danmpar

Yeah. No luck. That being said I am actually in that area a ton. At least I'll know to tune into that repeater when I'm running around McKinney and Frisco

More importantly I just finished reading your explanation. Thank you for the clarification. The desense phenomenon is a new one for me. I'll mess around with it a bit more tonight with some meaningful space between the two radios and see if that makes a meaningful difference and report back here once I have something to say. Thanks again

That was a typo. Definitely meant 462.725 and 467.725. My mistake. The original post has been edited just now to reflect the change.

Good evening! I just got my GMRS license last week and have much to learn about this mode of communication. I ran a quick test tonight but do not know how to interpret what is happening. Method: I found a repeater 2.3 miles away from me with an Tx/Rx of 467.765/462.765 and a CTCSS of 141.3. I plugged that information into a btech gmrs v1 that is using an expertpower 7.5 inch SMA-F antenna and attempted a radio check. I hit the PTT button and stated my call sign and that I was, well, doing a radio check, then released the PTT button. EDIT: That was a typo. Definitely meant 462.725 and 467.725. My mistake. Result: Depending on variables I do not know how to track I get one of two responses from the radio. 1. static for about 3 seconds followed by the end of a transmission 2. a series of beeps along with the static. The duration is similar most of the time but on occasion I'll only get one beep for a moment. Other times it seems to go on for what feels like 5 seconds. other details: I have a second btech gmrs v1 with the same antenna. I set it up to listen to the same repeater to see what's coming across. When I transmit off of radio #1 both radio #1 and radio #2 get static however none of the audio I state into radio #1 gets received by audio #2. To be clear--when I state "This is WRJV736 performing a radio test. Can anyone hear me?" into radio #1 what I get in radio #2 is static. I have left both radios on to listen to the repeater passively while writing this and once or twice I both radios received a transmission which consisted of static and a several second long chain of beeps. Question: What is going on exactly? What is the significance of the static with versus without beeps? Why does the audio I transmit from radio #1 get received as static in radio #2? Is there a step I'm missing or an equipment consideration I have not accounted for? Thank you.

Hello there! I am in the north texas area, call sign WRJV736. I just figured out how to hit a repeater in the DFW area literally 15 minutes ago.