Repeater Use

[WRKH748]

Brand new.  Have 2 repeater capable radios and would like to speak with someone in my family via use of a repeater.

Confused on the receive vs transmit ctcss/dcs tone.

I did a repeater check once i set my receive tone to CTC.

Do both radios need to have the same settings for both the channel and the tone?

And do both need to have both the receive and transmit tones set the same?

 

[WRHS218]

 For both radios to operate through the repeater they will both need to be on the same repeater channel and have the correct tones for RX/TX as per the repeater set up.

Sean

[PB30X]

The Repeater will dictate what frequency and tone examples to be used.

REPEATER: Transmit radio TX 462.675 with an “encode tone” of 141.3 will be your handheld, mobile or base radio receive RX “decode tone” 462.675 tone 141.3.

REPEATER: Receive radio RX 467.675 with a “decode tone” of 141.3 will be your handheld, mobile or base radio transmit TX “encode tone” 467.675 tone 141.3.

Breakdown Repeater Settings:

Transmit Frequency: TX: 462.675 MHz
Transmit Encode Tone: TX: 141.3 Hz

Receive Frequency: 467.675 MHz
Receive Decode Tone: 141.3 Hz
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Base, Mobile and/or Handheld Settings:

Transmit Frequency: 467.675 MHz
Transmit Encode Tone: 141.3 Hz

Receive Frequency: 462.675 MHz
Receive Decode Tone: 141.3 Hz

***DCS/DCSS etc follow the same examples.

[ron505]

You don't have to use a receive tone unless you're getting interference on the receive frequency.  With it turned on you'll only hear the repeater that's transmitting that tone. and nothing else.  If you're not getting any interference, simply turn off the receive tone function.  You'll still hear the repeater, and any other radio traffic on that frequency.