[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R8W Repeater Config Error

Wed Feb 14 19:20:55 PST 2024

If its the correct frequency and offset and or ctcss codes you should hear
a morse code identifier every 10 minutes or so

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 10:18 PM <pizzi.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Obvious question: Can you hear anybody on that repeater? Maybe it isn’t
> functional. RepeaterBook data is user-entered, so might be out of date.
>
>
>
> Joe Pizzi
>
> KI5LST
>
>
>
> *From:* chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <
> chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> *On Behalf Of *A Boer
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 4:00 PM
> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R8W Repeater Config Error
>
>
>
> Thank you, Jim.  Sorry, but I did not notice your text is actually below
> my original e-mail in your two replies today.  I will address both replies
> here.  Regarding your latest comment below, I notice that I do not get a
> green Receive Light, there is no "tail drop" static or anything else on the
> monitor radio that indicates the transmitter has been keyed by the other
> radio.  I repeated the test just now after walking over 100 yards away from
> the monitor radio with similar results.
>
>
>
> From your previous e-mail, thank you for providing the link to your Menu
> Reference sheet.  I actually have a copy of that, which I downloaded in
> 2018 and I use it as a guide regularly.  I understand what you said about
> the preprogrammed channels saving the actual RX and TX frequencies instead
> of the Duplex and Offset values.  That explains why I cannot see those
> values in the Menu pages.  I tried your tip for the Reverse Mode.  Sure
> enough, an R appears at the top of the display next to the +- indication
> and the frequency changes to the TX frequency for that channel.  For my
> test channel, the RX and TX frequencies shown are correct for the
> repeater.  See attached details for the repeater.  My radio Menu also shows
> that R-DCS is OFF, R-CTCS is OFF and T-CTCS is 100.0HZ, which are
> appropriate for this repeater.  Like I mentioned in my original e-mail, I
> copied the Keystone Peak repeater info directly from the CHIRP provided
> Repeater Book .img file and pasted that into the Memories page for my
> radios.  I am not sure if this is relevant, but it does concern me that all
> of the empty/not used cells for rToneFreq and cToneFreq in the .CSV files I
> exported have a value of 88.5 in them.  This includes the .CSV file I
> exported from the regional group of repeaters I selected from the CHIRP
> Repeater Book .img file.  See the first attachment in my original e-mail.
> Something I am sure is relevant is that I switched my radio to Frequency
> mode on both radios and manually entered 444.875 Mhz, an R-DCS value of
> OFF, an R-CTCS value of OFF, a T-CTCS value of 100.0HZ, a SFT-D value of +
> and an OFFSET value of 5.000 and the radios still do not work with the
> repeater in that configuration.
>
>
>
> I believe it is possible I have an erroneous configuration in my CHIRP
> Settings page (that have more choices than the Menu pages on the radios)
> that is causing this problem.  However, I again performed a factory reset
> of both radios, I switched them to Frequency Mode and manually entered 444.875
> Mhz, an R-DCS value of OFF, an R-CTCS value of OFF, a T-CTCS value of
> 100.0HZ, a SFT-D value of + and an OFFSET value of 5.000 and the radios
> still do not work with the repeater in that configuration.  There are
> other selections in the Settings tab of CHIRP that do not get
> erased/replaced during a Reset and we do use some custom settings in there,
> but I have a feeling they are not relevant to this problem.  If there are
> no other ideas, then this is probably not a CHIRP problem and I will take
> this off the CHIRP Users site and figure out how to find a local expert to
> solicit some help from.  Thank you again for your time.
>
>
>
> Alex Boerner
>
> KJ7CPZ
>
>
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> *From:* chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <
> chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Jim Unroe <
> rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12:39 PM
> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R8W Repeater Config Error
>
>
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:41 AM A Boer <aboertus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good day, CHIRP Users!  I am having some trouble using CHIRP with some
> new radios I am trying to program.  Simply put, I cannot get the repeater
> channels to work.  I downloaded the .img file from one radio into CHIRP,
> copied and pasted the repeater configuration from the CHIRP list of
> repeaters and pasted it into my .img file, then uploaded the .img file into
> both radios.  The radios will not talk to each other through the repeater.
> I have gory details with screenshots and radio display pictures in the
> attached .jpg files.  If anyone has the time to review those details and
> has some ideas on how to fix this problem, I would certainly appreciate the
> feedback.  Thank you for your time.
> >
> > Alex Boerner
> > KJ7CPZ
>
> I forgot to mention that you cannot monitor yourself talking through a
> repeater with another radio close to you. The transmitting radio's
> off-frequency and close signal renders the receiver in the monitor
> radio deaf during the transmissions. Usually what happens is that when
> you release the PTT button, the receiver is no longer deaf and you
> hear the repeater's tail drop.
>
> Jim KC9HI
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