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Is this for Amateur? I thought there was only 8 GMRS RPT channels?

yall are too funny....lol

See, I told you would get a lot of assistance from the people on here!

Hi, Both choices are good ones, I would say the Kind of antenna is very important. Look up GMRS antennas on amazon, also look at YouTube for some tips as well. I sure some of the other Radio Experts (in my opinion, Great people by BTW) on here will give more feedback to this question, but I would say a repeater even if it's the portable one: Amazon.com: Retevis RT97S GMRS Repeater, RT97 Upgraded Version, Radio Repeater, Full Duplex Long Range, Compatible with Raspberry Pi, Portable, LCD Screen(1 Pack) : Electronics I understand you are budgeting things out. just put this on the list this can maybe be deployed in the event of a storm and then you can cover the 20-mile gap. I'm just thinking of Quick deployment scenarios. I'm also New to GMRS.

You are correct it is the two lined version.

lol... its ok, congrats to the winner.

@marcspaz How long did it take to tune it?

Wait what? you doing a giveaway... Cool!

@marcspaz Great Job! i know @LeoG will be excited!

I'm not going to try any unlocking I was just curious.

Mines says 5R-M8 GM-V02

Yes, I'm doing that as we speak, due to me going down south in a couple of weeks.

Great Information! I am currently studying for my license. Yes, I listen to the Nets Hear in CT and the reach is far. I know that the Bears Club repeater has a far reach up north and into Rhode Island at time. I can't wait to get my license!

Hello, Im following @OffRoaderX video guide on tone scanning. I'll keep you up on the progress if I can catch people talking on RPT2 or GMRS 16.

Maybe, but there are a few different ones to try.

Im ordering it over the weekend. i really thing that's the missing part to the setup.

Hello, this is whats missing Amazon.com: ZEZEFUFU Two-Way Relay Walkie Talkie Repeater Box RX/TX for Baofeng UV-5R Accessories 5MHz U-V V-U Cross Band Walkie Talkie Repeater : Electronics

ok .

one Radio is setup to hit the repeater, the other one is not. the radio thats setup to hit the repeater I set two channels up based on the info I got from the repeater section of this site. one channel is setup 123.0 using tsquelch , the other channel is set with tone option 123.0. I wanted to see which is correct to get a response from the repeater. i posted a picture of how I programmed the main radio with the setup in my original post.

one is setup to hit the repeater, the other one is not. the radio thats setup to hit the repeater i set two channels up based on the info I got from the repeater section of this site. one channel is setup 123.0 using tsquelch , the other channel is set with tone option 123.0. I wanted to see which is correct to get a response from the repeater. i posted a picture of how I programmed the main radio with the setup in my original post.

I just emailed the owner. just to see what he says.

Still not getting any response from the repeater itself....

Here is my findings. I have setup an HT programmed via CHIRP with two different tone settings for this REPEATER: WRPB502 WX4DAB REPEATER 1 set with TSQL 123.0 REPEATER 2 set with TONE 123.0 Second Radio is on GMRS CH15 which is received on REPEATER B clear... but cant transmit back out of REPEATER 2 or 1 to Second Radio.... Any thoughts?

Let us know how that goes.

Thanks for all the input! Oh, and if you are a DAD, Happy Father's Day in advance!