Are you sure you have the offset and ctcss tones entered correctly? On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 11:06 PM A Boer <aboer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the feedback, Joe and Ken. Earlier today, I heard > intermittent half second bursts of squelch break containing static from the > Keystone Peak repeater channel. I have not heard any morse code, voice > or long strings of data. I have had the radio on Keystone Peak for the > last 25 minutes with zero sound coming from it. That indicates the problem > may be with the receive side of the radios. And I have focused on the > Keystone Peak repeater in my discussion, but I actually have half a dozen > in range repeaters programmed into the radios and they are all exhibiting > the same problem. > > It seems like everyone thinks the radios should be working. Unless anyone > has any other insight (and I welcome any recommendations or test ideas), I > think I have to resign myself to the fact that I have something screwed up > in the Settings tab in CHIRP. Quite a number of those fields do not reset > when you reset the radios. I think I will try to find a Baofeng radio that > IS working with the repeaters and review its settings to see if it reveals > any anomalies. If I do get this fixed, I will be sure to let everyone know. > > Alex Boerner > KJ7CPZ > > ------------------------------ > *From:* chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com < > chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of ken hartmann < > 115ir...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 8:20 PM > *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R8W Repeater Config Error > > If its the correct frequency and offset and or ctcss codes you should hear > a morse code identifier every 10 minutes or so > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 10:18 PM <pizzi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Obvious question: Can you hear anybody on that repeater? Maybe it isn’t > functional. RepeaterBook data is user-entered, so might be out of date. > > > > Joe Pizzi > > KI5LST > > > > *From:* chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com < > chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com> *On Behalf Of *A Boer > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 4:00 PM > *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R8W Repeater Config Error > > > > Thank you, Jim. Sorry, but I did not notice your text is actually below > my original e-mail in your two replies today. I will address both replies > here. Regarding your latest comment below, I notice that I do not get a > green Receive Light, there is no "tail drop" static or anything else on the > monitor radio that indicates the transmitter has been keyed by the other > radio. I repeated the test just now after walking over 100 yards away from > the monitor radio with similar results. > > > > From your previous e-mail, thank you for providing the link to your Menu > Reference sheet. I actually have a copy of that, which I downloaded in > 2018 and I use it as a guide regularly. I understand what you said about > the preprogrammed channels saving the actual RX and TX frequencies instead > of the Duplex and Offset values. That explains why I cannot see those > values in the Menu pages. I tried your tip for the Reverse Mode. Sure > enough, an R appears at the top of the display next to the +- indication > and the frequency changes to the TX frequency for that channel. For my > test channel, the RX and TX frequencies shown are correct for the > repeater. See attached details for the repeater. My radio Menu also shows > that R-DCS is OFF, R-CTCS is OFF and T-CTCS is 100.0HZ, which are > appropriate for this repeater. Like I mentioned in my original e-mail, I > copied the Keystone Peak repeater info directly from the CHIRP provided > Repeater Book .img file and pasted that into the Memories page for my > radios. I am not sure if this is relevant, but it does concern me that all > of the empty/not used cells for rToneFreq and cToneFreq in the .CSV files I > exported have a value of 88.5 in them. This includes the .CSV file I > exported from the regional group of repeaters I selected from the CHIRP > Repeater Book .img file. See the first attachment in my original e-mail. > Something I am sure is relevant is that I switched my radio to Frequency > mode on both radios and manually entered 444.875 Mhz, an R-DCS value of > OFF, an R-CTCS value of OFF, a T-CTCS value of 100.0HZ, a SFT-D value of + > and an OFFSET value of 5.000 and the radios still do not work with the > repeater in that configuration. > > > > I believe it is possible I have an erroneous configuration in my CHIRP > Settings page (that have more choices than the Menu pages on the radios) > that is causing this problem. However, I again performed a factory reset > of both radios, I switched them to Frequency Mode and manually entered 444.875 > Mhz, an R-DCS value of OFF, an R-CTCS value of OFF, a T-CTCS value of > 100.0HZ, a SFT-D value of + and an OFFSET value of 5.000 and the radios > still do not work with the repeater in that configuration. There are > other selections in the Settings tab of CHIRP that do not get > erased/replaced during a Reset and we do use some custom settings in there, > but I have a feeling they are not relevant to this problem. If there are > no other ideas, then this is probably not a CHIRP problem and I will take > this off the CHIRP Users site and figure out how to find a local expert to > solicit some help from. Thank you again for your time. > > > > Alex Boerner > > KJ7CPZ > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com < > chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Jim Unroe < > rock.un...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12:39 PM > *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R8W Repeater Config Error > > > > Hi Alex, > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:41 AM A Boer <aboer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Good day, CHIRP Users! I am having some trouble using CHIRP with some > new radios I am trying to program. Simply put, I cannot get the repeater > channels to work. I downloaded the .img file from one radio into CHIRP, > copied and pasted the repeater configuration from the CHIRP list of > repeaters and pasted it into my .img file, then uploaded the .img file into > both radios. The radios will not talk to each other through the repeater. > I have gory details with screenshots and radio display pictures in the > attached .jpg files. If anyone has the time to review those details and > has some ideas on how to fix this problem, I would certainly appreciate the > feedback. Thank you for your time. > > > > Alex Boerner > > KJ7CPZ > > I forgot to mention that you cannot monitor yourself talking through a > repeater with another radio close to you. The transmitting radio's > off-frequency and close signal renders the receiver in the monitor > radio deaf during the transmissions. Usually what happens is that when > you release the PTT button, the receiver is no longer deaf and you > hear the repeater's tail drop. > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Alex Boerner at aboer...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to ken hartmann at 115ir...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to ken hartmann at 115ir...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
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