WSAG845

All makes sense! And...great analogy!

Thanks @UpperBucks! Maybe I'm not hearing the transmissions because of the desense-ing (?) so I'll get some distance between my two radios and try again.

@WRXB215 If there's little to no chatter (i.e. I'm not interrupting anyone), when I'm testing by calling from one of my radios to the other (via the repeater), what's the best etiquette for this? Meaning, should I say "WSAG845 doing a self test between two of my own radios" or something like "Matt for Carson" (Carson has my other radio) and Carson responds with "Carson copies. Hello Matt"? Just trying to get to know the basics and etiquette basics. Note, I did do a radio check on the Repeater Channel 21 ("WSAG845 looking for a radio check"), but no one spoke back. However, did get a static response, which I believe validates that I am connected?

Thanks @WRXB215! I just researched "desense" so now I'm (loosely/kinda) schooled on that . My goal for current testing purposes is to communicate from one of my radios to the other of my radios, all via the repeater. The repeater frequency is 462.700 MHz, which translates to Repeater Channel 21, so I thought each of my radios needed to be set to Repeater Channel 21, not simplex Channel 21.

Like @jwsmith2316, I'm a full-on GMRS newbie! @UpperBucks, thanks so much for that post! I've been researching a lot and I've (I think) successfully connected my BTECH GMRS-V2 radio to a repeater (BRIDGEPORT 700) after requesting/receiving approval. I'm now trying to communicate between my two radios, but I'm not hearing my own transmission. My setup: Both of my radios are connected to the repeater using the same settings (screenshot of my setup in CHIRP). (Summary of setup: T-CTCS is enabled and set to 77.0Hz) Both my radios are in the same location (at my home). Should I now be able to just operate the radios in the same manner as in simplex mode (i.e. just push-to-talk and hear the transmission on other BTECH GMRS-V2)? Thanks in advance!