Question

[WRXU693]

There's a new local repeater I've be scanning for a couple of months now. I'm on a base station and around twenty miles from this site. With permission granted and the RX/TX PL tone given because he has it as "unlisted".  I've reached out to make contact but never got the audible kerchuck, just a bar strength measurement spike on the return. I texted him to see if the site was still active and he said yes. I ended up taking the RX tone off and tried it again with success. Question is why couldn't I make clear comms with the given RX tone? He has one of those new Btech repeaters that the queen showcased a few months ago. Thanks

James

WRXU693 

[WRUU653]

It sounds like the receive tone on your radio wasn’t correct for some reason. Were you entering it based on number listed or actual tone? Some radios don’t have all the tones and this can throw off what you’re entering if you just go by its chronological number. In any case it would seem the input is correct so I could be wrong. At least you got it working. 

[WRXU693]

I got the RX tone from the owner a few months ago when he put up the station via text. The only reason I use RX tones on my scan list is because I don't want to hear the schools around here using FRS. Anyway, it's working now. Appreciate it.

[WRUE951]

18 hours ago, JamesBrox said:

There's a new local repeater I've be scanning for a couple of months now. I'm on a base station and around twenty miles from this site. With permission granted and the RX/TX PL tone given because he has it as "unlisted".  I've reached out to make contact but never got the audible kerchuck, just a bar strength measurement spike on the return. I texted him to see if the site was still active and he said yes. I ended up taking the RX tone off and tried it again with success. Question is why couldn't I make clear comms with the given RX tone? He has one of those new Btech repeaters that the queen showcased a few months ago. Thanks

James

WRXU693 

when I first setup my repeater and not understanding all the parameter settings it was hard to determine if i was hitting my repeater with my HT because of lack of the 'kerchunk'  feedback..   After setting up the Tail revert and Squelch on the repeater end - Wala, the famous 'kerchunk' was evident..   Could be the same issues on the repeater end of your local repeater.