OldJunk2

Update: I'm a dummy. I had the TX tones entered into the RX of the programming. The radio is performing as good as a 20w should. I'm getting 15.5w on high with a SWR of 1.4 to 1 as tested with my NanoVNA

Dummy load and sure com meter

I hooked up a dummy load when i first got it and it's constantly putting out 17w on high. I will check it again

Yes, I've tried hitting two separate repeaters that are both line of sight from my house. I'm using the same tones that are working with my 6 other radios. One repeater is a few miles away at 3000ft, the other is 12 miles away at 1500ft. I can physically see the repeaters from my house, which is on the side of a mountain at 1000ft It's either a programming issue, or faulty equipment. I'm going to hook my nanovna up tomorrow and test my antenna and coax, then go from there

It's brand new, maybe a week old

Yes

Yes, I get a full red line showing TX

I'm not hitting the repeater My original question is if it could simply be that the mic gain is low, I've had this programming problem on HT's in the past. This unit is a base station. I live in a HOA, so my antenna is in the attic along with my 2m antenna. My 2m hits repeaters as far as 65 miles away. It's not an interference issue. My current gmrs base antenna is a comet ground plane and I'm using M&P low loss UHF coax

No, no one can hear me on this radio. My other 3 gmrs mobiles and 4 HT's work great

I'm not getting any audio out.

I do have recieve tones on all of mt gmrs radios. Not having any issues on my other radios. Are we not supposed to program in recieve tones? I'm a ametur operator also, we always use tones for in/out

Correct, I can hear conversations, they can't hear me

I can't find a setting in the programming software from radioddity and it isn't adjustable from the radio. I can't get this radio to transmit. I can listen to local repeaters but I can't hit them. One repeater tower is less than 5 miles away, direct line of sight, from my house. I can't hear my transmission on simplex from my DB20 to my mobile KG-1000G-PLUS in my vehicle sitting in the driveway. My gut says the mic gain is turned down or off. How do I adjust?

I travel from Roanoke VA to Wilmington NC a lot. I'm looking for good "active" repeaters to program into my KG-1000G-plus. Can some locals help me out? I downloaded a list off of here but I do not need 50 repeaters when only a few are actually active. Thanks!