"Paul Burridge" k wrote
in message ...
Hi guys,

I've just bought a new Kenwood TH-F7E hand-held (first new radio for
over 20 years!) and can't seem to access any repeaters with it. I
gather this is because they don't use the old 1750hz tone system any
longer and have moved on to newer technology. I'm very out of date
with this stuff, to be honest, having last used repeaters (by
whistling them up) back in the early 1980s when the scene was very
much alive (as does not appear to be the case now). What do I have to
program into this thing to get into today's UHF and VHF repeaters? I'm
primarily interested in GB3OK, GB3KN and GB3CK.

You need to set the CTCSS tone for the area you are in, for Kent it is
103.5Hz. You only need CTCSS on transmit, generally you can set it for tx,
or tx & rx.

By the way, many (in fact I think most) repeaters (inc 'KN) also allow
1750Hz- maybe your deviation is set too high? There is an article on my
website that you may find useful if you still have problems accessing a
repeater.

Don't forget GB3IK (o/p 145.7625MHz in Strood), that is probably the most
active in the Nth Kent area- it is also Echolinked.



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73
Brian
www.g8osn.org.uk