad Hams" can take their now defunct touch tone telephones, screw an antenna on them and talk to anonymous men halfway around the world 🌎.

    • @dereklea1183
      @dereklea1183 Před 9 měsíci

      What about the Gay Mobile Radio Service? Are you fellas using roger beeps to summon, and talk to, strange men from around the world? Don’t be hatin’ on Sad Hams if their technology is more advanced and nets them more swingin’ Richard’s than you boys can muster.

    • @TheNotaRubicon
      @TheNotaRubicon  Před 9 měsíci +5

      This must be your 10th comment on my videos going on and on about roger-beeps and gay men. Just come out of the closet and get it over with already.

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@TheNotaRubicon I think you called it right, Randy. Derek be on the 'down low'. He is struggling to keep a lid on it. Perhaps we sould take up a collection and get him a subscription to Grindr for christmas.

    • @rsgallo
      @rsgallo Před 9 měsíci

      It sure doesn't take much to trigger the snowflakes! @@TheNotaRubicon ❄

    • @dereklea1183
      @dereklea1183 Před 9 měsíci

      @@TheNotaRubicon - I just call 'em like I see 'em! I'm ecstatic about roger beeps, actually. It helps me identify who the pole smokers are and steer clear of them. My gaydar isn't tuned as well as it use to be when I was in my 20's. Back then I could spot a faggot approaching from afar and avoid him like a Jehovah's witness knocking on my door. Now, I can rely on roger beeps to assist me with avoiding them. Just want to say "thanks" for using those cute little beeps so the rest of the heterosexual world can be warned whenever you "guys" are planning your next glory hole meeting.

  • @DonzLockz
    @DonzLockz Před 9 měsíci

    I think your history info is somewhat incorrect.😊
    ...but I want the 3 blind mice tone as my roger beep!😂👍

  • @rubicon4wheeler
    @rubicon4wheeler Před 9 měsíci

    That Wouxun Ocean is seriously confuckulated.

  • @hamradiotube
    @hamradiotube Před 9 měsíci

    I thought that meant Don't Touch My Fries.

  • @billyhaunmusic
    @billyhaunmusic Před 9 měsíci

    By any chance would anyone be able to tell me if yinitone RC-308 repeater box using two radios would increase transmission distance?

  • @JoeyFranko
    @JoeyFranko Před 9 měsíci +1

    Your radios are not lined up. The one on the right is crooked

  • @JoeyFranko
    @JoeyFranko Před 9 měsíci

    What kinda jeep Cherokee do you have. Or rubicon???

    • @paule4566
      @paule4566 Před 9 měsíci +1

      In a previous video, Randy confirmed that it is not a Rubicon. Hence, the channel name. That being said, I don't recall what his vehicle actually is but you could do a search of his earlier uploads.

    • @garryharris9098
      @garryharris9098 Před 9 měsíci

      I had a 1960 cj3 Willis and still own a 1983 cj7

  • @KNIGHTJUMPS
    @KNIGHTJUMPS Před 9 měsíci +2

    Gen Z and millennials will never know Casio's real slogan or that company's 😂😂😂😂.

  • @kb6lcw99
    @kb6lcw99 Před 9 měsíci

  • @hatchetjackphillips
    @hatchetjackphillips Před 9 měsíci +1

    You know you’re just asking for a bunch of sad Hams to comment!

  • @whollymindless
    @whollymindless Před 9 měsíci

    I thought he was going to send 58008.

  • @rickinmi
    @rickinmi Před 9 měsíci

    Subscribing for "confucularity"

  • @kcstafford2784
    @kcstafford2784 Před 9 měsíci +1

    and you said you would never waste my time????guessing im not really your faverite fan ether

  • @RussellNelson
    @RussellNelson Před 9 měsíci

    I almost became a sad ham when I heard "it takes a licking and keeps on going."

    • @TheNotaRubicon
      @TheNotaRubicon  Před 9 měsíci

      Several others in the comments were not as wise and could not control themselves.

  • @spaced4448
    @spaced4448 Před 8 měsíci

    3 blind mice.. what do I win 😆

  • @aggzish
    @aggzish Před 5 měsíci

    Always thought it stood for don't talk mother f er

  • @613nolan
    @613nolan Před 8 měsíci

    Am I the only one who rememners VJ Day being 1945?

  • @NickFrom1228
    @NickFrom1228 Před 9 měsíci

    Don't Touch My F... Oh never mind.

  • @williammadden7742
    @williammadden7742 Před 9 měsíci

    can i get a not a rubicon tshirt. i have a not a rubicon.

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci

      Oh, yes, that would be fun - a tee shirt that says "Randy has a Rubicon but all I got is this tee shirt" (Editors note: Randy's lovely bride does indeed have a Rubicon)

  • @2A4U.S.A
    @2A4U.S.A Před 9 měsíci +2

    3 blind sad hams, See how they run! 😁

    • @2A4U.S.A
      @2A4U.S.A Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yes I liked my own comment! Deal with it...

  • @richardmendoza738
    @richardmendoza738 Před 4 měsíci

    Poor wouxon 😔

  • @Sommyie
    @Sommyie Před 9 měsíci

    Down to make f-ulation

  • @electrohacker
    @electrohacker Před 9 měsíci

    hot cross buns?

  • @smoothtrappa
    @smoothtrappa Před 8 měsíci

    Three blind mice?

  • @RabbiJesus
    @RabbiJesus Před 9 měsíci +1

    It’s the tone I emit to attract your lonely mothers.

  • @user-tv5dt3nm9y
    @user-tv5dt3nm9y Před 9 měsíci

    Great! I am no longer confuckulated.

  • @ALL_OUT_OF_BUBBLEGUM
    @ALL_OUT_OF_BUBBLEGUM Před 9 měsíci

    Down To Motha Fuckin......
    something

  • @puppetguy64
    @puppetguy64 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Don’t touch my fanny ?

  • @ryank5tar
    @ryank5tar Před 9 měsíci

    3 Blind mice

  • @jimf1964
    @jimf1964 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Maybe I missed something, as I was prepping dinner while watching, but WW2 was in 39-45, or 42-45 for you lazy Americans. WW1 ended in 1918……but probably I missed a joke somewhere in there while chopping mushrooms. 🙂

    • @craigdavidson2977
      @craigdavidson2977 Před 9 měsíci

      Congrats! You just got punked. That happens to lazy non-Americans all the time.

  • @morthomer5804
    @morthomer5804 Před 9 měsíci

    HYTMF #beep

  • @michaelwalsh3474
    @michaelwalsh3474 Před 9 měsíci

    See how they run 😂

  • @Sommyie
    @Sommyie Před 9 měsíci

    Three blind mice 😊

  • @richardgallardo2727
    @richardgallardo2727 Před 9 měsíci

    1940s WW 1 ?????

  • @yinglyca1
    @yinglyca1 Před 9 měsíci

    D.T.M.F = Dont touch Mother trucker.... LOL
    And CTCSS tones work better with the wrist stap attached.
    And even better if you chew your pencil...

  • @DickMHz
    @DickMHz Před 9 měsíci +1

    WTF tones

  • @DinsDale-tx4br
    @DinsDale-tx4br Před 8 měsíci

    What? it's De Tone Mother F'kr ... jeees! 4:08 the pencil isn't straight! To be knerdy, think of Prime Number's they can't be mixed and matched and confused with each other Nor can these f'k'r's! ..they is Pure Sound! even my fav 5R can handle them.

  • @tazman_tr
    @tazman_tr Před 9 měsíci

    three blind mice

  • @damiendeg
    @damiendeg Před 5 měsíci

    MOIST!