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- Apr 23, 2016
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I am a Deputy in Kentucky, and I use plenty of radios. Mostly we stick to Kenwood or ICOM. The problem is that they are shared radios, signed in and out during a shift. Which means that they get damaged and the next person is stuck with a bad clip, or broken knob, or what have you.
Some of us are lucky enough to be issues a permanent radio, but it is really on availability. I am not so lucky.
So, I went and bought a Baofeng UV-6R.
I am able to get it to receive, and for a brief moment it seemed to transmit, but on a channel that our repeater doesnt use, and only to our repeater. So, I waited to verify frequencies with out IT guy. I also did a reset on the device.
Now, it will light up like it is transmitting, but it I cannot get any reception, not even that static of before, to receive on other devices or the repeater.
No DTMF tones, No voice, nothing. It doesnt even register that a signal is coming into the other devices. So, its not an audio or mic issue.
I can receive everything just fine. I can monitor the repeater and other radios. Just cannot communicate with them.
Any suggestions before this radio goes back?
As a side note, I know its a cheap radio. I only need about 1/2 mile range. I planned on buying a better antennae, but I want to get the device to work at all first.
Some of us are lucky enough to be issues a permanent radio, but it is really on availability. I am not so lucky.
So, I went and bought a Baofeng UV-6R.
I am able to get it to receive, and for a brief moment it seemed to transmit, but on a channel that our repeater doesnt use, and only to our repeater. So, I waited to verify frequencies with out IT guy. I also did a reset on the device.
Now, it will light up like it is transmitting, but it I cannot get any reception, not even that static of before, to receive on other devices or the repeater.
No DTMF tones, No voice, nothing. It doesnt even register that a signal is coming into the other devices. So, its not an audio or mic issue.
I can receive everything just fine. I can monitor the repeater and other radios. Just cannot communicate with them.
Any suggestions before this radio goes back?
As a side note, I know its a cheap radio. I only need about 1/2 mile range. I planned on buying a better antennae, but I want to get the device to work at all first.