[chirp_users] UV5R roger beep/durability
will someone explain sequence of roger beep to me. where in transmission is it sent. have unusual situation with two repeaters in somewhat proximity to each other. common output frequency, but different input pl tones.. would like to identify that inout is on one of the two.
klutzy me has dropped radio numerous times. on wood floor, concrete sidewalk, and in the grass. each time it came up working. on last sidewalk drop, clip on back flew apart, and battery popped off. put it back together, and it worked well. added small amount of jb weld to the spring, and pin ends, no more problems. have since fired up seven more units, all with the jb weld mod.
this is one rugged little beast. love the rascal. wifey calls it my "TOY' cost a hella of a lot less than the last ht's i bought, can't see why she is cmplaining. maybe i shold not take it to bed with me?
73 jim kf8sj
The easy answer is to turn off the "roger beep" on your radio. It only has a function on CB radio, and that function is to make more annoying noises. Repeaters with a courtesy tone use it to signal the end of transmission and let others know it's ok to talk. It's a way of saying "over" when you end a transmission.
To separate the repeaters, set up one channel in the radio with one pl tone, and another with the other tone. Only the channel with the correct tone setting will key the repeater.
Randy (KE5EOT) ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES http://ke5eot.webs.com
On 08/05/2013 02:26 PM, kf8sj@aol.com wrote:
will someone explain sequence of roger beep to me. where in transmission is it sent. have unusual situation with two repeaters in somewhat proximity to each other. common output frequency, but different input pl tones.. would like to identify that inout is on one of the two. klutzy me has dropped radio numerous times. on wood floor, concrete sidewalk, and in the grass. each time it came up working. on last sidewalk drop, clip on back flew apart, and battery popped off. put it back together, and it worked well. added small amount of jb weld to the spring, and pin ends, no more problems. have since fired up seven more units, all with the jb weld mod. this is one rugged little beast. love the rascal. wifey calls it my "TOY' cost a hella of a lot less than the last ht's i bought, can't see why she is cmplaining. maybe i shold not take it to bed with me? 73 jim kf8sj
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My recommendations:
32. AL-MOD: SITE (just trust me on this. Do it. It'll ensure the alarm tone only makes a silly tone, no tx.) 35. STE: on if your simplex channel uses ctcss. Off otherwise (will have no effect!) 36. RP-STE: same for repeaters. In either case this is reverse burst which will basically signal the receiver that you're done transmitting. There will be about a 200mSec burst at the end of when you transmit with no audible content (just pl or dpl reverse burst to close the receiver- if the Rx knows what to do with it the listener will hear no squelch tail) 39. ROGER: off! 37. RPT-RL: I have no idea what this is. It's off on mine.
Tom Morris, KG4CYX
Mad Scientist and Operations Manager, WDNA-FM 88.9, Miami
This message sent from a mobile device. Silly typos provided free of charge. On Aug 5, 2013 4:06 PM, "KE5EOT" ke5eot@gmail.com wrote:
The easy answer is to turn off the "roger beep" on your radio. It only has a function on CB radio, and that function is to make more annoying noises. Repeaters with a courtesy tone use it to signal the end of transmission and let others know it's ok to talk. It's a way of saying "over" when you end a transmission.
To separate the repeaters, set up one channel in the radio with one pl tone, and another with the other tone. Only the channel with the correct tone setting will key the repeater.
Randy (KE5EOT) ARRL, QCWA, ARES, RACES http://ke5eot.webs.com
On 08/05/2013 02:26 PM, kf8sj@aol.com wrote:
will someone explain sequence of roger beep to me. where in transmission is it sent. have unusual situation with two repeaters in somewhat proximity to each other. common output frequency, but different input pl tones.. would like to identify that inout is on one of the two.
klutzy me has dropped radio numerous times. on wood floor, concrete sidewalk, and in the grass. each time it came up working. on last sidewalk drop, clip on back flew apart, and battery popped off. put it back together, and it worked well. added small amount of jb weld to the spring, and pin ends, no more problems. have since fired up seven more units, all with the jb weld mod.
this is one rugged little beast. love the rascal. wifey calls it my "TOY' cost a hella of a lot less than the last ht's i bought, can't see why she is cmplaining. maybe i shold not take it to bed with me?
73 jim kf8sj
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The Roger beep must be off in Ham Bands. It is used in the FRS bands and transmitted when you un-key the radio. When you have 2 repeaters with input Pl tones you must set the frequency for each one with the T-CTS set for each input PL. If either repeater has a tone output you would use the R-CTS on it as well. You can run the T-CTS and R-CTS independently.
Ex: ch 1 145.130 T-CTS 100.0
ch 2 145.130 T-CTS 123.0
if they have PL tone Output
ex: ch 1 145.130 T-CTS 100.0 R-TCS 91.5
ch 2 145.130 T-CTS 123.0 R-CTS 88.5
hope this helps you out.
Brad NK8J
From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of kf8sj@aol.com Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 12:27 PM To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: [chirp_users] UV5R roger beep/durability
will someone explain sequence of roger beep to me. where in transmission is it sent. have unusual situation with two repeaters in somewhat proximity to each other. common output frequency, but different input pl tones.. would like to identify that inout is on one of the two.
klutzy me has dropped radio numerous times. on wood floor, concrete sidewalk, and in the grass. each time it came up working. on last sidewalk drop, clip on back flew apart, and battery popped off. put it back together, and it worked well. added small amount of jb weld to the spring, and pin ends, no more problems. have since fired up seven more units, all with the jb weld mod.
this is one rugged little beast. love the rascal. wifey calls it my "TOY' cost a hella of a lot less than the last ht's i bought, can't see why she is cmplaining. maybe i shold not take it to bed with me?
73 jim kf8sj
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