I have a APX7500 UHF/700_800 that seems to work fine other than i never seem to have much rssi signal strength indicated on the display meter or when i check using the RSSI button... Radio was tuned prior to codeplug creation and installation...Any ideas ? Have tried a couple of different antennas and coax with little change.
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APX7500 RSSI Issue
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What numbers are you getting? A really strong signal might be in the -40dBm and a weak signal will be about -115 to -119dBm.
Update, I just checked out my VHF/UHFR2 APX7500 and on UHF a strong signal maxes out at -62dBm and doesn't go any higher. Even when 30ft from a repeater antenna with 50w to the antenna.
