Local Repeater - not able to connect or hear traffic

[WRPE740]

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

 

 

[MichaelLAX]

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! 

[marcspaz]

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?

[WRPE740]

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.

[MichaelLAX]

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)?

[marcspaz]

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.

[wayoverthere]

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

[WROZ250]

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.

 

[WROZ250]

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

[WROZ250]

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.

[WRPE740]

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

[WRQE264]

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?