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How do you know the temperature of the unit was nearly 200°? If the unit was truly off it should never get that hot unless the inside of your cab was nearly 200°. Was the unit itself in the direct sun? If something inside the radio case is generating that much heat even when off, then there’s a problem. What’s the electrical drain when powered off? It sounds like you should send it in for replacement or a refund.

I got a few radios in trade, including a Kenwood TK-880-2 -- meaning the 485-512 MHz model. I have an 880-1 (which covers the GMRS frequencies) and I love it. Forgive what I'm sure is a whole lot of misunderstanding in the request that follows, I'm still relatively new to amateur radio: Is there an easy way to modify the 880-2 to cover a lower frequency range -- swap crystals/semiconductors? I'm likely going to sell the 880-2, but if there's an easy (I'm handy with a soldering iron) way to get it working on a frequency range I'm licensed for, that would be fun too.

Thank God that the closest affected repeater is 425 air miles, twice the distance of his 200 mile range capability from Phelan, I would think we would be well out of range especially with a hill or two in between the two points. Although, the two Crown King repeaters are at 7,800 feet in elevation, I guess there may be a slight possibility only for his radio.

What radio are you using?

Mine has been working great over 2 years. I'd write btech for an exchange if it doesn't work after a cool down. Sent from my SM-S911U1 using Tapatalk

Not sure what you mean. I believe most repeaters only have one tone. Have you tried clearing things and starting over? Maybe try the other radio. Transmit on one and listen (or have someone listen) on the other. It’s not uncommon to not get an answer back from anyone randomly listening.

I think you are confused with display symbols on your radio. Pull your manual and become familiar with them so you know what they represent. Unless you are on a trunked system, your radio will have no way to detect presence of a repeater while in idle mode. GMRS radios do not operate in Trunk.

With all due respect, go back and read my last comment here, it was very clear. And as stated in prior comment, pulling data still works. It’s just not as easy using common software such as ad Excel.

You seem troubled. You previously described something that by your own admission “used to work” or requires using a compiler. It’s far easier to just run a report to generate the CSV file in a method officially provided by the owner. Premium membership is a small price for such convenience.

There are a couple of possibilities: You are very confused about what your radio is doing/how your radio functions Your radio is broken and my guess is that your radio is not broken.

My radio will show a tower in the display screen for repeaters, in simplex transmissions the tower doesn't show on the display screen. I have all the GMRS repeaters in my area programed into my radio, when someone uses the repeater the tower icon pops up on my display screen. The frequency for GMRS channel 4 does not match any frequency for registered repeaters in my area. It appears someone in my area is using channel 4 on a repeater. I have no clue what's going on or why. At times the transmissions sound like a government organization, other times transmissions are personal in nature.

Thats what I figured, I was afraid that my radios were not working but they seem to work fine. The repeater has a bunch of different tones that work with it, I have tried a few of them with no difference in results.

very limited. And no, not the only way.. as i stated above

Premium members of this site can generate reports in CSV format using whatever search combination they want. As far as I know that’s only available to premium members and the only way to export data.

Either that, or ... someone here casually mentioned his GMRS callsign (which he had tried to hide after he got run-off the site last time).. Then everyone looking it up and seeing sh!thole where he lives, his full legal name, and pretty much everything else about him... He got real quiet right after that..

Sounds like it might just be down then. Or they changed the input tone. Do you hear other traffic on that repeater?

That seems really un-good. Even sitting in a hot car, in the sun, it shouldn't be hitting close to the boiling point of water.

I just figured enough people had him blocked to where I wasn't even seeing replies to him anymore

you buy it that way. some of the popular $hit hit the fan radios came wide open, but i don't think they are coming that way anymore. Google $hit hit the fan Wouxuan and see if that helps. Send the sellers a private message (emial) and ask if you can buy a radio out to 520. Good Luck

Thank you both, I have tried shouting my call-sign and have not gotten a response. Went up to the place the repeater is located again and used one radio to call the other using the simplex GMRS22 channel and was able to reach it (from 11.9 miles one radio inside my home the other in the truck) but using the repeater it did nothing. I am glad both radios are working as they should using the simplex channels, this is the main reason I got them, will continue to try and establish communication with another repeater when I am near one.

up to a few weeks ago you could use Excel to extract data from the site using simple Excel tools but the owner has since locked down his site stopping these Excel tools. However there are still other tools available, some open source, that will continue to work and allow the extraction process. You will need to learn how to use compliers with these tools but they work perfect.. Google HTML data capture and look for open source tools. Lots of youtube videos out there too. Note that it will also me handy if you know how to write macros as this will speed up process of sorting. Good Luck!

Hopefully, Jeff Bezos is back from Venice.

The radio does have a thermal-shutdown.. so if gets too hot for any reason, it will throttle-back and then stop transmitting all-together.. Wait for it to get cold tonight and then try it again.. if still no joy, send it back to the guy you got it from and tell him to send you one that works.

I banned his ars

<Sigh> it wasn’t even turned on. It was plugged into the cig lighter though. Noticed this last week when the truck was outside in the sun too. Thought it might be ambient heat that it couldn’t dissipate (but it wa off then too). Would you expect it to still transmit?