Hi Adrien,
Personally I don't normally use repeaters, but I think all repeaters in the
UK now require a ctcss tone for initial access.
There is a very active radio club in Torquay, the Riviera ARC, so they might
be a good point of contact.
There webpage is at
http://www.rivieraarc.org.uk/
I was down in Teignmouth for a couple of weeks in August, and could copy the
GB3TR repeater on 145.65 very well. The repeater seemed reasonably busy,
especially during the day, however I didn't hear any stations on the simplex
channels.
Having said that, my periods of listening were fairly infrequent, and I was
just using a little Baofeng with a dipole hanging near the window.
Cheers for now,
Tim.
Bangor, N. Ireland.
Skype: tim-crawford
Twitter: tim_gi4oph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrien Collins" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 7:54 PM
Subject: alinco dj596
> Hi
>
> I have an alinco dj596 2/70 centimetre handheld, I have been
> chatting to my mate in the uk who is also a ham, he tells me
> that the tone to activate a repeater is different now, will
> this hand held still work or do I have to do something to
> make it work? It is a while since I used it in the uk, it
> seems to work in France ok or did until recently.
>
> I am returning to the UK permanently next week, I will be in
> the Devon area, does anyone know if there is a radio club in
> that area, especially in Teignbridge? I may need a ham who
> can help me to or to remind me how to use the handheld, I
> have no idea where the printed instructions are but I have
> them in pdf.
>
> 73's
> Adrien
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