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So maybe someone can help me out with this,the system i need to access a channel for what Im setting up for cap plus keeps telling me Im out of range. But yet im not out of ranage, any idea on what im doing wrong.
All the trunking radios I have programmed say out of range if the radio does not hear the control channel.
I would go back and look at my programming and make sure you have all the control channels for the right site if not you will get out of range.
Could be the wrong color code, channel numbers not set correctly in the Capacity Plus Voice list, channels not assigned to a site, channels assigned to the wrong sites, site list not assigned to the channel, etc, etc.
So maybe someone can help me out with this,the system i need to access a channel for what Im setting up for cap plus keeps telling me Im out of range. But yet im not out of ranage, any idea on what im doing wrong.
If all the other suggestions do not solve your issue, look at the RADIO ID. The ID cannot be higher than 65535. If you have a ham radio DMR ID in the radio, which is 7 digits, you will get an UNPROGRAMMED message, not OUT OF RANGE.
What kind of radio? With the exception of the XPR5550, press the navigation button three times to the left then three times to the right. This will display your RSSI. How well are you receiving the repeater?
RSSI - press the left arrow 3 times then the right arrow 3 times in quick succession. If it is a CP system, it will beacon about every 2 seconds. When not receiving anything, the number should be around -125.00, give or take.
What is the RSSI threshold set in the radio? If it is set for say -100 but you're receiving the repeater at -108, you may get an out of range.
Is your antenna good?
How many repeaters are there? It can be a single site system but have multiple repeaters. All the repeaters need to be in the channel pool and they have to be assigned to the site in the correct order.
Bottom line... OUT OF RANGE = you're not hearing the repeater as it is programmed in your radio.
Is this a new repeater being added to an existing system? If so, make sure it's been added to the Channel Pool in the subscriber. Otherwise, when it goes to the new repeater as the Rest Channel, the subscriber won't see it and will go OOR.