WRQM273
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So, my question, as I am new just got a license and have been thinking about setting up a repeater for family use, I live nearly at the center point of most of my family. I have a few that are 5-10 miles in a few directions. My thought process is setting up a repeater at my house so that the 2 that are farthest apart, opposite directions from my location, can hear each other. Yes there is a local repeater, that I have already gotten permission to use, that I can connect everyone to. But it does get plenty of use, along with me wanting to be able to in the event of an emergency, pack up my system minus the cables and antenna, then deploy on some land somewhere else or use as a mobile repeater to keep everyone in communication with everyone else within my limited maybe 20 mile each direction bubble. Can this be accomplished with just basic handhelds on whatever this simplex is that I keep hearing about?
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I found the frequency for the NOAA radio in my area 162.400, which is great but all it does is repeats on a loop the current weather stuff. Is there a frequency that only transmits emergency weather alerts? I saw weather alerts in my radios settings but the info in the manual did not say much on its operation or what it did.
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45 minutes ago, MichaelLAX said:
From the Manual, it looks like Menu Function 10 (CTCSS) and 12 (DCS or DPL) are the functions to use to manually set the Tones. Have you tried these?
Yes, i have put them in. There was some confusion because PL is CTCSS and DCS is DPL.
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2 minutes ago, MichaelLAX said:
That means to not share their Tones.
Do any of these look familiar?
Yes, but i spend more than half my day at work up in Waukesha, so the one ive been trying to program manually while waiting for the proper programming cable is Armor 1. I believe i have it programed correctly. I just did not know what the PL/DPL he gave me were since everyone talks about tones and ctcss. I attempted to make contact on the drive home with anyone, i maybe got a response but could not hear them so im not sure.
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4 hours ago, MichaelLAX said:
It never hurts, when asking for help, to give all the useful information, including the PL and DPL numbers they sent you.
You could even bore us with the name of the repeater, its location and frequency, too!
Except both of the repeaters that I was granted access for sent a note saying to not share their information with anyone. I gained access to both through myGMRS website.
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16 minutes ago, Radioguy7268 said:
PL stands for "Private Line" - which was Motorola's term for ctcss (continuous tone coded signalling squelch). It's a sub-audible tone that's generally between 80 and 300 Hertz. It seems you have already figured out how to plug that in.
DPL is Digital Private line - which most manufactures call DCS - Digital Coded Squelch.
I'm not familiar with the Wouxun product line, but other people here are, and I'm sure someone will tell you how to plug that DPL code into your radio in order to access the repeater.
If the repeater you are planning to use has PL on the one frequency, and DPL for the other (probably higher) frequency - that's termed a "split tone". Not all radios are capable of using split tones - but you might be in luck with the KG-935g.
Thank you! I got the numbers put in and will test when im out of my work building, hard to even get a cell signal inside.
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I got permission to use the repeaters that are near my house and my work, they sent me pl and dpl numbers. But i dont have pl or dpl in the menu options on my Wouxun kg-935g. I have tx-ctcss and rx-ctcss. Im starting to beat my head against the wall not understanding this. Everyone keeps talking about needing the ctcss tones to use them. But i got pl/dpl tones. One of them fits on the ctcss, for RX, but the TX number is above the max value that is aloud for the tx ctcss in my radio. Please point out the simple thing im missing.
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1 hour ago, okinater said:
Might have smoked the reverse polarity protection diode?
More than likely. So a possibility of saving the radio if thats all that went?
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So, I need a little help. I was excited to try to get on the air tonight and make my first transmission. I was setting my wouxun 1000g on a desktop power supply, wouxun dwc30win, I put some quick disconnect pigtails on the wire so I could go between desktop and my vehicle. Unfortunately i only had one side of the pigtails so I reversed one for the desktop power supply to make it work. In all of my excitement I forgot that I had done that and hooked it into the power supply backwards. Of course when I powered up, the radio smoked out. Can it be repaired? Or did I just kill it permanently? I still have my handheld radios, but have not figured out how to get them online to do anything more than listen in. Any help there would also be helpful.
You just got your GMRS license, now you want your own repeater?
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I have been looking into using 2 KG-1000s, I already have 2 of them but one of them got fried when i first got it from a reverse polarity.. it would be something that i would prep for and buy part by part over some time.