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According to the map page there is one in Woodbridge and one in Arlington (both suburbs in NoVa). I am between those, but with just the stock antenna (and living down by the river) I haven't heard any traffic on them.

Try the rooftop-to-rooftop with both factory rubber ducks. Double-check that you're both on the same channel, including the A/B setting. Try a different channel. Verify that both units can properly receive (use the NOAA weather frequencies in your area, they should be a good strong signal, although they are VHF). Since you have 3 radios, try the range tests with all three (1 <-> 2, 1 <-> 3, 2 <-> 3). Also swap out the antennas that way to verify, once you know you've got good radios. I've heard horror stories about the build quality of the Baofeng radios. I have a handful of them and so far they have been fine for my needs... but it may be something of a crapshoot.

Depends on the link. You can either shotgun it (1 link radio and controller, link radio programmed as a subscriber to the other repeater) or you can use a dedicated simplex link which could be susceptible to bubble pack interference. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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