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So, I posted earlier in this thread, with my Jeep set up. But thought I'd update. This weekend we did some radio testing. Truck to Truck, both trucks running Midland MX115 radios, one with the small antenna supplied with the radio and the other with a 5db gain antenna. both are roof mounted with mag bases. One truck parked as a base and the other driving in our direction starting at 35 mi away. With 15w, Clear comms. over 35mi all across our valley, the only place we lost contact was passing through a small town on the valley floor 22 miles out, with buildings blocking our signal. Next time we will test with the mobile driving away from the base. So, overall I am pleased with out set up. and now will start collecting items for a set up in the house.

Often there are tones in use, but they are not listed so you have to contact the repeater owner to get them. This is normally done in conjunction with getting permission to use the repeater. On some repeaters, they may use so-called "travel tones" which basically means CTCSS 141.3. These repeaters are usually open and available to people traveling through the area, hence the term "travel tone."

Thank you very much! I will contact the repeater owner and see what he says. He has no codes/tones listed.

If my memory serves me, you want REPT21 (as @WyoJoe said, it's probably programmed in channel 29) for that one. Repeater output frequencies are the same as the simplex channels, with the input frequencies 5mHz higher, and the REPTXX channels in your radio should be pre-programmed to account for that. REPT21 should receive on 462.700, and transmit on 467.700 (the repeater's input frequency). on tones, i believe the menu item you want will be called T-CTC (aka PL or CTCSS) or T-DCS (aka DPL or DCS), depending which type the repeater is using. if it's expressed in hz, it's CTCSS/PL; if it's a 3 digit number, or 3 digits followd by I or N, it's DCS/DPL.

You probably need to access the repeater from a different channel than Channel 14. Channel 14 is one of the interstitial channels and not a repeater channel. On most of the repeater capable radios I'm familiar with, the repeater channels are usually set up for channels 23-30, inclusive. I suspect you would want to use channel 29 (on my radios that is the default channel for a "700" repeater (467.700 input, 462.700 output), with the appropriate tones for the repeater programmed into that channel. I have a UV-82 which is very similar to your V-1 radio. The CTCSS xmit tone can be changed using menu option 13 on my UV-82. It may be the same on your model, but I don't know for sure. You may need to enter a CTCSS tone on transmit to open the squelch on the repeater. The repeater information should provide the necessary tone frequency if you need one.

Done!

Welcome to the group and sharing your experiences. Glad you figured it out....

Me and the UV5R aren't speaking at the moment.. I got busted talking to the Wouxun-radio-voice lady...

Daystar sells this little console. Also sell a TYT TH-8600 as a GMRS, not sure its a legal conversion, mine is Ham, dual band. I didn't wire anything to the switches, as I don't have any extra anything to wire up. Don't even have fog lights. The TH-8600 was my choice because its advertised at IP68 waterproof, and I spend all summer in Bikini top so I do get wet on our random thunderstorms. Antenna sits on a bracket I made attached to the third brake light, Tram dual band. It has a flat SWR on 2m, Murs, 70cm and GMRS.