I want to preface this one with… This is a jank way of going about this.
You should only use this when you absolutely need a repeater, and have spare radios, not as a permanent solution.
In this example, I am using two BTECH UV-5G Plus. You can only do this with programmable radios because you’ll want tones, and to set receive on the 467 range.
I was trying to do this and google only showed a couple of VERY wordy folks that didn’t do a great job of getting to the point. So, to the point, get this cable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HSJNQL?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
With this cable, plug one end into a radio in the MIC jack. The other end into a second radio into the SPKR or SPEAKER or SPK or whatever it’s labeled as.
Set the radios to VFO mode.
Set the receive (SPEAKER) radio to 467.675 (or whatever repeater-pair frequency to receive). Set your tones. Turn volume UP.
Set your second (MIC) radio to 462.675 (again, whatever repeater pair for transmitting). Set your tones. Turn VOX on. (1 is fine, but 9 is more sensitive. 9 shouldn’t be needed).
Boom. Done.
So, to recap, you set one radio to RECEIVE on the Repeater pair frequency. This outputs the audio through the SPKR output of the radio. You won’t hear anything, but the other radio will.
The radio with the MIC jack is now your transmitting radio. It will take everything transmitted from the other radio and use VOX to activate the transmitter. This then instantly re-transmits everything on the general talking frequency you want to have all users listen on.
That’s it!
You can use this setup as long as the radio allows you to set the receive frequency to the 467 range.
Then the other radio operates as normal, but uses VOX from the first radio.
This might not be FCC compliant, so please check the rules, your locality, and the reason to use this information for your purposes as I claim no responsibility for your actions. Just providing the information.
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