I have a funny situation. The radio (PD662) is set up with several channels. Some channels use 1 repeater, some other channels use another repeater. So, on fringe areas, where signal starts fading out, using channel 1 which uses repeater 1, if I'm out of range, I can't key up the repeater, and the radio shows something like "Channel busy", or something similar. In other words, it's telling me (correctly), that the repeater is not reachable.
But when I switch to channel 2, which uses repeater 2, it doesn't give me this error. It transmits, like there is no problem reaching the repeater. But noone else can hear what is being said. In fact noone else's radio unmutes. They just sit and wait for the next person to say something. If I then step outside to get a better signal to/from the repeater, and push the PTT, the transmitting radio transmits, and now the receiving radios unmute, as expected, and the transmission can be heard. So the problem is that somehow on the fringe area, the transmitting radio thinks it's hitting the repeater, but it in real world, doesn't seem like it. So it should either give an error, or the transmission is lost somewhere else.
Repeater 1 and repeater 2 are on the same roof, and I did this test about 4-5 miles out from the repeaters. Indoors I experienced the problem on channel 2 with repeater 2. Just stepping outside solved the problem. On channel one (with repeater 1), indoors I get an error (as expected) on the radio when I try to transmit, and stepping outside, it works fine.
The expected behavior is that on both channel 1 (with repeater 1) and channel 2 (and repeater 2), indoors I should get an error on the transmitting radio, and outdoors, the transmission should go through. But what I get is channel 1 is doing it, channel 2 doesn't give an error indoors. It transmits, but others don't get the transmission.
Not sure what could it be. On the radios. I checked channel 1 against channel 2. and the only difference is that abviously, they are on a different frequency pair,, so that they use different repeaters, and the group contact is different. All other parameters are the same.
I didn't check the programming of the 2 repeaters, so I'm not sure if that will be different or not. Any advice where to look?
But when I switch to channel 2, which uses repeater 2, it doesn't give me this error. It transmits, like there is no problem reaching the repeater. But noone else can hear what is being said. In fact noone else's radio unmutes. They just sit and wait for the next person to say something. If I then step outside to get a better signal to/from the repeater, and push the PTT, the transmitting radio transmits, and now the receiving radios unmute, as expected, and the transmission can be heard. So the problem is that somehow on the fringe area, the transmitting radio thinks it's hitting the repeater, but it in real world, doesn't seem like it. So it should either give an error, or the transmission is lost somewhere else.
Repeater 1 and repeater 2 are on the same roof, and I did this test about 4-5 miles out from the repeaters. Indoors I experienced the problem on channel 2 with repeater 2. Just stepping outside solved the problem. On channel one (with repeater 1), indoors I get an error (as expected) on the radio when I try to transmit, and stepping outside, it works fine.
The expected behavior is that on both channel 1 (with repeater 1) and channel 2 (and repeater 2), indoors I should get an error on the transmitting radio, and outdoors, the transmission should go through. But what I get is channel 1 is doing it, channel 2 doesn't give an error indoors. It transmits, but others don't get the transmission.
Not sure what could it be. On the radios. I checked channel 1 against channel 2. and the only difference is that abviously, they are on a different frequency pair,, so that they use different repeaters, and the group contact is different. All other parameters are the same.
I didn't check the programming of the 2 repeaters, so I'm not sure if that will be different or not. Any advice where to look?