[chirp_users] CW ID Broadcast

[Korey Frazier]

You guys are exactly right!

We had the tone column set to 67.0 and nothing in the ToneSql column. I
switched the 67.0 to the ToneSql column and that seems to have fixed the
issue!

Thank you!

Korey

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Glenn At Home <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
wrote:

> Korey,
> Sounds like it could be configured to use RTS
> In your CSV file, look at the tone column, and the r-tone and c-tone freq
> columns.
> I could be wrong as to why, but I am guessing that your radios are
> receiving all transmissions, including the tower call, and using a tone
> will eliminate that as the tower is probably not transmitting the tone with
> its call transmission.
> HTH.
> Glenn
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Korey Frazier <korey at bonitapark.com>
> *To:* chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 20, 2017 10:44 AM
> *Subject:* [chirp_users] CW ID Broadcast
>
> Hi,
>
> I work at a camp and conference center in southern New Mexico. We are
> remotely located and have poor cell coverage so we utilize radios to
> communicate around the camp. We have a repeater in our main office with an
> antenna on top of the building and a license to use the frequency that it
> broadcast at. For years we have bought our radios from a company that would
> program them and then mail them to us, ready to use out of the box. For a
> long time we were buying Kenwood TK-3200's and then we switched to some RCA
> radios because they were a little cheaper.
>
> Recently though we bought a pack of Baofeng BF-888S's on Amazon for WAY
> cheaper than the other radios we had been buying. The guy who set our
> repeater up programmed them using CHIRP and sent them to us with some basic
> instructions.
>
> The only issue we have is that our repeater broadcasts our CW ID every 30
> minutes and the new Baofeng radios pick it up every time. Our old Kenwood
> and RCA radios do not pick this up unless someone happens to be using their
> radio during the CW ID broadcast. Other than that though the Kenwood and
> RCA's never pick it up.
>
> If there is a way, we would like to change the programming on the Baofeng
> radios so that they do not hear the CW ID broadcast. Does anybody know how
> to make that happen?
>
> Neither the Kenwood or RCA radios are supported by CHIRP so we can't see
> what the settings are on these radios. The cord that came with the Baofeng
> radios to connect to the computer also fits the Kenwood but not the RCA.
>
> Also, I am completely new to radios and their programming. I am just
> trying to fix this one problem.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Korey
>
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