tone boards

[Asterix]

Hi all ,
I am looking to getting into ham radio , and have been given a couple of radios to try, I have been told one of them needs a "tone board " replaced. can anyone tell me what it does and if I really need one .?

[stampman]

a tone board generates a ctss tone to open a repeater not neede if just useing simplex

[Asterix]

Ok thanks for the info stampman, is it something I could replace myself if I had the board or would it need to be a bit more of an indepth repair ?

[stampman]

never actualy done one i think i would farm it out to a reputable repair guy who does ham radio repairs for a liveing not Joe bloggs who can do it cheap at the end of the road

[Asterix]

Ok, thanks stampman.