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I think the concession counter is still open.

Now, this is waaaayy better than my question being answered. But I'm out of popcorn now....

Now, this is waaaayy better than my question being answered. But I'm out of popcorn now....

Question: What time is it?
"Some People": The heart of a mechanical clock is the escapement mechanism, which is responsible for maintaining accurate timekeeping by allowing the clock's gears to rotate at a steady rate. The escapement mechanism typically consists of a pair of gears called the escape wheel and the verge. The escape wheel is driven by the clock's main power source, which is typically a weight or a spring, while the verge is connected to the clock's hands.
As the escape wheel rotates, it drives the verge, which in turn moves the clock's hands. The escapement mechanism also includes a device called the pallet, which acts as a brake on the escape wheel, preventing it from rotating too quickly and keeping the clock's hands moving at a steady pace.
In addition to the escapement mechanism, a mechanical clock also contains other components such as the mainspring, which provides the power to drive the clock, the gear train, which transmits power from the mainspring to the escapement mechanism, and the pendulum, which helps to regulate the clock's timekeeping by swinging back and forth at a constant rate.

Look in the manual for ANI tones. Disable them if they’re turned on. 

you were too fast for me,?

Check page 52 and 53 of the manual. It sounds like you are sending the ANI code. Menu 16 to turn off 

i have taken off the rx tone and i then could hear traffic. thank you all for the helpful info
 

i have taken off the rx tone and i then could hear traffic. thank you all for the helpful info
 

That’s a really good point.

Put another way, when first testing a new radio into a repeater, especially by a Newbie, you want to eliminate as many permutations as possible so as to reduce the troubleshooting list, if you are unable to communicate with that repeater.
Given that philosophy, there is no need to filter out other transmissions on that Channel while you are testing your first attempts to transmit into and receive replies from a new repeater.
Once you know you can "hit" and receive from that Repeater, you can elect to change your reception tone to that of the repeater, especially if there are nearby GMRS' that like to use that same channel for simplex communications.  In this way, you will only hear the Repeater and not those others.
Me, I like to hear everybody, because it may be an interesting conversation, or clues to another repeater that I am unaware of. So I rarely include the receive Tone.

Set it up the way @MichaelLAX shows in his screen shot:
Cross in the “Tmode” column
no value in the “RX CTCSS” column
DTCSS-> in the “Cross mode” column (which sets it for DTCSS on transmit and nothing on receive.

What radio are you using?
Try this:
 

You might try taking off the receive tone. Maybe they don't use it, or it's not the correct one. Just a shot in the dark. And no, you're not an idiot.