MordeKyle

This seems to have worked. I was able to hear my dad on the repeater. There was a ton of static because of how far away I am from it, but I could hear his voice! Thanks so much for your help, as well as everyone else's. I'll test this better when I'm in better range. But that's the first time I've heard anything other than a beep.

Awesome, I will give this a try.

I definitely got them that far apart with a brick wall in between with no luck. I am curious about this though. Keying up in my vehicle disconnects my wired phone from my stereo every time.

Would desense keep the other radio from even receiving the signal at all? It doesn't register there is anything until the beep comes back from the repeater. Thanks!

I'll check them out, thanks.

That does make sense, thanks for the reply. If I put the non transmitting btech on monitor would that achieve the same result? I don't belive I have the ability to change that setting on the btech. Would removing the rx CTCSS work? The btech GMRS pro is programmed on a phone app over Bluetooth, and doesn't have near the same settings as the wouxon does in CHIPRS or the wouxon program.

I really appreciate your reply. The simplex test is good. I'm was able to hit the repeater with all of the radios, and I could hear the repeater responded with either a beep or a Morse code. The radio that was not transmitting didn't brake squelch while I was transmitting but did hear the repeater respond with the tone. Does that make sense? I'm sorry, I'm new to all of this and trying to learn, could you please clarify what you mean by only using a carrier squelch? I really appreciate your help! Edited to add: Just so I'm as clear as I possibly can be... If I transmit with, for example, the Wouxun the Btech doesn't show its receiving anything at all. When I stop transmitting with the wouxon, both the wouxon and the btech then receive the beed or Morse back from the repeater. My confusion is that if I am activating the the repeater with the wouxon so that the repeater is sending a reply, should it not also be sending a signal out (even if dead air because of distance) that would activate the btech while I'm transmitting? I did do a test where I left the btech inside with my Dad and I went out to the street and transmitted, with the same result.

I thought this might be an issue. The other handheld I'm using doesn't even break squelch. Would that happen if what you're describing is happening? I also got no response when I asked if anyone was hearing me, which could have been because no one was listening. Thanks.

I don't know exactly where the repeater is, but I think I was pretty close. Within a couple miles at most. I have a Nagoya 771G on the Btech and the stock antenna on the Wouxun. Just got a couple of the Smiley Super Sticks to try out. I'm definitely too far away at home. Was going to drive out there this weekend to try again.

I have two GMRS handhelds. I am trying to hit a local repeater. When I key up and release, I get a tone back from the repeater. No one ever hears my traffic though. I have the CTCSS set to 141.3 on RX and TX as it says on the repeaters page. I am not sure what I could be doing wrong. The handhelds are a Btech GMRS PRO and a Wouxun UV9GX. I also just got a programming cable for the Wouxun. CHIRPS seems to have different tone settings, so maybe I need to adjust something there? Any help us greatly appreciated. I'm trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks!