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@Sshannon That is a fair point.

@WRYZ926, I had thought about setting up a simplex repeater. But I don't know if that would help or not. I am not sure the signal would hit the repeater since the mobile in my car could not be reached in my driveway from another radio approximately 8 miles away. I was figuring if they couldn't reach my vehicles mobile antenna they probably couldn't hit the repeater antenna in the same location.

I am in the somerset area. Very hilly and wooded

@WRYZ926 I am located in south central Kentucky with a lot of wooded area and hilly topography.

OffRoaderX, Thank you for the response. Have heard decent things about the MXT500. I will have to look at the KG_1000G. I did see the video on the antenna test proving that a good antenna makes a big difference. I updated to the Browning from the Midland MXTA13 that came with my MXT115 (also good and informative video) and the Browning did give me about .5 miles more. I live in south central Kentucky (a very hilly area and well wooded.) and wondered now if more watts may help some more on distance. I am trying to avoid a taller antenna due to parking at work in a garage that a taller antenna would scape on top of my SUV. P.S. Love the channel brother.

Looking to upgrade from my Radioddity DB-20G to radio with more watts. was wondering about opinions on this radio, or if anyone is running it. If anyone has a suggestion on a good mobile radio in the 40 to 50 watt range they would be appreciated. I will be running my Browning B-176s antenna with it.

Sshannon, Thank you. I will try that.

No issues talking simplex. Just don't get good range due to topography, maybe about 2 miles. Alot of hills, rock and forested area.

WRHS218, I appreciate the ideas. It has me stumped.

I did try removing the code on both radios on the receive side. No other repeater traffic, small area, so not sure how much there would be. But, I do hear the repeater's voice identifier and also get the "squawk code" on both radios from the repeater both when I transmit and on the receive side. I do get the same results on both radios. I have used both a Midland antenna and a Nagoya ut-72g with same results. Before the db-20g's, I had 2 Midland MXT 115's. Thought those may have been the problem and why I bought the DB-20g's. The repeater is about 1 mile from my house. This is why I am so stumped.

Hello everyone, I am new here and new to GMRS. I got my license recently and have an open repeater near me. I purchased 2 radioddity db 20g radios and programmed the repeater channels with correct ctc code, problem is every time I attempt to talk on the repeater the only thing that is received by the other radio is some static and the repeater "code" after, no voice relay. I have the radios programmed with the correct frequency and ctc. Sorry, I am a noob so I don't know the technical terms well yet. The repeater does transmit a voice identifier sometimes and that does come through on the radio. P.S. I do know that if the radios are close together this can happen. In my case the radios have been as much as 2 miles apart. thank you for any help.