Program Rx or TX into my Scanner?
 

sorry if this it dumb but i'm new to this.
Downloaded a list of frequencies and i need to know do i use the ones
listed under rx or tx?
Thanks Steve

well i would think both.
one would say be the base the other the mobile.
each must rx & tx but the
otherway around if listed mobile first.

mike




"BIGSteve" wrote in message
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sorry if this it dumb but i'm new to this.
Downloaded a list of frequencies and i need to know do i use the ones
listed under rx or tx?
Thanks Steve

One will be the frequency that all the mobiles use to transmit to the
repeater, the other will be the frequency that the repeater uses to
retransmit to all the mobiles.

What you want is the repeater transmit frequency, not the mobile transmit
frequency. It should be clear from the list what they mean by rx and tx in
this particular case.

If it isn't clear from the list, try both:

- On the mobile's transmit frequency, you'll hear only one side of the
conversation (or at least there will be big differences in signal strengths
from different mobiles). Depending on distance and terrain, you may not get
anything at all - the repeater probably has a much better location and
antenna than you do.

- On the repeater's transmit frequency, you'll hear both sides of
conversations with approximately equal strength (provided the repeater is
hearing both mobiles OK).

If the frequency list is readily visible on the Web, post its URL and I'll
have a look.

--

Dave S

"BIGSteve" wrote in message
oups.com...
sorry if this it dumb but i'm new to this.
Downloaded a list of frequencies and i need to know do i use the ones
listed under rx or tx?
Thanks Steve

This is the file i am using:
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/pub/tafl/do63.zip
I got it from this site:
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxe.html
and used the converter on the bottom of the page to make it an excel
file.
Steve

They certainly aren't specific are they?

However, it looks as though they're talking about frequencies from the
repeater point of view. So start with the tx frequency. If you hear both
sides of the conversation OK then you've got it right.

--

Dave S

"BIGSteve" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is the file i am using:
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/pub/tafl/do63.zip
I got it from this site:
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxe.html
and used the converter on the bottom of the page to make it an excel
file.
Steve

From what I could make out, it looks like 400 mhz frequencies with a 5 meg
split. The repeaters will normally be on the lower of the 2 freqs so the
413to 14 mhz range is what you want to program in.




"BIGSteve" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is the file i am using:
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/pub/tafl/do63.zip
I got it from this site:
http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxe.html
and used the converter on the bottom of the page to make it an excel
file.
Steve