I just installed my first GMRS mobile radio, and yes (forgive me radio gods), I have been kerchunking some of the local repeaters to see if I can reach them (but at least I do it at a time of day when there is usually no comms traffic). Usually when I reach a repeater it sends back a 1 or 2 second transmission that ends with my squelch tail. However, a couple of repeaters are responding (or I think it’s their response) with a really short transmission. It’s so short that if you bat your eye you’ll miss the green light indicating receipt of a transmission. There’s no squelch tail and really no audible transmission that I can hear, just the green light. What causes this different kind of response from the repeater? Do you think I’m actually hitting the repeater?
