WRWM999

I am using an older Motorola m1225 that was programmed by the person I bought it from. I am pretty sure he has the offset and transmit tones set they way I asked, but without the motorola RSS software (and an older version of Windows) I have no way of verifying. That sounds like a great idea, I will take it mobile and get closer to the repeater, and see if I get different results. Thanks for the help!

Oops...apologies , I see this thread is 2 years old and perhaps I should start a new thread, but this one seemed to apply to all of my questions.

Thanks for all this great info in this thread! I too am new, and I believe I have reached the 2 local repeaters in my area, with one I hear a squelch tail and have spoken to someone. On the other when I reach out for a signal test I get a morse code response which I assume means I am hitting it. But last evening I tried to join a Net on that repeater, and when the Net Control Manager asked for any other folks wanting to join in, I piped in with my call sign, and it was as if no one heard me. Is it possible that my signal is just barely strong enough to hit the repeater and get a response from it, but not strong enough for others to hear that signal? Thanks!

Thanks Shhannon--you are a fantastic explainer.

Please excuse my newbieness as I learn about all of this stuff. ...but if increasing from a 5w or 15 W radio to a 40w or 50w radio doesn't increase your range, what is the benefit of getting a higher power radio? Thanks!

And me as well...WRWM999 in Maryland! Learning a lot from this forum already, thank you all.