CDM 1250 Programming Question

[piper451]

I'm hoping someone can help me with an elusive problem I'm having with a CDM 1250. I have programmed the 25w uhf CDM to access a local GMRS repeater. The radio is installed in my vehicle. The repeater uses DPL tones for tx and rx. When I am within range of the repeater and I transmit, I get no audio out of the repeater. UNTIL I unkey the microphone - then I get a squelch tail from the repeater. I have no problems accessing the repeater with my HT. I am certain there is nothing physically wrong with the CDM, so I am left with a setting somewhere in the programming that must be incorrect. I don't want to arbitrarily start changing settings. Can someone please point me in the right direction. THANK YOU !!


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[com501]

How are you determining that you are getting no audio? Listening with your HT?

 

[piper451]

Yes. Nothing coming out of the ht when I tx with the cdm. But if I tx with the ht, repeater opens and I can hear myself in the CDM.


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[SteveC0625]

I'm hoping someone can help me with an elusive problem I'm having with a CDM 1250. I have programmed the 25w uhf CDM to access a local GMRS repeater. The radio is installed in my vehicle. The repeater uses DPL tones for tx and rx. When I am within range of the repeater and I transmit, I get no audio out of the repeater. UNTIL I unkey the microphone - then I get a squelch tail from the repeater. I have no problems accessing the repeater with my HT. I am certain there is nothing physically wrong with the CDM, so I am left with a setting somewhere in the programming that must be incorrect. I don't want to arbitrarily start changing settings. Can someone please point me in the right direction. THANK YOU !!


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PM coming your way with my email address. I would like to see both codeplugs.

 

[kayn1n32008]

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Most likely Pretty normal, the term is desense. The off frequency energy(from the CDM transmitting @ 467.xxxx) is desensitizing the portable receiver, and it is unable to hear the repeater, due to the much weaker signal on 462.xxxx.

If you can get someone else to transmit, get about 100' away and have them transmit on the CDM.

 

[piper451]

I will give that a try.


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[KF5QIW]

Let me know if that works because I am having the same problem with a CDM1250 VHF and our local 2 meter repeaters.
Thanks

 

[SCPD]

Same thought

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Most likely Pretty normal, the term is desense. The off frequency energy(from the CDM transmitting @ 467.xxxx) is desensitizing the portable receiver, and it is unable to hear the repeater, due to the much weaker signal on 462.xxxx.

If you can get someone else to transmit, get about 100' away and have them transmit on the CDM.

Same thought I had.
I've had good luck with taking the antenna off the HT (or both) for an audio check. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't.

 

[kayn1n32008]

Same thought I had.

I've had good luck with taking the antenna off the HT (or both) for an audio check. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't.

Yea he states he hears nothing from the portable until he un-keys the mobile. Probably just desensing the portable.


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[crazyboy]

MY first thought is desense as well. Is there anyone else you can have listen for you? If you talk on the cdm on a simplex channel does the audio go over?

 

[KF5QIW]

Haven't had a chance to play with it on the repeater again but it works great on simplex.

 

[KF5QIW]

Still having the same problem.

I finally got a chance to play with the CDM1250 again. I'm still having the same problem. I did have someone across town listen to the repeater and he reports the same thing that I am hearing (nothing while I am talking and then he says it sounds like someone kerchunked the repeater). This radio works great on simplex, I would really like to get it working on the repeaters. Any Ideas?

Thanks,
KF5QIW

 

[com501]

Did you ever post your codeplug? Is this your GMRS repeater or someone else's? Are they perhaps using some additional signalling format to authorize users such as DTMF or MDC?

Have you read the HT and matched all the settings including DPL polarity? This sounds like a community repeater tone panel operating in the 'Reserved Unauthorized' mode. Is the DPL you are using the same one your HT is working on? Is DPL programmed on receive of your HT, and if so, can your CDM IN SIMPLEX with DPL on TX and RX talk to the HT? If not, then there is a problem with the radio or programming.