mainehazmt

if you really have problems with people messing with your machine you can come up and install it here in northern Maine. It will be well cared for. Lol

I usually utilize a UHF, rf generating device

As few people who're using this set of forums currently, it seems a bit pointless IMHO...

going to an LTR controller let them try to figure that out.
I'm done

the 355's are good for the group users FRS and or GMRS but if you are operating the tour and want good repeater contact , for Emergency and or activity coordination, I would recommend a good 4 watt UHF radio with an enhanced whip antenna to reach distance repeaters. the blister pack radios do not have removable antennas, many UHF radios and some part 95 have removable antennas allowing you to add a nice 3db + of gain over the stock dummy load. Your outdoor activity sounds great, Beat of luck!

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HEY KID!!!!! YOU'LL POKE YOUR EYE OUT

To someone listening CSQ, an ID is an ID regardless of PL.
 
If your ID is sent with PL, then people using a different PL wouldn't hear the use (unless RX is set to monitor).
 
If the system ID's without a PL those using any RX PL will never hear it.
 
 
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There has been an issues with repeaters that automatically ID.  There have been situations where NOVs were issued for violation of this rule:
95.7 Channel sharing.(a) Channels or channel pairs are available to GMRS systems only on a sharedbasis and will not be assigned for the exclusive use of any licensee. Allstation operators and GMRS system licensees must cooperate in the selectionand use of channels to reduce interference and to make the most effective useof the facilities.A term: "channel camping" was created to refer to those who would send an ID automatically.  Supposedly, this would deprive other users use of the frequency.  Since an ID is not required, it could constitute a way to show "ownership" of a frequency.
 
Just putting that out there.... No worries here either way.

It has been my observation in the past that when a Morse ID is transmitted with the repeater owner's callsign, that ANY questionable or unlawful usage of the repeater by either authorized OR unauthorized users, will be the liability responsibility of the repeater owner, since that ID may be the only one available to the Commission while monitoring for improper conduct.
 
In order to keep a low profile and not be the target of a Commission inquiry, do not use automatic ID BUT require that ALL users follow regulation - 95.119(a)(1) and (2) regarding THEIR responsibility to properly ID THEIR communications.  There are no regulations REQUIRING Morse ID of the repeater owner's callsign.

Well I finally got the system up, now to test and see how well it works, quick test with our portables, with stubby antennas and in the car was about 3-4 miles out and fine.
 
Now to install the mobiles and get some distance test and possibly get a local shop to test the line to be safe and sure.
 
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/aussierescueil/Base%20antenna%202.jpg

Update. I did swap to a M120...and I run about 8 watts to hit the repeater from my house. It tests and alerts for my area (FIPS/SAME coded) reliably for a couple of months now. I am limiting the TX to 45 seconds now which give you time to hear the core of the message if it's a severe alert. 
 
Still pondering making a base out of it at the tower site...just make it go out on 675 rather than be on one of the repeaters. 
 
I guess the big takeaway is the very simple setup using a minimum of equipment works well. 

It could be a licensee, or some rougue radio dealer that setup and unsuspecting customer with SCADA-like or simple remote controlling hardware, it could very well be simplex. You can use DTMF encoder/decoders to kick on relays for various things, setup/knockdown repeaters, etc. The receiver radio basically has an output that drives a relay and then things that can be done are many...high and low voltage switching. It could also be a trigger of some sort sending the DTMF, and the receiver just goes into alarm to signify something happened....could be an alarm, alert, water level, power out, door that opened...etc. Those are some more elaborate examples, but in the radio biz I setup a fire departments' big siren on the roof of the FD to blow by remote, also setup thier garage doors to go up when a certain code was used, and a real cool one...gas pumps active for 15 minutes after a code was put through. 
 
If you are hearing a rapid string, it is pre-programmed and is likely intentional. Legit use of the freq? Probably not. 

Could be a few, could be many. One thing I've found with many people is that they all assume there is an upcost/lease fee associated with all sites. There are a lot of (good) sites out there that can be found for free. I've yet to sign a site lease yet have some of the best locations in the area. Sometimes you can wheel and deal. Sometimes you just need to get creative. For example, if you find a decent location, provide your own power (solar, wind, with backup generator) and fill out some forms, wait for approval, etc you can put up a site in National Forest. On a good peak. Doesn't take power...just need to be able to occasionally access the location.

John - 146.30 MAY be receiving a harmonic from a wireless router... yours or a neighbor.  I have a NetGear system in my office and used a scanner in search mode and found MANY hits between 40 and 900 Mhz. I disabled the router and no more 'birdies'.   Laptops and tablets operate on the same base frequency, so it could be related to one of those devices as well that might be closer to your coax or radios.   Just one possibility for you to investigate.

I have the same radio. I too had issues such as yours. Solution. Turn off the PL or DPL on RX. Not all repeaters choose to transmit a PL/DPL. Needing one to get in is almost a given. However, the outputs do not always repeat the tone. To make matters worse, most repeater listings are not kept up to date. So even though it says it is supposed to be TXing a tone, it may not. Radio is fine. You just have to go check repeaters in VFO mode manually to verify weather or not they are indeed TXing the tone before adding it to Channel mode.

I'll have to look and see if I can find the notes we had on a Plectron toner for one of our VFD's.
it was an old 70's vintage plectron wired through the MRTI I think on an MTR 2000.
getting the audio is the easy part, making PTT no too hard either, it where to put it.

Where they went wrong in their petition was bringing up amateur transceivers. Any commercially marketed amateur transmitter (in the US) has to be type certified for operation in Part 97 and the receivers have to be at least Part 15. However, being amateur radio, any home brew or "modified" (this includes Part 90 gear running in ham land) equipment just needs to meet the technical standards of Part 97. Most of the current petitions out there (or most recent) are from hams who won't suck it up and get a radio without VFO. There is tons of surplus Part 90 (and 95) equipment out there that simply did not meet narrow banding. Ham's either A) trying to petition the FCC to allow Part 97 equipment or trying to petition the FCC to allow hams to use GMRS without applying for the licensing and using equipment that meets or exceeds the technical specs won't get anywhere.
 
Also if you look into the emergency side of the statement, you'll realize that many of the guys who are a part of RACES/ARES and utilize GMRS also hang up their Part 97 FM transceivers in an emergency in favor of Part 90 FM transceivers because they are more or less idiot proof, much more rugged, and allow for easier interoperability between all emergency personnel.

so i got a trial version of VMware workstation (free vmware player might also work) and found a vm of Windows95 from the link below.   So you can run win95 inside the VM on ANY machine, I'm using Win7 64bit.  I loaded some programming software that is only 16bit and wont run on anything newer than 95/98. I mapped the com ports on the host PC and the VMware software, i enabled com ports and then went into the win95 vm and ran the "software" and told it to use the same "mapped" com port.   Attached to my host PC was a USB adapter (with built in RIB) from ebay under $20 and it worked!   Win95 was able to reach through the VM, and reach the radio!  I was able to program my GR1225 repeater.
 
windows 95 vmware ready to run image file...
https://winworldpc.com/download/3DCDE31D-18DA-11E4-99E5-7054D21A8599
 
vmware workstation (paid app, tested and works)
http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/workstation-evaluation
 
free vmware player: (free, should also work, but i didn't test it)
http://www.vmware.com/products/player
 
now i can keep all the programming tools and apps together in one file that is portable and I dont need a special "old school" hardware machine.
 
 

Find a old 486 machine laptop with serial port running win 98 and you should be good to go

Zap
I have a copy of his email in the file cabinet, for if & when it will be needed.
 
Jeff

Show me where it states that.

Hi all long time since I have posted but I have a question about linking. I have a pretty good size dead spot that I can not overcome. And it happens to be right in an area where I hunt fish 4 wheel and just veg out at. If I get on top of the hill I can hit my repeater no problem but in the lake area (big farm pond actually) 0 coverage. I have another repeater I can put in place and run it solar but can and how can I link them or can I ? Thanks again
John

Being you're repeater…you have the right to kick them off. Especially if none of them have proper licensing or if you have not given them permission to use the repeater for that purpose.

Not really an option - the attic of our place isn't accessible except by a little hatch that's above a closet with shelving. The other advantage of the basement is that the repeater will be next to one of our two 12 volt battery banks. The other is in the shack.