Sheldon

that's funny a simple google search of "unique fm in miami, FL" comes up with some videos of them transmitting from a small desk. LOL~

Why are so many pirate broadcast stations in Miami, FL? That's interesting. I suppose continuous broadcasting is obviously much easier to "triangulate" though. I would love to hear what these 'pirates' are broadcasting...

Yup, I looked through the map and nothing is closer than 20-25 miles. I was thinking this repeater wasn’t on that map. I ended up scanning 467.550 and got very lucky with a user near me. Turns out the repeater is over 50 miles from me! I had to walk outside my house but my HT got in! I was shocked.

I’m in Northern California near Lodi. I have no idea where the repeater is so I’ll try to scan T-CTCS next time I hear traffic. I’m assuming I’m hearing it from Lodi, CA from clues I picked up on from their conversation.

I don’t even know who the owner is. I just started hearing the conversation last night and they came in booming. I’ll have to wait until I hear traffic again and try to scan for a T-CTCS tone to make sure I have it

Yes I’m transmitting on 467.550 and receiving on 462.550 this is a different repeater than I was asking about in the guest forum I found this one last night and it seems to be much closer going off their conversation where they lived I’m assuming there is no tone because the conversion led me to believe these guys were hanging out wait for random guys to join in (sort of) maybe I’m not doing it right but from what I understand, my UV-9G can scan for tones but I can’t believe I can obtain an input tone? Or maybe I’m confused about tones? What’s the R-TONE at 1000Hz used for?

Not sure what my solution is here, I can’t reach any repeaters from my home. I can however hear them. I heard a conversation last night for hours. I got to the highest point of my property, I just can’t reach it. Assuming I have input tone correct (none) what solution do I have? I understand a better antenna is likely the best solution but how does a big yagi on the roof of my barn help me if I’m in my recliner in the living room on a handheld for instance? and I know a repeater of my own isn’t the solution but is there something like that I can put up in my barn that can then reach my handhelds around the property?

learning a little more and I think I understand some. I also read through the comments on his repeater. he uses an output tone to separate the repeater from channel 19 because a group of local volunteers use it. That's his explanation anyway.

if I'm looking at an open system repeater on the mygmrs map I see a repeater that operates on 462.650 the input tone: none output tone: 136.5Hz. I'm assuming the output tone is what the repeater is transmitting out so I would set my "R-CTSC" to 136.5Hz?