Yugo Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 Whats up with this repeater, I asked for access from verdugo (same owner) now asked for this one and I never get a response its been months.... I see from the comments people are on it so they got access... Whats the deal why cant I get the owner to accept me? Anyone know him, is he just MIA? Quote
WSAH999 Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 Considering the comments on it from this month are from people asking about what's up with the repeater, and the comments that are a month+ old talk about the repeater working, my guess is he might have taken it down, or made it private. It happens. Well within his right as the repeater owner. However have you tried the website they have listed in the description? arn 1 Quote
WSAH999 Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 https://socalgmrs.org/ Looks like that's where you request access. Also in looking at the repeater owners profile, he hasn't logged on in 16 days (honestly fairly common for a lot of repeater owners in my area. It took me like a month to get accepted once. Just depends on how often they check mygmrs as opposed to their own website database. The owner might also get notified when you request access via their website. Worth a shot. Quote
Yugo Posted March 2 Author Report Posted March 2 I did the website same time I did it here... been MONTHS. no response. People got added AFTER my requests so im sure he has seen it. Maybe the guy has a grudge against me? I dont know the man never met him before. Maybe he knows me from my posts on other website forums and doesnt like my politics pure speculation) I really have no idea. I thought maybe someone here knows the guy personally and could shed some light. Quote
WSAH999 Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 Unfortunately that user doesn't seem to have ever posted to this forum. Is there any other form of contact to reach him? Some repeater owners in my area also usually have a phone number somewhere. Also I'm not at all going to tell you to do this, but there are ways on certain radios to detect CTCSS tones of a repeater that it's hearing. Only other thing I can suggest is finding a way to test that it is still there. With the FCCs more recent... interest in GMRS repeater linking a lot of GMRS repeaters went down, not only off the network but just off in general. Again I don't ever advise or recommend using a repeater that requires permission, however if you've tried all options. One last thing: ask people on other repeaters, it seems like you can view who's authorized on their repeaters on their website, perhaps if you run into another operator who has access, maybe they have more information. I don't personally think this guy has any vendetta against you, especially given that he has never even posted on this forum. Yugo 1 Quote
WRYS709 Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 15 hours ago, Yugo said: Whats up with this repeater, I asked for access from verdugo (same owner) now asked for this one and I never get a response its been months.... I see from the comments people are on it so they got access... Whats the deal why cant I get the owner to accept me? Anyone know him, is he just MIA? San Fernando Valley: 462.700 repeaters are not very helpful. Try the 462.650 repeater up on Sylmar; you should hit it fine from Reseda and it gets good range and generally have good folk. Sylmar 650; open and permission not needed. Once and a while the scum that used to populate 725 migrate over to 650 and its best to turn off your radio at that point. WRHS218 1 Quote
Yugo Posted March 2 Author Report Posted March 2 1 minute ago, WRYS709 said: San Fernando Valley: 462.700 repeaters are not very helpful. Try the 462.650 repeater up on Sylmar; you should hit it fine from Reseda and it gets good range and generally have good folk. Once and a while the scum that used to populate 725 migrate over to 650 and its best to turn off your radio at that point. is there a tone? how do I reach it? im kinda new to this. any help is appreciated thanks in advance Quote
WRHS218 Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 6 minutes ago, Yugo said: is there a tone? how do I reach it? im kinda new to this. any help is appreciated thanks in advance The link 709 posted on his reply is to that repeater and has the tone information. WRYS709 1 Quote
WRYS709 Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 8 minutes ago, Yugo said: is there a tone? how do I reach it? im kinda new to this. any help is appreciated thanks in advance Yes, the link to the Repeater page, shows the tone. Do you know how to program your radio to use that tone? What radio? WRHS218 1 Quote
Yugo Posted March 3 Author Report Posted March 3 23 hours ago, WRYS709 said: Yes, the link to the Repeater page, shows the tone. Do you know how to program your radio to use that tone? What radio? trying to figure it out I think im getting it. its a icom 2720 with mars mod. (yeah yeah I know and I dont want to hear anyone's input on the fact of FCC etc keep it to your self please with all due respect) also a UV5R but I got it all programmed correctly I have not gotten any response from anyone though. Quote
WRYS709 Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 I don't have any experience programming the ICOM IC-2720. I do see that RT Software has a cable/software package for that radio and they receive very high marks on the ease of use of their software. Also, I see that CHIRP supports your Icom, as well. Good luck! You do not hear any traffic on the 650 repeater on your correctly programmed UV5R? Quote
Yugo Posted March 3 Author Report Posted March 3 2 minutes ago, WRYS709 said: I don't have any experience programming the ICOM IC-2720. I do see that RT Software has a cable/software package for that radio and they receive very high marks on the ease of use of their software. Also, I see that CHRIP supports your Icom, as well. Good luck! You do not hear any traffic on the 650 repeater on your correctly programmed UV5R? no traffic on the UV5 I did make contact yesturday and today on simplex with the icom. yeah I was looking at the cable I think im just gonna buy it cause it will make my life easier and thanks for the CHURP info I did not know that... but i guess Ill still need the program cable even for chirp. Quote
Yugo Posted March 3 Author Report Posted March 3 thanks just placed the order for the cable $20 not bad amount to pay for ease of use. Quote
WRYS709 Posted March 3 Report Posted March 3 41 minutes ago, Yugo said: thanks just placed the order for the cable $20 not bad amount to pay for ease of use. Exactly: I paid $22 six years ago for a good quality FTDI USB to K-1 cable on Amazon to program originally my UV-5R and it has paid dividends in working with all my K-1 radios since then! Yugo 1 Quote
Yugo Posted March 5 Author Report Posted March 5 so I got the cable and the manual doesnt tell me anything on how to plug it in or where, nor does it list what software to use. I guess I can use chirp but dont know the process. heres the manual https://www.icomjapan.com/api/download.php?post_id=2781&fl=JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRnN1cHBvcnQlMkZtYW51YWwlMkZJQy0yNzIwSC5wZGY= Quote
Yugo Posted March 5 Author Report Posted March 5 so I finally got it all to work and jumped on this sylmar repeater and its a total shit show WOW Quote
WRXB215 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 7 hours ago, Yugo said: its a total shit show WOW It happens sometimes. Don't let it get to you and certainly don't let it turn you off of radios. Be patient and keep on plugging. Quote
WRYS709 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 12 hours ago, Yugo said: so I finally got it all to work and jumped on this sylmar repeater and its a total shit show WOW Yeah: When the 308 guy gets tired or goes back to his old repeater, this one returns to normal! Whenever I hear him on his home repeater, I go there and tell him he is not allowed to be transmitting that stuff on "this repeater" and he gets obstinate and stays there longer! WRXB215 1 Quote
WRXB215 Posted March 5 Report Posted March 5 1 hour ago, WRYS709 said: he gets obstinate and stays there longer! LOL! Yep, reverse-psychology works well on children. Quote
Yugo Posted March 6 Author Report Posted March 6 im not letting some yahoos keep me away from radios anyway Im into radios for emergency coms not to talk to idiots like that so as annoying as it is it doesnt bother me too much. Im working on the HAM license a little more normal people on ham bands at least what it seams like when I listen in on those repeaters. WRXB215 1 Quote
WRHS218 Posted March 6 Report Posted March 6 55 minutes ago, Yugo said: a little more normal people on ham bands Good luck with that! I are one (a ham, not a normal person). There are a few 2m repeaters in Southern CA that used to be a real mess. I don't get down there very often so I don't know what it is like now. WRXB215, WRUU653 and SteveShannon 3 Quote
WRYS709 Posted March 6 Report Posted March 6 I just turned on the radio and 650 and 700: all the yahoo's are going nuts over the California election results! Quote
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