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That's where I was confused because on the simplex channel grms19 I had the tone programmed in for t-ctcs for the repeater but I understand now why it wouldn't work that way. It called for an input of 141.3hz so I had it as the t-ctcs. I understand they take in a signal and bounce it back but didn't know how to set up the handheld. The manual is very lacking as it doesn't say you can't use the regular grms19 channel. I appreciate everyone's time. I'll holler back next week if I cant get it work still.

Thanks for the quick replies I was on a simplex channel. I see the rptr channels on there now didn't realize it made a difference. In terms of antenna I have it mounted on my truck and had it mounted on my metal roof testing as well. I'm about 13 miles from the tower. I'll try the repeater channel and offset when I get back home. I appreciate you all like I said I'm pretty green with this stuff.

I'm very new to gmrs and I have been learning a little as I go. I want to eventually get a mobile unit that can hybrid between vehicle and home. I hooked my uv9g up to a Nagoya magnetic antenna and it picks up the same as the rubber duckies it came with. However I have no better transmission. The repeater in the area stays pretty busy in the afternoon and I have no issues picking it up at my house or at my mom's which is technically line of sight closer. I have put the input tone of 143.2 into the radio on t-ctcs and even had it in the r-ctcs but no luck either way. Looking for advice.