MarkInTampa

Drag the "VXR-7000 Series" icon to your desktop (create a shortcut). Right click on the icon and go to properties. Add a -d" to the end of the target line and click OK.

Digital and sat are interesting but I got my license last month just because of monitoring a few 2m simplex channels. They sounded like a good group of folks. One of my GMRS friends got his ticket, joined the group and convinced me to do the same after letting my license expire 20 years ago. Kinda cool to do VHF simplex 30 miles but still primarily use GMRS for repeaters - just a bit more relaxed than ham repeaters are. Just got my 4th ARRL letter in the mail today asking to join in a month, that is annoying. They serve their propose I suppose but come on.... To OP (OffRoaderX), you are a smart guy and know your way around radios, probably more so than 95% of other GMRS users. Hit up hamsudy.org and take a sample test and see how you do or just run through the entire test question pool a few times and I'm sure you will ace it.

In doing a quick search it looks like the Canton 700 repeater that shows offline is at the same location and same owner as the Kaufman 625 repeater that is online. I'd assume he changed changed the frequency not to long ago for some reason. I did notice the repeater owner is also vice president of the Canton Area Radio Emergency Services (CARES) club that run a dozen or so ham repeaters and two GMRS repeaters in the area. Almost all of their repeaters use a PL of 136.5. I'd take a guess that the Kaufman 625 repeater is part of that group.

The TX connector is toast. It looks like somebody tried to force a SO-239 antenna connector into the Type-N connector on the radio.

Click on the "Common" option on top of the programming screen, then select CW-ID. Change the CW-ID field to what you want sent out as code. Also check the interval timer for how often you want CW-ID to be sent. 900 seconds = every 15 minutes.

Correct.

If I had to guess CW-ID is enabled and it's sending out the CW-ID. Press the Repeater/Base button on the unit to disable repeater (LED turns off) and it shouldn't transmit while you are programming it.

I bought mine a few weeks ago for one heck of a deal with the intention of giving it away to the guy here who runs my favorite repeater. The existing repeater antenna is up 400ft or so using two old Johnson mobiles linked together as a repeater. The repeater site is 30 miles from my house and is a bit noisy at about 1/2 to 3/4 scale on my S-Meter but usable. I'm just hoping the VXR-7000 makes it a bit more usable. I've got it all programmed to go in, gave it to the repeater site owner this week and he is planning on installing it sometime this weekend. If it works better great, if not it was a $100 gamble I lost.

That's normal. If there is nothing programmed on the channel (or it is disabled) the whole line is greyed out. Simply double click the channel number to enable it.

I just set one up last week. The software will show VHF by default until it connects and downloads the config from the radio then it will show UHF. First thing is to check what com port the cable is set to in device manager or if the correct driver is installed for the cable and the software is set for the correct port. Check out this thread on programming it, it helped me quite a bit.

Here a quick cost rundown on the antenna I put up recently. I just looked up my receipts, total was around $488 if it helps. From DX Enineering: Comet GP-6NC $170 50ft pre-terminated Type-N 400MAX cable $85 Wall Mount Brackets $44.00 From Home Depot: 30ft Aluminum Flagpole $167 Sika Fence Post Mix $14.00 Ground Strap $8.00 (already had a ground rod and wire)

Kinda sorta. They don't rebroadcast the actual alert but they do read it line for line as it's put out. It is a pretty cool network of 70cm ham repeaters that link across Florida's DOT microwave and fiber networks and covers most of the state.

Don't see the need to use NOAA at least here. Any weather alerts are usually broadcasted out over the Florida Statewide Amateur Radio Network (SARnet) repeaters and I do monitor those.

Out of curiosity, I've got a late 80's Cobra 148GTL-DX somewhere in the shed I haven't powered up since the early 90's. Is the FM mode on the old "export" radios based on this chassis compatible with the new FM standard for CB?

Is this what you were looking for? If you can't get to set mode it may be locked out. See this pdf to enable set mode https://manualzz.com/doc/19316255/fr3000-repeater-set-mode-adjustment.pdf

Works for me. Searching the database actually seemed a bit quicker. Just wish the FCC would state what the problem was. If it was just a corrupted database, that's fine. If they were hacked, I'd like to know. I just did a credit card payment a few weeks ago and would like to know if the card was possibly compromised. I have a debit card I usually use online that I keep $20 on. I transfer money to it and use it for anything I purchase online. The one time I didn't do this was with the FCC, just forgot.

I've got a Argent simplex repeater I use every now and then on my base station. I use it for testing radios and antenna's by myself in the field. It makes testing nice not having to rely on somebody manning the base station or annoying folks on the local repeaters with a radio check every 30 seconds when swapping antenna's or range check. Also keep it around if somebody wants to hear what they sound like on a normal repeater. Plug in the unit into the mic jack real quick and repeat the repeater back to the repeater. Say that 10 times fast. Neat little trick I've used a few times. I

From the manual... [VFO/MR] Frequency/Channel Mode Hotkey This key toggles between Channel (MR) and Frequency (VFO) modes every time the key is pressed. Channel mode has three different channel display types: Channel Number display mode, Frequency+Channel Number display mode, and Channel Name display mode.

Got the programming cable today and pulled the config. It's already programmed for GMRS! Ran a quick test and it appears to work so I guess it's worth a trip to the radio tech to have him check it out. Although it's programmed for GMRS it's CW ID shows a ham callsign that lives around 30 miles from me, don't know what that's about.

Bring up the KG-1000 software and go to the "Scan Group" tab and create two scan groups such as GMRS and Reptrs (you are limited to 6 characters). Assign each scan group what channels you want assigned to that group - must be sequential channel numbers. By default the GMRS simplex channels on the KG1000 are channels 1-22 and the repeater channels are 23-30 Load the "GMRS" scan group on the left VFO (display) and the "Reptrs" on the other A few things to consider: See the below example - since the scan list works by sequential channel numbers, its a good idea to save frequencies to channels numbers in groups and leave gaps for adding new channels to that scan group. If you are scanning something like 70cm ham repeaters then save those channels as channel 200-299. The KG-1000G+ I had (first week they came out) had a bug on dual scanning. Instructions say start scanning on one side, press the band button to go to the other side and hit scan and you can scan both sides at once. There is/was a bug that pressing the band or scan button (sold the radio, forgot what button) to change sides on the radio itself to start scanning on the one side then the other side would stop scanning. If you hit the button on the microphone it works fine. Don't know if that's still the case.

I've got a programming cable for it on the way and already have the software. In looking through the software it appears to be one of the most simple repeaters/radios I've seen compared to my DMR HT's to program. There are examples of this repeater setup for GMRS here on this forum as well. For the most part everything is on one page and unlike Wouxun software the help menu actually works. I'll pull the config off of it when I get the cable to see where it sits now. If it's in the 450-470MHz range now I'll swap it over to GMRS and do a quick test. If it's tuned currently for something below 450MHz or so it may not work for GMRS or will need to be tuned for it. Guess if that's the case I can set it up on 70cm to test it (yes I hold a Tech license). Just don't want to put money into a paperweight if it doesn't work at all.

I've got a local Motorola dealer/shop 5 miles from me that also supports the ham radio community and usually has a table setup at any hamfest in the area. Guess I could call him and see if he could check it out. Again, I plan on donating it and don't mind spending another $100 or so to get it up to snuff but if there are issues with it I'll flip it for parts.

It's not the impedance mismatch on the transmitter I'm worried about. For testing I plan on using my base antenna connected to the TX of the repeater and nothing connected to the RX of the repeater and use a HT on 1watt without an antenna right next to it to key it to keep from overloading the RX. I was just wondering since there is no duplexer or coax connected to the input of the repeater if there was enough separation with the base antenna 40ft directly above me to keep the transmitter from bleeding 5MHz away back into the input since it's not shielded or connected to anything. Don't have a clue what frequency the repeater is currently on, have to wait for the programming cable to do much more testing.

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I don't have a dummy load handy. My thought was to use the low power mode on the repeater with no RX antenna for a quick test. My favorite local repeater (30 miles away) on .600 is being ran by a couple of old Johnson mobiles converted to a repeater with a power amp at 400ft and is getting a bit noisy. I wanted to test and make sure the repeater I bought works. If it does I'll program it for .600 and do a surprise donation to the owner of the existing repeater. I have no interest in running a repeater of my own but got the Vertex for $100 bill so couldn't turn it down, figured one of the local repeaters could use it.

I picked up a Vertex VXR-7000u repeater for a heck of a deal without a duplexer that I would like to test to make sure it works. It does power up fine. I need to order up a programming cable to find the frequency it's set at and ordered one last night. For testing since I don't have a duplexer, can I run the repeater WITHOUT a RX antenna since I'm sitting right next to it with the TX antenna hanging 40ft directly above me? Would not connecting a RX antenna provide enough isolation to test? Hate to buy a duplexer if the repeater doesn't work.