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Difficulty with non-simplex channels - repeaters or HT?
WRWE709 posted a question in Technical Discussion
As with most people who post on here...I'm newish to GMRS. I've got 2 baofeng UV9Gs and I am able to quite easily program them using CHIRP. I can get them to talk to one another, I can program "Privacy" tones, (and have proven that they filter out noise on the open channels). I have tried to connect to a couple local repeaters without success. I feel like I must be doing something wrong with the input in CHIRP. When I attempt to transmit on the repeater channels, the other HT shows that I am transmitting, but no sound is produced. This is the info from the owner of the repeater (I am confident that the frequency of the repeater is correct): "The transmit tone for your radio for the repeater is transmit to the repeater DCS 226N and receive from the repeater DCS 662N." I have attached a picture from CHIRP. The repeater that I am specifically trying to hit is the second one, as it is <4 miles from my house.
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I have two baofeng uv9g radios. I have programmed them both with the correct tones for all the repeaters in the area. I can transmit and receive on simplex between the two fine, and when using a repeater, I can work it just fine and talk and listen, but the other radio tuned to the same channel will not pick up that radio. Is there something I'm missing besides a more expensive radio? I took them both to six flags in bowie maryland and on simplex channel 1 they worked perfectly. I can work Towson repeater from most everywhere I go, but when I'm on repeaters these radios don't communicate with themselves, and I'd really like them to for use with my wife as intended.
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I discovered some cheap Chinese radios have subpar battery replacers for "mobile' use. The plug in power supply provides enough volts and amps for receiving, but not enough amps for transmitting. After poking around I found some guys using the LM2596 DC-DC buck/boost chip to get enough power to run their HTs in a mobile or base station role. As long as the power source supplying the chip pushes more than 1.5Amps the HT will transmit. I set my chip for 8.3V and wired it to female(?) 5.5mm barrel plug for greater flexibility.
