Bluegold Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Hi All, I added a repeater on my Wouxun KG-905G but am not hearing anything when I do the repeater check. The Rx is 462.6000 so I added RPT-17. I then added the three digit DCS tone, which was the same for Rx and Tx. DCS appears on the screen so it appears to be set. The repeater is online and has a 40 mile radius, which is definitely in range. Does anyone have any ideas of anything else I should try? Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortex2 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 How do you know it has a 40 miles range. If your going by the website be leary of range. Its not normally accurate. I would drive closer to the repeater and test. Bluegold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacJack Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Here two tools I use to see I'm in range. Also verify the tone codes... most repeater I use do not use DCS codes. https://www.ve2dbe.com/rmonline_s.asp https://www.scadacore.com/tools/rf-path/rf-line-of-sight/ My choice... Bluegold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wqxq281 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 What repeater is it? Are you sure it's transmitting a PL tone (vs just needing a tone to access the repeater)? Bluegold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegold Posted July 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 6:26 AM, kb2ztx said: How do you know it has a 40 miles range. If your going by the website be leary of range. Its not normally accurate. I would drive closer to the repeater and test. Yes, the detailed description of the repeater mentioned it had a 40 mile range. We'll drive closer to it like you suggested, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegold Posted July 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 8:59 AM, MacJack said: Here two tools I use to see I'm in range. Also verify the tone codes... most repeater I use do not use DCS codes. https://www.ve2dbe.com/rmonline_s.asp https://www.scadacore.com/tools/rf-path/rf-line-of-sight/ My choice... Thanks for sharing the tools, I'll check them out. I had to get permission to use this particular repeater and the owner of it provided the DCS code via email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegold Posted July 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 3:06 PM, wqxq281 said: What repeater is it? Are you sure it's transmitting a PL tone (vs just needing a tone to access the repeater)? I had to get permission to use it and the owner emailed a dpl for RX and TX. The repeater is in Indy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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