OffRoaderX

I have gone through 2 of them and a friends also failed.. All failed within 3 years. They aren't the greatest quality and the screen is very small and difficult to read while driving. I would suggest a KG-1000G, or if you dont need all the extra fancy stuff even a Midland MXT500. But honestly, you will probably never notice any difference in farz going from 20W to 40 or 50W..

That is called desense, and it is normal. IIRC, a big GMRS Youtuber even made a short video about it because this is such a common cause of confuckulation for new GMRS users.

Good catch.. I assumed he was doing it right.. But now I'm putting my money on this... On the MXT500 you have to go in and ENABLE the repeater channels, then set the correct channel, in this case, channel 30 with the tones.

There is no setting that would cause your voice to work on simplex, but not be transmitted on a repeater assuming the radio is actually transmitting. Have you confirmed that nobody hears your voice? ie; are they saying "we hear someone keying up, but not saying anything", or are you listening yourself with another radio?

I disagree! The KG-805G is the MOST simple to use (quality/higher-end) GMRS radio

a better antenna might help, a little, assuming it is properly tuned for 467Mhz. But going outside/getting higher/clear of any obstacles between you and the repeater would help more.

My VXR7000 has it built in and it can be enabled/disabled in the software.

You're doing great!

I would steer clear of the Toyota Camry I had one and couldn't fit tires on it big enough to take it 4x4ing, and the ground-clearance was only 4 inches and it has no low-range gears. While it is cool that it supposedly can drive in dirt when you actually go 4x4ing it doesn't do well.

The FCC does actually go after pirate radio stations very aggressively - not just the pirates but also going after the people/landlords that own the houses/land that they broadcast from and by definition none of those guys signed up for a license. Source: https://www.fcc.gov/enforcement/orders

Careful.. This kind of talk will make 'some people' cry and bang on their keyboards in teeth-gnashing fits of rage.

Not just slow, but also incorrect. It is trivial to scan the input tone of a repeater as long as someone nearby is using it.

Talking on a repeater with nobody listening?

Nobody does that.. There are hams.. and there are asshats that also happen to be hams. Anyone that is unable to understand the difference is an asshat.

..I was going to say the same thing, but when i say it 'some people' get butthurt.

it will not transmit as in the transmit light does not light up, or, you just cant hit the repeater?

So far the vote is roughly 790 NAY to 30 YAY. StinkFinger OUT, over <beep>

That Youtube guy is just a shill for Chinese radio manufacturers and has been copying me since day-1.. I assume you are actually running the software in the correct computability mode? If not, you should do that.

Assuming you are using the same cable that worked with CHIRP and your Baofengs, then either you have the wrong software or you have a Windows/port/driver issue. I would try to reboot everything, then go directly into the Wouxun software, ensure you have the right port selected and try again. If no joy, try each different port.. If still no joy exit out and do a RUN AS Administrator for the program and try again. If still no joy, Uninstall the Wouxun software, then RE-Install, but RUN AS Administrator when you run the installation .. If STILL no joy, do anything else suggested in this thread between now and Tuesday.. If still no joy, contact BuyTwoWayRadio support on Tuesday and they can walk you through everything possible.

it would seem that HF maybe with one or two relay-people or repeaters would be a better, more reliable solution because you will generally get much greater range with HF than with GMRS. and good luck getting any GMRS signals over the rockies and all other mountain ranges between New York and California.

Watch out for those GMRS influencers.. I have heard that they are all bought & paid-for, and are nothing more than puppets for all of the CCR, commie, cheap-Chinese radio manufactures and they only say what their commie slave-masters tell them to say. I know this must be true because 100% of "some people" that claim this all memorized a 35-question multiple-choice test.

Yes.. "N" means "Normal", "i" means inverted. 99.8% of GMRS repeaters use a "Normal" DCS/DPL/DTC tone.

On GMRS there is always a +5Mhz split from the RX frequency, or if you are left-handed a -5Mhz split from the TX frequency.. so RX is always 462, TX is always 467.

This.. 1.9:1 is fine and more than plenty good enough for normal people using their radio for normal things. Stop overthinking it and just use/enjoy your radio.

It is my understanding (which is open to correction by others) that your SWR affects your transmission far greater than reception. But I am unclear if the correct word is affects or effects..