RSSI vs Kerchunk

[JamesBrox]

There are times when I reach out to a distant repeater and get only a signal (bars) kickback but no audible kerchunk. Am I still hitting that repeater? Thanks.

WRXU693 James

RSSI stands for Received Signal Strength Indicator.

Edited 9 hours ago by JamesBrox
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[SteveShannon]

11 minutes ago, JamesBrox said:

There are times when I reach out to a distant repeater and get only a signal (bars) kickback but no audible kerchunk. Am I still hitting that repeater? Thanks.

WRXU693 James

RSSI stands for Received Signal Strength Indicator.

Maybe.  Not all repeaters give a kerchunk. 

[JamesBrox]

Maybe.

[WRXB215]

[MarkInTampa]

27 minutes ago, JamesBrox said:

There are times when I reach out to a distant repeater and get only a signal (bars) kickback but no audible kerchunk. Am I still hitting that repeater? Thanks.

WRXU693 James

RSSI stands for Received Signal Strength Indicator.

If you can see bars but no audio, you have the TX tone set right. Does your radio have a RX tone set and is it correct? Try disabling RX tone (if set) and check to see if you are getting a audible kerchunk.

[JamesBrox]

Thanks Mark for your intellect. The TX/RX PL is set right according to the repeater info on maps. I'll try disabling the RX tone and see if there's any difference.