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Feature #4419

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GMRS-V1 repeater locations

Added by Richard Perlman almost 8 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:
Feedback
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
01/16/2017
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Chirp Version:
0.4.0
Model affected:
BTECH GMRS-V1
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Description

This feature request is to address an undocumented (in the UI) behavior. On the GMRS-V1 radio, the first 15 memory locations (0-14) operate simplex (offset = 0) and locations 15 to 22 operate with a +5mHz offset. Then, locations 23 to 127 are all simplex. This is a limitation of the radio, no doubt required to gain thorpe acceptance. However, because it is not visible to the CHIRP user it is easy to create problems. For example: I had a request to set GMRS-1 to location 1 so the numbers lined up. I did that by moving all the locations down by one, leaving location 0 open. However, when the user tried to transmit simplex on location 5, they were actually using an offset of +5mHz.

The suggested fix would be to add a dummy column for Duplex and offset. The values would be fixed (grayed out in the UI). However, the presence of this information would make the behavior of the radio clear to the programmer.

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