Good Afternoon All,
I am new to GMRS, got some amazon special radios (Baofeng GM-15PRO) and have been playing around hitting the local repeater and talking with my wife as I test and learn all of this. I live in the Madison WI area and can hit the Baraboo repeater which is about 21ish miles north. I went up to norther WI last weekend and could talk to her my wife at home and i was 40ish miles north of the repeater no problem. Sunday night at home some chatter came over the repeater, someone from Central Illinois and Milwaukee Wis. were talking. I could hear them clearly, but when I reached out no response to me at all. What am I doing wrong? What do i need to change/adjust for them to hear me?
