If you have a #qrz1 Explorer HT and programmed it with CHIRP and it does a weird thing where it's receiving a signal from a repeater but it will not break the squelch, I found a workaround that should at least fix the issue for some of the repeaters:

In CHIRP go to View -> Show Extra Fields

In your saved QRZ-1 config find the affected repeater(s)

Change the Optional Signaling option to OFF

Save the config and upload it to the radio

Details:
https://tdot.fish/2025/10/06/qrz1-chirp

#uhf #vhf #hamradio #ht

Fixing the Explorer QRZ-1/CHIRP ‘Tone Squelch’ Issue

I recently got my ham radio license. More on that in a different post maybe. For this post: The Explorer QRZ-1 handheld transceiver has a weird sort-of-bug and I think I figured out how to fix it.

t.fish