WRVE426 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 I noticed something weird, at least to me, when I use the scan option on my Wouxun KG-935G. The scan begins, and then it stops for a few seconds on various frequencies and then resumes. But when I listen, there is nothing but static. Yet the green light goes on and the blue signal bar shows a strong signal. Why is that? None of my other radios (Baofeng UV-5G, Baofeng UV-9G, BTECH GMRS Pro) do that. I tried playing around with the squelch, but the behavior remains. Can somebody explain what is going on? Also, I tried to see how the scanning works and I keyed up one of my other radios (say the UV-5G) and I noticed that as soon as I keyed up, the Wouxun KG-935G would stop scanning, but it would stop on the wrong channel. I was keying up on GMRS 18 and the radio would stop on a repeater channel. Could it be that in close proximity to the emitting radio the Wouxun KG-935G detects maybe some kind of "harmonics" or bleed-over into other frequencies? Can somebody explain this or did I get a lemon with serious scanning issues? Do I need to educate myself on the Wouxun KG-935G or do I need to return the unit? Thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLAX Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 I don't have the 935, but try turning up the squelch; if it is too low, it might be opening up for just noise. Sab02r and WRVE426 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRVE426 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 thank you MIchaelLAX, I tried that, I even bumped the squelch to its max (9) - same exact results, it made no difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, WRVE426 said: I even bumped the squelch to its max (9 If need be you may be able to increase the squelch parameters in settings using Chirp. I did this on a different radio for basically the same reason. I played with it a while until I was happy with the results. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 your settings and options will surely be different, just for referance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRVE426 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 40 minutes ago, WRUU653 said: your settings and options will surely be different, just for referance. You get that menu with a Wouxun KG-935G and CHIRP? I don't see that menu in my CHIRP. I am attaching an image of the options I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 No, it’s a different radio. My apologies for any confusion. As I said “you may be able”. I was hoping it might help. Was there any ability to set squelch in any of your settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweiss3 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Does the 935g do weather alerts? If so, when on it stops scanning every 10-15 seconds to check the weather channel for the alert tone, and it isn't actually stopping on the channel it shows. WRUU653, WRVD927 and WRVE426 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRVE426 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, tweiss3 said: Does the 935g do weather alerts? If so, when on it stops scanning every 10-15 seconds to check the weather channel for the alert tone, and it isn't actually stopping on the channel it shows. BINGO!!! You found the solution, thank you. As soon as I disabled the weather alert this behavior stopped. Many many thanks!! WRUU653 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAF6045 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 21 hours ago, WRVE426 said: Also, I tried to see how the scanning works and I keyed up one of my other radios (say the UV-5G) and I noticed that as soon as I keyed up, the Wouxun KG-935G would stop scanning, but it would stop on the wrong channel. I was keying up on GMRS 18 and the radio would stop on a repeater channel. Could it be that in close proximity to the emitting radio the Wouxun KG-935G detects maybe some kind of "harmonics" or bleed-over into other frequencies? Can somebody explain this or did I get a lemon with serious scanning issues? The only difference between a simplex channel and a repeater channel is that the repeater channel TRANSMITS on 467.xxxMHz rather than 462.xxxMHz-- both are receiving on 462.xxxMHz. Stupid idiotization of radios: in the old days one didn't have separate simplex and repeater channels, one had ONE channel and a front-panel button that toggled simplex/duplex (and maybe a reverse button to temporarily let one hear the repeater input frequency -- you you could hear the other party you were close enough to use simplex). WRVE426 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRFH675 Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 I had this exact problem. The weather alerts were enabled. Once disabled, all working as should. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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