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You're just backwards. The receive tone governs what you hear from the repeater. Transmissions to the repeater are on the offset frequency.

The size of Heliax needed depends on the three variables of frequency, length of run, and power.

Digital signals are decoded until the bit error rate reaches the point the signal can no longer be decoded. That said, it means the signal doesn't fade, it just drops off entirely. Analog FM fades as it gets further away but digital is there till it isn't.

Its another network isn't it?

Lowering the squelch will have an effect on the receive but if it helps is unknown. I usually run my squelch on either 1 or 2. But then my HTs run around $100 each. They are similar construction to yours, as in they are SOCs but their SINAD is .2 uv.

For a calibrated source to check the SDR use WWV at 10.0 MHz.

!.5 miles is pretty average for an HT in an urban area. The key point is antenna height. That goes for both your transmitting antenna on the HT (about 6 feet) and the height of the receiving antenna (your repeater). The buildings and trees interfere with the path, so that's why only the short distance. You would get about half the distance going HT to HT. The receiver in your HTs is not real good, it needs. 25 uv for a decent receive signal. I'd say the problem isn't the installation as much as it is the HT receivers and the only fix for that is a better radio. At $30 ea. for the pair, you got what you paid for them. Me, I'd throw them in a box for a SHTF event and get a couple decent mobile radios. Right now, Radioddity is selling their 25W mobile for $99 which is less than they are asking for their 20W model. Radioddity DB25-G GMRS Mobile Radio | 25W | Quad Watch | UHF VHF Scann

That's a tough one to diagnose with the limited info you've supplied. What would help is knowing the make and model of the HTs as that will tell us how sensitive the receiver is supposed to be and the conditions under which the failure occurs. How far away from the repeater are you and what is around you. It will also help if you can tell us if you have a watt/swr meter and have checked the power and SWR from your HTs to their antennas.

There are multiple sources for connectors besides the big A and Flea-Bay. Look for ham stores for ready-made cable assemblies and adapters along with various component suppliers such as Mouser and Amp.

I have one, and the major complaints I have are the menus and the fact that it can't monitor two channels at the same time. No APRS is also a negative, but for the price I paid (free from a drawing), I won't throw it out. It sits in a Go-Box where it might get used a couple times a year when I'm at an event.

Yes, feedback from the speaker to the microphone. The cure is don't try to listen to your transmission while talking. That's the reason for the feedback.

As far as I have been able to understand from the regulations, they only state you need to identify with your call sign and the period you van operate until you need to ID. There is nothing in the regs stating when you ID, only that you must.

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What group? I only see you.

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You can't boost the output of the radio to overcome losses downstream from the radio. The FCC limited the radio's output to 50 watts so you have to eat the losses.

Check Amazon for a Mean Well Supply. These are as good as you can get without the high prices charged for ham radio supplies. Many public safety agencies use Mean Well supplies in their repeater locations - and solid, clean power is often a critical life safety issue.

Go to the FCC site and enter your FRN into ULS (Universal Licensing System) to see and print your license. The FCC doesn't notify you of grants,

A lower-gain antenna works better in areas where the signals can reflect from many surfaces (multipath). Gain works two ways, not only by increasing the radiated output but also by increasing the received signal. In an urban environment lower gain helps reject multipath signals, while in a mountainous area, it reduces the multipath reflected from hard walls. YMMV

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While the regulations agree with you, human nature would give more weight to the person being directly targeted. Showing the interference happened every time or most of the time they keyed up would show the interference being targeted rather than generally being the south end of a north bound donkey which carries more impact.

It can be reported to the FCC as an intentional interference but the person being targeted would have a better chance of getting action than another user being blocked from the channel.

What mode did you select for the squelch tone? To set the radio so it transmits tone only you need the mode as TONE with no receive tone. If you set the mode to TSQL the radio automagically assigns the transmit tone to the receive.

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The Cotres are not approved for service in any band.