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  1.    WRKC406 reacted to an answer to a question: Hub/Node Connection and rpt-cmd
  2. neosmith20
    Glad it worked! After much research, I found that using the command: sudo simpleusb-tune-menu helped to adjust the audio in/out. Not sure if that will work for you, but feel free to give it a try.
  3. neosmith20
    You have to use sudo in front of the command... Like this sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list Then press "ctrl X" to save, press "y", then press "enter" If you want to check to make sure it saved, run the command again and check to see if the changes were saved. Hope that helps
  4.    neosmith20 reacted to a post in a topic: My Repeaters Page - Repeater Details Code
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  7. neosmith20
    I figured it out when I had to reinstall the OS... Before running number "8. Run the script with the following command: sudo ~/repeaterfinder.sh" from the section "Configure Your Node Manually" on the page How Do I Join The myGMRS Network I had to change "deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/" to "deb http://legacy.raspbian.org/raspbian" in the file "/etc/apt/sources.list" I had to change this because it was causing an error while trying to run the script, as the old website link is no longer in existence! Once I changed it, I then ran the script from number 8, and it downloaded everything correctly. It then rebooted, and I changed my password... I checked the "manage nodes" page, and the node came up correctly. I was able to manage it then, as well as connect my node to a regional node.
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  11. neosmith20
    is it just "at rich" or does he have a different(full) name on here?
  12. neosmith20
    this is the code i was using (html): <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Open a New Page</title> </head> <body> <p>Click the link below to go to Pikes Peak GMRS:</p> <a href="https://www.pikespeakgmrs.org" target="_blank">Go to Pikes Peak GMRS</a> </body> </html> Markdown Code: [Go to Pikes Peak GMRS](https://www.pikespeakgmrs.org) Even tried with an iframe: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Pikes Peak GMRS</title> </head> <body> <p>Here's the website embedded in an iframe:</p> <iframe src="https://www.pikespeakgmrs.org" width="100%" height="500"></iframe> </body> </html> Then tried using just the link part (html): <a href="https://www.pikespeakgmrs.org" target="_blank">Go to Pikes Peak GMRS</a> Lastly, even tried php: <?php header("Location: https://www.pikespeakgmrs.org"); exit; ?> None of those seemed to work and the page would just show what i pasted in here.
  13. neosmith20
    Yes i am signed into the main site. Secondly, i did try html, code block, and even markup. it still didn't work. Maybe I'm missing something, or doing something wrong? i would hit the </> button, which would bring up a black box, then i would put the code in and then save. After that i went to the repeater page, and all i would see is the code, not what the code was supposed to do.
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    Hey, I've been bashing my head trying to figure out how to add code into the "Repeater Details" part of the My Repeaters page. I see other pages have a clickable title. in their "Repeater Details" e.g. (https://mygmrs.com/repeater/2695) Like they have on their page, how the heck is that done? Thanks!
  16. neosmith20
    Hey all, I'm sorry if this has been asked a billion times, but i couldn't find any information about it. I believe that i have everything connected correctly as i could see my repeater node number on the map and it was green, but yet when i go to the "manage nodes" page it is saying "Unmanaged." Also, when i refresh the node page it's giving me an error saying "The selected node is sending statistics, but is not connected to the management interface. please check your settings in the rpt-cmd tool." I'm pretty new to this node stuff, not necessarily new to Linux, but i can't find anything pertaining to the "rpt-cmd" command. I've ran the command: asterisk -rx "rpt fun 20808 *3176" a few times, trying to connect my node to the closest hub and it just goes to the next command prompt saying nothing. What am i missing here? Is it just a port issue on the modem or am i missing something else? Thanks!
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  25. neosmith20
    And how do you know they were using GMRS freq.s when FRS is literally the same freq... Many businesses just go out and buy a couple of bubble pack radios for their employees and off they go. What proof is there that GMRS was actually being used? Did you test the wattage coming out of their radios? Where they using a repeater freq.? Where they using radios with detachable antennas? If you can't prove they were using something beyond a bubble pack radio, then you have no case and was a complete waste of their time. "Although they are two separate radio services, the FRS and GMRS co-exist within 462-467MHz frequency range of the UHF band. Both services share the same 22 simplex channels and frequencies. These channel and frequency assignments are standard across the industry. This means that channel 1 on a Midland FRS or GMRS radio is the same as channel 1 on a Motorola Talkabout, or a Cobra MicroTALK, or a DeWALT, Uniden, or Wouxun KG-805F and 805G. Channel 2 is the same, channel 3 is the same, and so on. For this reason, someone with an FRS radio can converse directly with someone who has a GMRS radio and vice-versa." https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2021/10/the-difference-between-frs-and-gmrs-radios.html
  26.    neosmith20 reacted to a post in a topic: BTech GMRS-V2 quirks
  27.    neosmith20 reacted to an answer to a question: Repeater equipment having trouble RXing from members TXing to it...
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  29. neosmith20
    So, a quick check with the nanovna on the duplexer showed that the notches for the high and low (467.650/462.650) where pretty much none existent. I tuned it back, as close as one could with a nanovna, but i will be calling buy two way radios tomorrow to see what can be done about the duplexer being out of tune yet again. if i have to send it back this would be the second time doing so. I believe there is a 1 year warranty on it, so it should be covered either way. This still doesn't explain what the heck is going on with the feedline/antenna problem. That seems to be a separate issue. As easy as it won't be, I'll have to see what i can do to complete the tests that were suggested. I don't have an antenna analyzer, but i am doing some research and am hoping that i can do some-most of those tests with the nanovna.
  30. neosmith20
    like i had posted on another comment, i programmed all of my handy radios and know there is no codes on the simplex freq.s. I also verified this by using my mobile radio that i know 1000% has no codes programmed on any of the simplex freq.s. I was chatting with her on the way to the site and it worked just fine, until i got to a point where there was just too many things in the way. The antenna at the site is up much much higher than the roads i was traveling on. again, she heard me clear as water, but nothing from her. stupidly odd for sure! ? Just to make sure that there were no pl codes used we used a variety of simplex channels and still nothing from her, but clear as day from me to her.
  31. neosmith20
    like it was stated i/we used simplex. so both me and my g/f were on 462.xxx, none of the repeater freq.s were used. i just wanted to test what someone said above, but first eliminating the repeater and duplexer. if that test went fine then it would point me to something wrong with the repeater or duplexer, but since i couldn't, for some odd reason rx her signal to me, that kinda of told me that it had to be either the feedline or the antenna. since the antenna is brand new, that lead me to believe it had to be the feedline. "I'd put money on the distant user still transmitting on the high side of the split at 467.xxx" The city i live in, we are the only people that use .650, there is one other repeater in the area and it is confirmed that he uses a different freq... as he's an old member where we setup his info on his repeater. Since then he moved on from the club, but never changed his freq. We were the first club to bring a gmrs repeater to the area and from what i can tell, there are no others that could even be close to being in the same freq. Denver would be the closest, but we have a mountainous area that is blocking us from them. "If you go to Simplex, your portable is now transmitting and receiving on 462.xxx Unless the other user switched their radio to simplex also - they would still be transmitting on 467.xxx and of course your portable that's listening on 462.xxx would not hear them." I understand fully about repeater freq.s and simplex freq.s. I had her on the phone making sure that she was on simplex. I'm also the one that programmed the handy radios, so i know they dont have any codes on the simplex freq.s. I also verified this by using my mobile radio that i know 1000% has no codes programmed on any of the simplex freq.s. I was chatting with her on the way to the site and it worked just fine, until i got to a point where there was just too many things in the way while traveling. The antenna at the site though is up much much higher. It's stupidly weird that i could tx clear as day to her, but heard nothing from her. i even had her go outside, where i have hit me repeater clearly before, and still i got nothing from her. I even had her change channels to different simplex freq.s and it was the same on the all of the ones we tested... i could hit her nice and clear, but nothing from her. The repeater was receiving, but at a very very limited range (5 miles tops is what we found). It should be receiving much further than what it is, especially being up as high as it is.
  32. neosmith20
    sorry if i wasn't clear enough. I took both the repeater and duplexer, which is attached physically to the repeater, down to connected directly to my handheld. both me and my g/f were on simplex with no pl tones/codes used.
  33. neosmith20
    So i took my repeater down today and hooked one of my handheld radios to the feedline and I'm thinking that there is a problem with the feedline. The antenna is new, so it has to be the feedline. When i transmitted out on simplex others could hear me, but when they transmitted back to me, i heard nothing. I'm still going to check over the duplexer and repeater, but i think the problem has been found. I will post with any updates i have.
  34. neosmith20
    I never planned on using a duplexer or anything that had 239 connections on them. My original plan and setup was two antennas, which had n connectors as well as the tx/rx for the repeater. So, i bought a bunch of n connectors, a few to see how they worked & how to install them on to the cable, and a few to make a couple of test cables. Then of course used some for the original setup. The antennas ended up not being spaced apart in a way that could not cause desensitization. So, a duplexer was looked at. I got a super cheap chinese duplexer from a member, but it never would tune properly and had problem after problem with it. During that time I also was trying to updated the firmware of the repeater and one of the radios locked up, thus the reason i had to send the repeater to bridgecom. While i was working on getting the money up for a new duplexer we ended up loosing the site we were at and i had to scramble to find a new one. Once i got the repeater back from bridgecom, and finally got up enough donations from members, i was able to get the (current) duplexer installed on the repeater and then setup at the new site (current location). After having troubles getting a good rx signal from members to the repeater it sat for a month or so while i tried to figure out how to get the ed fong antenna up higher. I ended up getting the current antenna from one of the members and was able to get that antenna up way higher than what i had the ed fong one at. This brings me to around a couple of weeks ago when, after the install of the new antenna, i was still hearing from members that they were having a hard time hitting the repeater. They would hit it, but then 1-3 seconds later it would just courtesy tone out, even when they were still talking. So to me, it sounded like people were kerchunking the repeater, but it was members trying to use it. I have no clue what the losses on the adapters are, they were never tested. I never had a problem, for the short time i had the repeater up, at the first location. So, they were never tested. Plus, hanging 17 stories up, it's not easy to solder a connection and not knowing exactly how much cable was going to be used... i couldn't just cut the cable add the connectors and send one side of the cable up. So, that was another reason i kept using the n connectors and just added the adapters to the duplexer and antenna.
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