WRPE740 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Hello, I work in San Luis Obispo, Ca and there is a repeater in town, when I try to add Rx/Tx codes 141.3 I don't hear anything or have confidence I am connected. There is also a NOAA tower in San Luis Obispo, and I can hear the weather loud and clear. Any thoughts ? I am using a Baofeng UV-9G TH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLAX Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Try it with just the Transmit Tone and no Receive Tone. Be careful: some people claim that weather predictions heard on a Baofeng are unreliable! WROZ250 and JeepCrawler98 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcspaz Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 The weather report isn't reliable on any radio. Lol I would see if you can reach the repeater owner to confirm the tone. Also, I am not sure how new you are to using this radio, but are you sure you are on a repeater channel? WROZ250 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRPE740 Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 I am on GMRS Channel 21, frequency 462.700 Rx tone is off, Tx tone is 141.3 I sent an email to the repeater owner yesterday, waiting on a response. TH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLAX Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Not knowing the geography from Avila Beach, do you think there is Line of Sight to San Luis Obispo for the SLO 700 Repeater? And have you tried from different places while driving in SLO (your office building may be hindering your transmission)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcspaz Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 28 minutes ago, WRPE740 said: I am on GMRS Channel 21, frequency 462.700 Rx tone is off, Tx tone is 141.3 I sent an email to the repeater owner yesterday, waiting on a response. TH. Did you use the directions on pages 21 and 22 of the manual to program the offset so when you transmit, the transmitter shifts up to 467.7MHz and back to 462.7MHz on receive? If not, that is going to be the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayoverthere Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 55 minutes ago, WRPE740 said: I am on GMRS Channel 21, frequency 462.700 Rx tone is off, Tx tone is 141.3 I sent an email to the repeater owner yesterday, waiting on a response. TH. Not 100% familiar with how the channels are configured on the uv-9g, but on both my wouxun and Btech, channel 21 is the simplex channel, while "rept21" is in #29, which has the correct offset for repeater usage preprogrammed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WROZ250 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Channel 21 (in most radios) is 462.700 Simplex. Channel 29 is 462.700/467.700 repeater. The latter is what you should be using. Mikeam and wayoverthere 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WROZ250 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, WROZ250 said: Channel 21 (in most radios) is 462.700 Simplex. Channel 29 is 462.700/467.700 repeater. The latter is what you should be using. The above was the default channels (factory) in both a Baofeng UV-5G and a Wouxun KG-935 wayoverthere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WROZ250 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 From the KG-935 (default) Interesting to note the name "conflict", well sort of. Channel 29 is referred to (named) RPT (repeater) 21. So it depends on what actual channel number you have selected. Channel 21 is Simplex, and Channel 29 is the same, but your transmit is offset for repeater access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRPE740 Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Great information. I will check my programming this evening. I am still not sure why I don't receive very well, given that the repeater is here in town. Again, the NOAA reference from above, that I receive clearly. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRQE264 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 On 3/16/2022 at 3:58 PM, WRPE740 said: Great information. I will check my programming this evening. I am still not sure why I don't receive very well, given that the repeater is here in town. Again, the NOAA reference from above, that I receive clearly. T If no one is talking then you won't 'receive'. Its hard when there isn't alot of radio traffic. You should be able to key up the radio on channel 29 and hear the repeater opening (an open carrier for a brief second after you release your PTT). It is recommended you broadcast your callsign when you do this so it isn't a random key up. when you use a repeater it uses 2 channels - one to receive your radio transmission and a second to rebroadcast and repeat it out to a larger coverage area using more power. Have you checked on here to see if there is any other active repeaters local to you that may have more radio traffic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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