Repeater help??!!??

[Eddy_bullpoo]

Hey guys.

So I'm just getting into using repeaters and I had a question for all the pros. So I set up my radio with CHIRP and entered the info I found on the repeater site for the one I am trying to access. I have 2 radios in front of me and they are both set to the same repeater on the same frequency. When I push the PTT it's logging me onto the repeater. After I release the PTT it says the repeater name, and apparently the time every hour. However when I try and transmit on the frequency the other radio i have isn't receiving the transmission. What am I doing wrong? Is it because i may not be in range fully? or do I have my settings wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[mass-man]

check the CTCSS or DPL on the 2nd radio

 

[Eddy_bullpoo]

There are both set up the exact same. I set up on and then copied it to the other one
But I"m not 100% sure what you mean

 

[Eddy_bullpoo]

It seems it works out side. If i hold the radio just so. I'm guessing its a tx power issue. Not a set up issue

 

[n5ims]

It seems it works out side. If i hold the radio just so. I'm guessing its a tx power issue. Not a set up issue

That's pretty much the way handheld radios work, I'm afraid. They're generally fairly low power and have horribly inefficient antennas that unless you're really close to the repeater (or station you're talking to if simplex), they're noisy at best.

As they often say on SkyWarn nets (generally when talking to an operator using a handheld radio), "Please increase your power or improve your location."

 

[wyShack]

If you are trying to listen on one handheld and transmit on the other, you are most likely experiencing 'desense'. The transmitting radio is 'overloading' the first receiver due to being very close. This causes the receiver automatic gain system (or AGC) to 'turn it down' to the point of going 'deaf'. For the most part the condition is not harmful. you may have someone monitor you form 100 feet away or so away.

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