RICK Repeater

[rcfdfireman]

I am currently trying to put a mobile crossband repeater together. I have a vhf gm300 16-channel and an UHF Radius 6-channel I think. My problem is with the UHF radio. How would I manually program the radio since I can't just put the RSS in Repeater mode?

[Doug]

If your making it a cross band bidirectional repeater your receive and transmit frequencies would be the same and your accessory connectors on both radios configured accordingly. (Done under radio wide configuration)
example: vhf radio tx would be 155._ _ _ _ and rx would be the same 155._ _ _ _
uhf radio tx would be 452._ _ _ _ and rx would be the same 452._ _ _ _
Setup your accessory connectors as follows:
pin 4 external alarm -out -no - high
6 null 1
8 null 1
9 emer switch - in - yes - high
12 null 1
14 pl/dpl & csq det out - no - low
Dip switches in rick (S2)
1,2,6,8,10,11 are all on
3,4,5,7,9,12 are all off
This configuration should start you on your way
Doug

[rcfdfireman]

Thanks for the post. I've got the radios hooked up now, but the RX radio stays keyed up. Any suggestions.

[Doug]

Best guess is that its seeing a cor signal. I'm guessing that your using some sort of pl/dpl on receive, just for kicks plug in a microphone and attach its hang-up clip, do this with both radios and let me know your results.......
Doug

[rcfdfireman]

For the initial setup I'm using CSQ on both sides and have a mic in both radios on-hook. The RX radio transmits as soon as I enable the RICK.