Desktrac Modifications
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:14 pm
Hey guys,
I have a VHF desktrac repeater, I tore the desktrac "control head" apart, removed the button blanks and put in real buttons, so I can make it scan and change channels. I programmed 3 channels in, the 3 channels are the same repeater split, but with differing tones.
Ch.1 = DPL 223
Ch.2 = TPL 156.7
Ch.3 = TPL 141.3
enabled scan and programmed the scan list accordingly
what I want to accomplish is to have this run in a sort of a cheap community repeater type of way (ie, dont wanna buy a external controller), this isnt gonna be used for a mission critical anything, just mostly to satisfy my own curiosity, anyways, I program it all correctly, using Maxtrac RSS on the individual radios inside the case, the transmit radio will transmit the correct tone on each of the 3 channels, but the DPL of channel one, repeats itself on Ch.2 and 3 in receive....even though the software is reporting the ones I want, only DPL223 will key the repeater, on all 3 channels, but it transmits the wanted ones on the output....
any ideas? or am I beating a dead horse?
thanks in advance
I have a VHF desktrac repeater, I tore the desktrac "control head" apart, removed the button blanks and put in real buttons, so I can make it scan and change channels. I programmed 3 channels in, the 3 channels are the same repeater split, but with differing tones.
Ch.1 = DPL 223
Ch.2 = TPL 156.7
Ch.3 = TPL 141.3
enabled scan and programmed the scan list accordingly
what I want to accomplish is to have this run in a sort of a cheap community repeater type of way (ie, dont wanna buy a external controller), this isnt gonna be used for a mission critical anything, just mostly to satisfy my own curiosity, anyways, I program it all correctly, using Maxtrac RSS on the individual radios inside the case, the transmit radio will transmit the correct tone on each of the 3 channels, but the DPL of channel one, repeats itself on Ch.2 and 3 in receive....even though the software is reporting the ones I want, only DPL223 will key the repeater, on all 3 channels, but it transmits the wanted ones on the output....
any ideas? or am I beating a dead horse?
thanks in advance