Hey guys. Why does my base unit show a RX signal indication, while scanning and nobody TXing?
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RX signal
- Thread starter JamesBrox
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What kind of radio? What antenna? Where is the antenna? What is the location?
Weird, it's not doing today. I have 1000G+ paired with a GMRS Ed Fong @ 30' elevation. Location is 20 miles north of Pensacola, FL.
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weyforthr
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I have the KG-1000G Plus, as well as a pair of 805G HTs and have observed the same "issue". I attribute the aforementioned signal indication as either a very sensitive (super heterodyne) receiver, or an intermittent RF "noise" source. I tried increasing squelch but that did not make a perceptible difference. It's a minor annoyance that I can live with for now.
Yeah, it's a minor annoyance. Just thought I'd ask, thank you for your reply.
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More than likely your radio is stopping scan because (Step #1) it senses RF activity on the channel, but Step #2 is to decode the tone and it isn't correct. Your radio pauses the scan function then eventually moves on and you hear no audio. It's a common problem with cheaper consumer-grade electronic products. That stuff drives me crazy and it's one of many reasons I buy nothing but commercial grade radio equipment. My Motorola, GE and Kenwood equipment scans really fast and seems to sense the RF and tone at the same time. You don't get the stop scan issue and you rarely get the first syllable clipped off. Even with a priority channel programmed, if you get the right commercial grade radio, the resample speed is so fast you don't get choppy audio on a non-priority channel. For me, I either had to learn to live with it or upgrade my equipment.
More than likely something in your home or nearby is causing interfere to your radio.
With the amount of stuff in our homes today it could be anything like a cell phone charger, router, or even security lights have been the souce of interference that hams in our club have reported.
I guess you need walk around and turn off stuff to see if goes away.
It may even be in another house in your area.
With the amount of stuff in our homes today it could be anything like a cell phone charger, router, or even security lights have been the souce of interference that hams in our club have reported.
I guess you need walk around and turn off stuff to see if goes away.
It may even be in another house in your area.
If your radio is scanning channels and stops, it's because it is receiving a signal. If your programming has a privacy tone PL/DPL on the receive programming, the radio will wait to hear that matched tone before unmuting the speaker. Depending on the radio it may do another round of scanning because of the mismatch on PL/DPL. If you're not on scan, holding on a channel the RX led is there as a courtesy so you know the channel is in use and to wait until the channel is clear before transmitting. For me, I just don't program a receive PL/DPL and leave my receive as CSQ.
FKimble
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As already mentioned, it's either interference from "something" in your home or neighborhood, or a transmission with a different "tone" than what you have programmed. Try putting in the same freq without a tone. This should allow you to "hear" the received transmission. If it's regular audio/talking, then its a station with a different tone. If it's static, then its interference from something nearby.
Frank
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