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Look in the menu at Common|CW ID I don't remember if you even need Dealer mode for that, but if its not there, then you didnt setup dealer mode correctly.

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The KG-UV9GX has a sexier wrist-strap.

So i think what we have learned here today is that just because you experienced something does not mean everyone else will experience the exact same thing in the exact same way, especially when there are many variables at play such as coax type and length, electrical cable quality and lengths, terrain, different antennas, differently tuned duplexers, etc.. However, most importantly, today we learned that decreeing a fact based upon ones personal experience can make a person look like an "internet expert", aka "some people".

I did eventually try to shield it to improve the signal but I could never really improve much.. From the beginning, with the two radios right next to each other with zero shielding, I was getting ~20 miles.

Desense is an issue, but please explain to us all how i was able to communicate 20+ miles with my two KG1000G's setup as a repeater package.

Pure..Gold.... I cant thank you all enough.

The CW-ID will only transmit the ID when someone transmits something and AFTER it has been at least XX seconds... In other words, if the repeater is quite/nobody is using it for several hours there will be no CW-ID transmitted until the next guy uses the repeater.

Yes, I think they are the duplexer equivalent of a UV-5R.

If i recall, when you are running in Dealer-mode, there is an option buried somewhere to specify the output for low and high.

Jeezus Krist this is gold.. Never would I have dreamed this would have worked out so perfectly to plan.. I get that "reading social cues" and comprehending non-literal things is not some of your guy's strong points, but, OMG. So predictable! Thank you all so much for proving me right, again!

Oh, it absolutely is. Otherwise you would have both realized you are way off-topic and nobody cares about what you're talking about and would have shut-up already Carry on, please!

No, please, continue! We NEED to know who is smarter!

It's been a long time since I was inside mine, but IIRC it's a pretty simple operation, but my pointer/advice would be to download the Technical Manual and read through it. I believe it has a blow-by-blow account of how to add a duplexer. After installing be sure to adjust your power output to the appropriate level.. even if you're putting in a "50W" duplexer, those little ones usually lie so you'll probably want to reduce the output a smidge.

The H.A.M.s shall reap what they sow while i use my "cheap Chinese toys" ...

462 is always the output (your RX) and 467 is always the input (your TX). If you have a 'real' GMRS radio you dont need to worry about that, you just pick the correct repeater 'channel', which will already have the tx and rx setup.

Well, this thread went exactly as I predicted. A very sincere thank you to everyone that posted helpful tips to get licensed, actually answered the question and stayed on topic - you guys give us all hope that ham has a future. But thank you even more for "some people" doing to this thread, which simply asked for some tips, exactly what "some people" do best.. Proving yet another of the things that I say so often, that "some people" keep declaring is not true/I make it up.

IIRC, you have to be in the previously mentioned "dealer mode" to change the CW-ID (morse code ID)

Mine lets me program all channels, so I'm not sure why yours would all be greyed out, but I only ever need/use one channel so if mine were greyed out i would have never noticed. Running the program in "Dealer Mode" will give you access to more options and features. To run in Dealer mode, add "-d" (without the quotation marks) to the end of the program name/path in the Target box of the shortcut that you use to run the program.

Which cable to you have/where does it connect? What version of the software do you have? What version of Windows are you running?

Mine does this when it detects DTMF tones/IDs, by design.

If you are hitting the repeater you should hear a 'kerchunk' or static-blip when you unkey. So yah, you might be doing something wrong, but it's hard to tell with the information you have provided.

I paid about $99 for my Tram 1486 which is on one section (9 feet) of a telescoping flagpole, attached to the chimney, no guy-wires. I get about 50 miles of farz and have not worried about it since I put it up 2 years ago, making it, by definition, a "worry free" base antenna. I use it as both a repeater antenna and as a base-station (simplex) antenna.

I bet that was "Auto Repair Randy" in Salton City! He's always monitoring that repeater.. We chat every time i go 4X4ing anywhere in the area.

There may be other ways to get the repeater information such as the local ham/GMRS group or by scanning the input frequency with a radio that can scan for the tone, then connecting to the repeater and calling out/asking for permission, or just using it until someone tells you to not use it.