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SL7550 transmit problem

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Wrfn487

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I Acquired this radio off of eBay, Preliminary tests using simplex from the SL7552 to my XPR6550 We're good, radios communicated just fine. But when I programed the frequencies for my pie star Hotspot It would only receive and not transmit. I've gone over the code plug a 1000 times frequencies and offset are correct. My friend also has an SL7550 with newer firmware, and his communicates on the network just fine. To remove possible programing issues i cloned his codeplug to my radio and it still isnt transmitting. Is it possible that the radio is defective?

Firmwarebversion R02.03.01
Codeplug version 02.01.01
 

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Ah yes the good ol' brokenstolenradios.com
If you still can, I'd say get your money back. 6550 works on the hotspot perfectly fine right?
 

Wrfn487

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Yes the xpr6550 works great. I'm in the process of returning now. It just weird that it transmits on simplex perfectly but not to a repeater.
Ah yes the good ol' brokenstolenradios.com
If you still can, I'd say get your money back. 6550 works on the hotspot perfectly fine right?
 

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There were some issues back in 2013-2014 where the repair depot was sending out bad SL7550 radios. They had incorrectly loaded the wrong TANAPA for the version of hardware. You ended up with the type of issues you are describing. TT
 

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I’ve never cared for the SL’s. Borrowed a few, but after an hour I said not for me. No analog either. Great for a hotel manager with an in building repeater, but I’d rather use a XPR7550/6550.
 

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I’ve never cared for the SL’s. Borrowed a few, but after an hour I said not for me. No analog either. Great for a hotel manager with an in building repeater, but I’d rather use a XPR7550/6550.
I second this. I used an SL300 for an event once for a day just to try it out and I said never again. The audio is just not nearly loud enough for even a slightly loud ambiance. And standing next to a generator or stage? Forget it. The next day I used my 7550e with the XE RSM. Much better

Now that SL300 sits on a desk monitoring a digital channel 24/7. Works well for that
 
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