SteveShannon

If it only happens when it has been turned off, then moved some distance before being turned back on, it's acquiring a new almanac, data which shows it where to look for satellites.

I bet you wish you hadn’t opened that can of worms, huh? Talking about others in a public forum never seems to end well. I’ve done it too.

Unfortunately, as we get older and our hearing changes, even exaggerated sibilance sounds like a lisp.

No, I has none.

But if you looked at his picture it clearly showed GMRS22. That's not RPT22. Second, he didn't say he was getting "blown away by static." In fact what we hear sounds like someone is transmitting digitally on the channel. And finally there's no reason for squelch to not work on an SOC radio.

22 isn’t a repeater channel. It doesn’t transmit on 467 MHz main channels. Go to 23-30 (or 22RP if that’s how your radio shows it.

You might not be on a repeater channel. 1-22 are simplex channels, which transmit on the same frequency they receive. But there are eight repeater channels which allow the repeater to transmit while simultaneously receiving. Doing both at the same time is called Duplex. Different manufacturers denote those channels differently. Some continue the numbering scheme and refer to them as channels 23-30, others repeat the 15-22 numbers but prepend or append RP to the channel, like 15RP, to indicate that they are repeater channels. Repeaters receive on the 467 MHz main frequencies and transmit at exactly the same time on the 462 MHz main channels. That’s referred to as an offset and it is generally exactly 5.000 MHz for UHF channels (in ham radio also). They need an offset to be able to transmit while receiving. So, in your radio there should be eight repeater channels which are programmed to receive on exactly the same 462.xxx frequencies as 15-22, but which transmit on the main 467.xxx frequencies, where xxx is typically the same for both. You need to use one of those.

You’d need to look at the specs, but often devices that make measurements become non-linear at the extreme end of a measurement and with an already low SWR the reflected power will be a very low percentage of a very low forward power so it might not measure accurately.

One likely reason is that your swr/power meter does a poor job of detecting the much lower reflected power level of the five watt radio.

So is mine. iPhone 13. But I’m not using Tapatalk. I gave it up several years ago. Now I just use Safari. See if you can see the photos in Safari.

It did for me. Perhaps your device can’t reproduce it.

Most of the people he calls sad hams walk right into it. If you take the time to understand what he’s saying you might even agree. Yup, sometimes he has gone against the grain but for the most part he’s helpful.

156 DPL is in your radio. Your radio calls it Privacy Code #63. As Kenny said you have to look at the page in the manual for the DCS and then select the Privacy Code that corresponds to the DCS. The “Privacy Code” is in the left column and the DCS is listed in the right column:

I’ve been wondering if my Yaesu HF radio can have a Roger beep added.

He doesn’t have a magic wand. Or He doesn’t know why you can’t hit the repeater (you’ve given no details). Or You’re not his favorite viewer? What kind of challenges do you have in reaching the repeater? What’s the terrain like? What about vegetation? Do you have the right tone for transmitting?

It must be a turkey cooking reference: full of stuffing.

Roger

Yes

Nope, there are a lot of us here who feel exactly the same way. You just got to your keyboard first and you said it very well.

That’s right, after no updates for a period of time a repeater is marked as stale. It doesn’t mean the repeater doesn’t exist.

I believe it means they found one of your posts or comments and then signed up for the site. Because your post or comment may have been instrumental in motivating them to join you have been notified. It’s sort of a pat on the back. It’s much better than discovering that someone read something you wrote and blocked the site. Good job helping the site grow!

But there is a Technical Discussion forum already; it’s just not limited to repeaters. https://forums.mygmrs.com/forum/3-technical-discussion/

Some people use an adapter to use their external antennas with their handhelds when they’re in a vehicle. Noise on a mobile radio when moving can be caused by vibration exacerbating a poor connection somewhere in the feedline to the antenna or the antenna or mount, or by a bad power or ground connection leading to the radio (as well as other connections). Try hooking you external antenna up to the handheld and go for a drive. If the noise occurs then you have reason to suspect the feedline or antenna mount. Otherwise inspect how you power your radio. And maybe the radio itself is just affected by vibration. While operating stationary try shaking the radio to see if the problem occurs. Finally, don’t discount picket fencing. Good luck!

You don’t. But get ready for a raft of shit.

The address you provided to the government is public knowledge. The database can be freely downloaded.