Arveetek

Very cool! You guys rock, and you are all correct. I was able to join the Arkansas Repeater Network, and tonight I programmed my radio with the POSY 625 codes, and sure enough, I can receive their traffic loud and clear on repeater channel 18. I only have a 15 watt mobile, so apparently I can't transmit with enough power for the repeater to receive my transmissions (no one responded to my requests). May be time to upgrade to a 50 watt mobile! I'm still surprised at the distance this repeater is reaching; we have somewhat hilly terrain here with lots and lots of trees. I'm guessing this repeater must be on a tall tower on top of a hill.

I think you guys are correct. I am in Granby, which is about 55 miles or so from Garfield, where POSY is located. But I can still hear the traffic at work in Carthage, which is roughly 75 miles away from POSY. I'm surprised I can still receive the signal that far away, but like you say, it all depends on the antenna. My only other repeater experience is with the Joplin, MO repeater, and I can only receive and transmit on that repeater within a few miles of it; the Joplin repeater is on a 30' pole in the middle of town, though.

Thank you everyone! That is very helpful! I'm sure it must be the linked Arkansas group I'm hearing. I'm still puzzled about which repeater I'm actually hearing on my mobile radio (the Posy 625 repeater still seems to be too far away for me to physically hear, but perhaps it's outputting at a much higher wattage than other local repeaters). Thanks again for the education; I've been learning a lot.

I am fairly new to the GMRS world. I have a mobile GMRS radio in my vehicle and like to scan for local traffic here in SW Missouri. Lately I have been picking up communications from central Arkansas that range from Fort Smith (150 miles away) to Little Rock (250 miles away). I can hear these communications at work and at home, a 25 mile difference between those two. Once in a while I can hear the repeater state it's call sign, but haven't been able to write it down/remember it. I assume someone local to me is rebroadcasting the Arkansas repeater via Zello or something similar. How can I tell where my local transmission originates? It comes across on channel 18, but I assume this is on a repeater channel; I've searched online for local repeaters using that frequency, but haven't found one yet. It may be unpublished or fairly new. I've tried transmitting on standard channel 18, but haven't received a response. I'm just really confused that I can hear this traffic so well, even between work and home. The other local repeater that I'm familiar with, I have to be fairly close to it to transmit and receive. I'm surprised to hear the Arkansas traffic over such a long distance. Thanks!