I worked on the programming again for about 6 hours last night, I was able to get some of my frequencies right, my problem is, using repeater book, most of the GMRS tones listed for my area are wrong, I have been searching the local repeater sites for the correct ones. For what I do have right, its pretty cool to hear the repeater activate when I transmit!
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 4:06 PM Ken Hansen via Users < [email protected]> wrote: > Your decision to not use CTCSS tone squelch on your radios has nothing to > do with the original statement you made: > > > Usually repeaters don't send out a CTCSS tone, they only use one to make > sure it only hears signals that contain a CTCSS tone. > > > The OP was struggling to work a local GMRS repeater, and IF he had > activated ToneSq and the repeater didn't pass the tone thru, that could > explain his issue. IF he had specified the wrong tone for receive and it > didn't match what the repeater passes, that could explain his issue. > > We are still awaiting a response from David if his issue is resolved. > > Ken, N2VIP > > > On Jan 14, 2025, at 13:43, K0LNY ?? via Users < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I would rather hear anything else coming in on the repeater's > transmit > > frequency, in case someone does not have a radio set up right. > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ken Hansen via Users" <[email protected]> > > To: "CHIRP users list" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Ken Hansen" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 12:18 PM > > Subject: [users] Re: GMRS Programming using CHIRP > > > > > > You never HAVE TO set an RX tone, you can choose to control what you > hear by > > simply setting the radio RF Squelch to suppress static between > > transmissions. > > > > I see 4x repeaters near your license location, W0OFK 146.730 And KG0S > > 444.125 both transmit tones on their output, while W0OFK 444.250 and > K0RPT > > 146.880 do not transmit tones. > > > > The above is from RepeaterBook, one of the data sources integrated into > > CHIRP. > > > > Using an RX tone/signaling setting is optional, not required. > > > > Ken, N2VIP > > > >> On Jan 14, 2025, at 11:56, K0LNY ?? via Users > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Ken, > >> We don't have any GMRS repeaters around here, but I don't set a specific > >> receive CTCSS for the repeaters I use in Ham radio. > >> I hope to put up a GMRS repeater for our community sometime. > >> > >> Glenn > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Ken Hansen via Users" <[email protected]> > >> To: "CHIRP users list" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: "Ken Hansen" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 2:58 AM > >> Subject: [users] Re: GMRS Programming using CHIRP > >> > >> > >> Glen, > >> > >> I disagree, many, many repeaters that use cut SS tone 'pass' the > incoming > >> tone to the output, so that users only hear silence until their repeater > >> transmits another users signal. > >> > >> The repeater requires a tone to 'open' the repeater, and the receiver is > >> silenced until it 'hears' a signal with the proper ctcss tone. > >> > >> With the wrong tone on transmit, the repeater will not rebroadcast the > >> signal, it will be ignored. > >> > >> If the receiver has the wrong tone set in its receiver and the receiver > is > >> programmed to only break squelch when the proper tone is heard, the user > >> will hear nothing. > >> > >> The tone squelch function is optional, it can be turned off, and the > >> receiver will 'hear' any RF signal that is strong enough to break > squelch. > >> > >> The above is true for most commercial FM repeaters, as well as amateur > >> repeaters. It may be different in the GMRS user space, but I doubt it. > If > >> there is a doubt about any particular repeater 'passing' the ctcss tone > on > >> transmit, the user can set their radio to only transmit the required > tone, > >> and to not have any output tone from the repeater. On a Baofeng that > would > >> mean setting signaling to 'tone' and not 'tonesq' (I think, from > memory). > >> > >> Ken, N2VIP > >> > >>> On Jan 14, 2025, at 12:41 AM, K0LNY ?? via Users > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Usually repeaters don't send out a CTCSS tone, they only use one to > make > >>> sure it only hears signals that contain a CTCSS tone. > >>> Thus, the 88.5 should be fine for the rFreq, but you will need to send > a > >>> tone to open the ears of the repeater. > >>> Glenn > > <snip> > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
