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Hey guys I'm just getting into GMRS and recently purchased a Kenwood TK-8150. Originally I was going to just use simplex but I was actually able to find a repeater. I'm having a couple issues connecting to the repeater. I have two radios setup, one being the Kenwood TK-8150 and the other being a Baofeng UV-5R. I set both of them up (I think) with the PL tones and I can hear the Baofeng on the Kenwood but not vice versa. If i talk into the Kenwood I hear nothing on the Baofeng and then as soon as I release the PTT i hear static and the "beep" from the repeater. So the repeater hears me but for some reason my voice isn't going through? I am a little confused by the software for the Kenwood. To set the PL tones I set the QT/DQT Dec and Enc to the PL tone for the repeater, is there anything else I have to do? I read online that QT/DQT is the same as PL/CTCSS. Do I need to set the "Opt Signal" option? It shows DTMF, 2-tone, and "Fleetsync" which I don't know what any of these are... Any help would be much appreciated! Sorry if my terminology is lacking, I've only been into GMRS for a couple weeks.

The filters on the Baofengs aren't too great so they are a little subject to adjacent channel interference (even at 5 MHz of offset). We learned over time when testing Baofengs, put about 20 or 30 ft between the two handhelds.