Sounds like you are missing the wait timers

At the start of the node info you put the name of your wait time stanza – like this

…

wait_times=wait-times                     ; Wait times

…

The down below you put the various timers.  Here are the two you likely need:

[wait-times]                                                                                                

telemwait=1500                          ; Time to wait before sending most telemetry

idwait=500                              ; Time to wait before starting ID

From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Bradley Haney
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:13 PM
To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org
Subject: [App_rpt-users] voice announcements getting clipped at the start.

does anyone know how to put i guess like a audio delay for announcements? when i dtmf the system to play the time  it cuts the first part of the time off .  I guess i want the transmitter to key up for 1 sec then start playing the file..  

Bradley