>From the photo, shouldn't the CTCSS be 110.9 rather than 118.8? On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 2:47 PM Jim Unroe <rock.un...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bennie, > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 5:40 AM Bennie Potgieter > <potgieterbaren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Gooday > > > > I used this unit to get a a channel from a radio on a repeater is this > the transmit or receive channel and the CT tone is positive I think how do > I get te other channel end how do I feed it Manuel and with Chirp into my > UV5R? > > First you have to realize that the frequency transmitted from the > source radio is probably not going to be perfect. And second, the > cheap rike frequency counter (I have one, too) is probably not going > to be 100% accurate. Knowing this, the actual frequency would most > likely be 464.375. > > Since the frequency captured is from a transmitting radio, the > frequency is the transmit frequency of the user (the repeater's RX > frequency). In the only document that I have been able to find with > 464.375 being used as a repeater frequency, the repeater's TX > frequency is 5.000 MHz (which is common for UHF repeaters in the USA). > > It is obvious that a 118.8 Hz CTCSS tone is being transmitted to the > repeater. It would make sense to assume that this is required to > access the repeater. It is possible that the repeater doesn't require > a tone, but in that case, transmitting one anyway won't hurt anything. > > If the repeater doesn't require a tone and/or doesn't transmit one > back (or transmits a different CTCSS tone or even a DCS code), then > copy-and-pasting the following into CHIRP-next should work. > [454.375000/+5.000/118.8] > > If the repeater does transmit a 118.8 CTCSS tone back to the user then > copy-and-pasting the following into CHIRP-next should work. > [454.375000/+5.000/118.8/118.8] > > I would copy-and-paste both into CHIRP creating 2 channels that you > can test with. > > Just note that depending on where in the world you are located, it may > not be legal for you to transmit with your radio on that frequency so > any transmission that you may make is solely your responsibility. > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Jeff Smith at whydo...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
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