molerottle

Thanks for the replies. First and foremost, thanks for the well wishes on our anniversary. We had a very pleaseant trip. Secondly, the Kenwoods are working! Had a couple of culprits looks like, with desense the main one. Long story short, got some distance between the radios and they are working. Seems too that the repeater closest to us is having some problems also. We can't work through it, but we tried another one and all worked perfect. I learned something new with this so it's not all bad. Thanks for the help and guidance. wayne

The SWR is about 1.3:1. The two radios are currently sitting side by side with the antennas about 15 feet apart outside. I was reading today about desense but haven't been able yet to test them separate. It'll be a few day before I can do that as my wife and I are leaving in the morning to head to the mountains for our anniversary (32 years!). Thanks for the input. It give me a direction to go in.

Thanks for the welcome. Let me try to answer your questions: (1) Are you saying that your radios can not transmit VOICE AUDIO into that repeater so your other radio will hear it? I do not get anything from the repeater. I transmit and the only thing that comes through the other radio is the transmission time out when I unkey. (2) Are you hearing any OTHER user transmissions on that repeater system? I have heard a couple other folks talking, but got no reply when I tried to contact them for a radio check. (3) In a simplex mode or using a scanner to monitor the 467 mhz repeater access frequency from your own radios, are you able to hear voice audio that way? The radios work fine in simplex mode. Last night I set a scanner to the repeater frequency and got the same results as with the radios. I signed up with this group and was given unit numbers. I was not asked for a ESN or anything else. I also sent an email to the owner last week asking for help but have not heard anything back yet (maybe I need to ask for my donation back). I'm new to this and this is my first attempt so I keep feeling I'm missing some small piece of the puzzle. Thanks for any help and advice.

Hi, folks. Glad I found your forum. I've got two Kenwood TK-805D radios for GMRS use. They have been programmed to the local repeater with the proper transmit tone. I can hit the repeater and get the squelch tail, but cannot receive anything on either radio. I have re-programmed them, checked and double the frequency and tone, and get the same result. Any suggestions on what I am missing?