Help with first contact

[Iain McFadyen]

Hi Laurie,

Congratulation on the new License!!

As some of the others have already mentioned, you may have set your HTX-202
to both transmit PL tone and also be set up to need PL tone on the received
signal to open the squelch.

For the HTX-202, you must set up the transmit PL tone, and the receive PL
tone *separately*.

As you have probably found out, hit SC and adjust the transmit PL to 107.2,
then hit SC again and set the *receive *PL to NONE.

This will mean that you hear the output of the repeater, regardless whether
the repeater output actually has a PL tone encoded on it or passed through
it.

I tried raising the .315 repeater from my home, but it is shielded from me,
and is just breaking squelch and so is very noisy, so I cannot analyse the
repeater output to find if there is PL encoded on it.

Our club still meets weekly at around midday on Saturdays for a social
lunchtime gathering at Tippys Taco House on Lee Highway. Bring your HTX
along, and we can check it out at the table, and confirm whether it is set
up properly.

Iain KI4HLV


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> Hi All,
>
> I've been really busy this last year and haven't had the chance to check
> in.  I've tried to send my first contact on.  the 147.315 Mhz repeater with
> PL 107.2 this evening at around 7:40pm.  I used an input of 147.915 Mhz +
> PL 107.2.  I waited for a few minutes but did not get a response.  I'm
> using a Motorola HTX 202 and programmed the memory with the repeater output
> frequency and PL and set it to T-SQL.  When I do so, the repeater output
> frequency cut out. Does anyone have any experience with this radio? Any
> help would be appreciated.
>
> 73,
>
> Laurie (KB3YYN)
>
>
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