WRYZ421

Alrighty, did some experimenting this weekend and had not great results. Again, I have a Baofeng G11S and gave one to my father as well. We are about 2.5 miles away as the crow flies with some houses and trees between us, but no tall buildings. We are right on the edge of our range here, sometimes it goes through and we can hear eachother but with a lot of static, but most of the time the transmission just does not go through. I tried to go through a repeater, but although I am in range of the reception of the repeater, I can't reach it when transmitting. I am hoping an antenna upgrade will solve this issue, since we are right on the edge. Any recommendations for an HT antenna for this radio? Any other options? Thanks

Perfect, that all makes sense to me. Is there an easy way to figure out what repeater they are using so I can figure out the tones?

@WRXB215 interesting, that makes sense. So theoretically, I could go to channel 25 and hear the same I am hearing on 17, if it is going through the repeater? So to transmit I would need to figure out what repeater they are using and put those tones as my Rx and Tx codes on channel 25?

Thank yall. Figured a couple things out yesterday, apparently all of my channels had a Tx and Rx code plugged in, once I turned those off I could hear a lot more, go figure! I'm hearing a lot on channel 17, sounds like they are far away from me though, like 45 miles... how would that work since this is not a repeater channel? Also, I tried to talk to someone on that channel and they couldn't hear me, why would that be? I'm sure I'll have more questions throughout the day! Thank yall

They don't, which makes me wonder how you program them. The display shows channel 32 DIY-2. The only frequencies I do know are those 30.

Do you know how to tell what my DIY channels are currently reading? Again, its really the only place I am hearing anything but no clue what I'm listening to...

Just got my first GMRS radio yesterday, Baofeng G11S, just playing around with it and have several questions already: DIY Channels? - channel 31 - 50 are these DIY channels, actually the only place I have heard anything, what are these? Repeater channels - I have a repeater I have identified as being in range and have talked to the owner and I can use it. I have the frequency, which should be channel 29, but how do I know if I'm connected to it? Just put both my radios on channel 29 and talk and see if it comes out the other side? Are there any settings I should change prior to really getting deep down this rabbit hole? TIA