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yes voltage was 13.8 at 30 amps. I got it to come back on after setting for a week with no mic and no power but something isn't right. it keeps keying up for 1 or 2 seconds over and over with nothing hooked up to it. vox is off. idk I think I need to call btech. I noticed the radio says its a GMRS 50v2 on the housing but on power up it says its a GMRS 50x1 on the screen. so, I think I got got. the 50x1 has all sorts of issues. and its cheaper.

has anyone ever had a btech gmrs 50 v2 white screen and powered off. now it will not power on. fuses are good. nothing lights up on the radio. has anyone had this happen and did you figure anything thing out. I'm waiting to hear back from btech but I'm pretty sure its out of warranty.

with a quick search it looks like zello supports push to talk accessories on desktop. that repeater controller activates the ptt if I'm not mistaken. I think this might be a lot easy with that controller.

it seems easier than the raspberry pi stuff. Its also a budget thing the challenge. I have so much stuff laying around that i know I can use. instead of buying what I need and figuring it out. I want to use anything I can that I already have. thats why its a Frankenstein build. I want to make it my own even if it's a cobled mess lol.

so what all goes into setting up a digirig for what im trying to do? why can't I take an old lap top open up zello and plug in speaker output to the mic input. the mic input into the speaker output? set the lap top to never sleep and set a changing background so the screen doesn't get burnt.

I do not have a duplexer. I am using 2 separate antennas. 462.700 467.700

I plan to use splitters to split the audio of the RX radio and the mic of the TX radio. I want it to work as a normal repeater but i also want it to work as an internet radio through zello. I haven't figured it all out yet but that is my goal. I want to be able to key up my repeater anywhere I have service. and I want to be able to hear on it as well. at the same time I want it to be a conventional repeater. not sure how I would prevent zello from stomping on the RX radio and vis versa. but ill deal with that when it come I guess.

well when IF i get it going i will let yall know.

I tried that and i have to yell at my radio the hole time to get it to come through and if I don't talk fast it keys up over and over. I gave in im tired of messing with it. I attached a few pics give you an idea I took it all down after I gave up on it and order one. I plan on using an aux cord from the speaker out put of the cs800 to the controller but I doubt its going to be that simple. the other radio should be plug n play and some setting maybe. after I get the repeater working I'm going to figure out a way to use a digirig and zello so I can hear and talk back on my repeater anywhere I have service. thanks for the input. I'm just tired of messing with it.

i don't have any info on hand. i could get some pictures later. i am using the speaker power to see that audio is there and it is pulling to much power to power the speaker. if i unplug the plc the audio is good as soon as i power up the plc its crap. how else can i get power the other radios ptt when receiving? gpio pins on the back of my radio is not in the program menu otherwise i would set up one of the pins as an output for ptt when RX is coming in but i don't have the option to set them up in my programing software. the software is something ham. its a csi cs800 50w mobile radio

i have a click plc and the software to program it. it keeps distorting the audio when it fires the push to talk output. does anyone have any input on how to get rid of it? the plc i have was less than $80 and i already have it from an old project. a regular repeater controller won't work on my set up do to the fact i have a csi cs800 (RX only) going to a btech gmrs 50v2. so everything is different from one to the other. as far as mic input ptt... i would have to modify the cables .... plus, i would have to buy another component. i would like to make what i already have work but I'm stumped.

compliant I must have flipped the a and the I. yall knew what i meant lol

from what i got of the rules if its open i have to have it identify every 15 minutes and beginning and end of conversation but if its closed i don't have to but the beginning and end or every 15 min of talking. is that accurate? i want to be comply complaint even if its not that big of a deal. i want the fcc to be able to come look at my set up and not have anything to say about it. not that there are going to but...

if so, how do I do it without distorting my audio?

ok so my family and i would be able to use it with no issues.? do I have to have it announce my call sign if it is a closed repeater? and is my repeater complaint i have a cs800 RX only and a btech gmrs 50 v1 TX only. the cs800 is not part 95 complaint but I'm not transmitting off of it just using it an the uplink to the repeater.

so I have a home made gmrs repeater. made from 2 50w mobile radios. I want to make it to were I can talk out of the repeater off my phone using zello and vis versa. I was thinking of using my laptop and a digirig to do this. does anyone have anything as far as rules that say I can't do that? I don't want to be fined and have my equipment confiscated.