WSAR216 Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 I'm having a bit of trouble hitting a repeater after programing the 778. My wife has the radio in her car and our testing only went a couple miles as if we were only connected SLIMPEX. I used the DCS tones that the tower repeater owner specified (AZ GMRS Club). One clarification...Encode = TX and Decode = RX ? Thanks for any help. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaff Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 Your Encode vs Decode is correct. You can leave Decode blank while you troubleshoot. Do you have the offset programmed in for the repeater? IE: Is it transmitting on the +5 MHz frequency? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSAR216 Posted June 20 Author Report Share Posted June 20 12 minutes ago, amaff said: Your Encode vs Decode is correct. You can leave Decode blank while you troubleshoot. Do you have the offset programmed in for the repeater? IE: Is it transmitting on the +5 MHz frequency? yes, I typed the tx and rx given frequencies in which were +5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSAM454 Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 You said that you "...only went a couple of miles, as if we were only connected Simplex.." In those couple of miles, could you tell if you were both actually keying and going through the repeater? Are you sure you are within range of it and that the radio is putting out its rated RF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 @WSAR216 What are you using to program the radio? OEM software, CHIRP, front plate...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsneezy Posted June 21 Report Share Posted June 21 Have you tried any of their other repeaters, any of the SWCRS repeaters, or one of the several open repeaters around the Phoenix area? Shaw Butte 725 has very good coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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