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Hi,
it depends on your location relative to the repeaters if you are using the basic stubby antenna that comes with it it don't have to much range, VHF / UHF tend to be pretty much line of site so if you are in a dip or surrounded by tall buildings it will affect your reception
one option is listen to the ISS as it flies over several times a day you can receive it on 437.800mhz look at https://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=51.4&lng=0.74&loc=qbr&alt=3&tz=GMT then click on the "passes to include" from "visible" to "all" to get the pass times, look at the "highest point" you should be able to hear any passes over 50-60 degrees elevation / highest point
if your interested in listening then a RTL-SDR.com dongle with free SDR# software (get a genuine dongle from technofix) not a dodgy chinese knock off to save and a wire out the window you will be into HF ham bands, weather satellites, VHF / UHF ham bands
my QSL dot net page will give you an idea of frequencies and software M0PWX Mode and Frequency Page (qsl.net)
73
Peter M0PWX
(not pete M0PSX that runs this site)
Hi mate,
Thank you for your reply, I have tried the standard stubby antenna and it also came with a long thin one aswell. Tried that still nothing.
The closest repeaters to me is wallington and morden. it's my fault as wanted to try it out without spending too much cash in the beginning in case it turn out to be a 5minute wonder.
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Hello all,
I am a 51yr old newbie in South London and looking to start a new hobbie, so brought a baofeng uv-5r handheld. Followed a couple of youtube videos and programmed in a repeater that I got from repeaterbook manually on the radio. But I am getting literally nothing coming through on my radio. I have scanned through the preset channels that are already programmed in but still getting nothing. Can someone kindly help me please?