Hi,
Just for information - There is another setting,?36 - RP-STE - Default is 5.? This has improved TX release times further.
Cheers,
Mat.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021, at 9:08 PM, David Ranch wrote:
Hello John,
If you research the archives here and many other forums, you'll
find a LOT of other users having lots of different issues
including:
?? - inconsistent input and output audio levels during packet
operation
?? - different working results with the same operator using
multiple "identical" Baofeng radios
?? - very weak receiver frontends
for dealing with nearby strong signals
?? - these radios are very susceptible to RFI issues
?? - Not a Baofeng specific issue but doing RX/TX packet with only
5w can be difficult for reliable operation
It's up to you and like you said, they can be made to work.? It's
just up to how much hair you'll have left afterwards is up to
you.? :-)
--David
KI6ZHD
On 03/29/2021 12:20 PM, John Tetreault
(WA1OKB) wrote:
They may be low quality.... But you just solved
your problem, and effectively showed that all the "Baofeng is
garbage and doesn't work for packet" was far more unfounded bias
against what is seen as an inferior product, and had very little
to do with if it's capable of being used for packet or not...
There are a boatload of people using Baofeng UV5R radios for
packet with Direwolf quite successfully.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 11:10 AM
Matthew Corcoran <
m5mpc@...>
wrote:
Hi,
Cheers Dana, that was it!!!? Disabling STE cured it :)? I Feel
a bit of a fool for not spotting that in the manual :)
I will take the advice about Baofeng being rubbish (they are,
I get quite bad pager breakthrough etc) - the only one I can
find that seems to fit the bill without going for a
shack-in-a-box is a Yeasu FT-25E.? But at the moment it's just
an experiment with near dummy loads for antennas - I'll see if
it can get it all working first.
Cheers again,
Mat.
On Sun, 28 Mar 2021, at 11:51 PM, Dana Myers wrote:
> On 3/28/2021 12:53 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > I'm a packet newbie and I've got direwolf working
(have to say, the manual is very good :) ).? I'm using USB
serial PTT control with a Baofeng - PTT is quick at TX, no
problems there, but a bit slow releasing so it transmits over
some replies.
>
> Have you made sure to disable "Squelch Tail Elimination"
on the radio ?
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> It may be enabled by default.
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> 73,
> Dana? K6JQ
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> > I've looked at TXTAIL, but it seems that also delays
the PTT - Is there a way to continue the carrier for a set
time without delaying the PTT.? I've looked at direwolf -d o
and everything seems ok there.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mat.
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