Alright so I think the problem is with the radios. I was able to hear the other radio for a bit but lost contact quickly, but as I was testing it with my daughter I made contact with another person who informed me that we needed a licence to use the radios. I ended up telling him I do have one and gave him my call sign, had a brief friendly chat but as he was telling me his position we lost contact. I really would have liked to known how far it was Lol. He did say the repeater was open but seemed to be for emergencies. I let him know that I was trying to dial everything in for that purpose and he was very cool about it. This was on the menifee repeater in so cal if the person I was speaking to is on here. So I guess now I need to see about antennas. I did purchase some nagoya 771s which actually seem worse on gmrs frequencies. I am using a baofeng gmrs v1 or whatever it is called. I also have 2 uv5rs that I used to TEST (yes part 90). Anyways I think I will make a post on the technical section about getting my radios up to par as I am not sure on forum etiquette here and if it would be seen as relevant to the thread. If it is, let me know and I can continue here. Thank you everyone