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We have used this in the past for SAR work. While it helped it caused major confusion and 90% of the time was useless. As said its clunky and the end user needs to know to not talk for x amount of time all the time. Its still in my box of tools for SAR but it would need to be a very specific incident where I tried to use it again. It really was no value.

UV-5R is not type accepted on GMRS. That said its a low power unit and your antenna is not the best. There is more to a repeater than just buying a second mobile. For what your describing it may be useful to look at the Retevis portable repeater. With a decent antenna and short piece of cable it would help you do what you want without getting into building a repeater. https://shop.mygmrs.com/collections/featured-products/products/retevis-rt97-gmrs-repeater-5w?utm_source=mygmrs&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=rt97 Spend your money on antenna and line as thats really where the rubber hits the road. As said bubble pack radios wont work with the repeater but there are a few cheaper radios for kids that do GMRS.

The radio is programmed with the repeater split as you said on 15-22. That means the radio will TX on 467.xxx which is 5mhz up from the non repeater of 462.xxx There is no "repeater" systems in the world only what private folks put on the air. I think Midland and other vendors need to share that info as many buy it and think it will work out of the box. It does not. If you get permission to use a repeater you can use it. If you buy your own repeater and set it up you can use it. To my knowledge Midland does not sell repeaters. Not in GMRS. They used to sell Part 90 repeaters.

The problem with GMRS is you dont have lots of channels to choose from as you do in Ham radio. You have basically 8 repeater pairs. Drop in a UHF link and even with the best filtering it causes issues. We dont have VHF frequencies as a GMRS license to use so the best way to link is over IP.

Does the DMRx2 do analog ? I dont see anywhere on the site that talks about it. I also dont see anyplace that shows its part 95 certified. It say amateur radio only. You can't do DMR on GMRS.

You need to check programming on the base. Standard was 100 watts so it will need turned down. You should get a real bandpass reject and not a mobile duplexer for it.

I wouldn't install a TRAM antenna on a good repeater such as a MTR. Order a DB404 or 408 for the repeater if you want good performance. What does it have for a duplexer ? https://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4267 https://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=191_193_258_1098_1099&products_id=4268 I'd go with the DB408 personally but I do run a few DB404 on small GR style repeaters. Don't skimp on hardline either.

what are you using for a power supply ? Maybe its shuting down on TX. The programming looks correct. Do you know what kind of repeater they are running. There is DPL inverted but not used a lot. The icom is pretty basic so im confused your having issues. can you program it for simplex and talk to a radi othat hears the repeater ?

The other issue is many GMRS repeater owners don't or wont spend the money on true commercial gear. A $5000 repeater with duplexer and hardline up a tower can easily get to $10K in new hardware depending on what you use. A lot of the GMRS repeaters are done on the economical aka cheap design with LMR style cable, TRAM antenna and GR1225 or similar on a garage or house to cover a local area. These are fine for that purpose, but a true emergency repeater requires a lot. Going on the cheap if you were to drop a generator on site and know what your doing you can buy a new Generace for around $3K but then you need a tank or propane or natural gas source. That's a money fee on top of the equipment. Some locations have solar backups but that's only going to last so long for the hobbyist solar system. I use a small system mainly to keep batteries and repeater controllers up on a power flicker or short outage. Even at home where I have a standby generator my repeater location does not get backup power. Id rather have heat and water at that point. As was said earlier some may be at a commercial site and have some access to the backup systems but I wouldn't rely on any of it. As reference out of my 4 search and rescue repeater systems I maintain only 2 of them have standby emergency power. The others have a battery backup but nothing that will last 24 hours.

Sorry steve I meant the programming of the 16 pin connector. I use the front programming cable. I know the 1225 let you change pin settings I just dnt remember if the LS version did.

I can assure you most of the repeaters on the air in GMRS have no backup plans for power. There are some that are in coordinated shelters with power but I wouldn't depend on it. I know mine all have battery backup but its not going to last long.

I dont recall what programming for accessory pins the LS offers but thats the biggest issue you may have. Use good shielded cables between a duplexor and radio.

You can report it to the FCC with the specific findings. Sometimes they will do something about it. Details are important.

It depends. Not everyone opens there repeater. If I was looking I'd wait for a call sign then contact them via FCC contact info and ask. I have multiple repeaters online that are not posted on the site as they are not open to other users. I know a few folks who have

One of the issues with the repeater listings is many are out of date. Many people come to mygmrs list a repeater and neve even install said repeater. Others list the repeater and loose interest. Some never even make it to the forums. Its really hit or miss. For me when I get a request I may reply right away, unless I'm busy with work then it may be a few days. I would think if its on the map view and been updated in the last year you have better luck than ones that have not been updated recently. Just my opinion. Do a search on the forums as this comes up often and similar answers are given. One that wasn't mentioned is just because its listed doesn't mean the owner wants folks on it. If its listed as open or travel tone thats different but there are repeaters listed that may not want others on it. I have one such repeater. It was listed so others know that frequency is in use.

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The 780 was a 146-174 split radio. I know we had some CAP stuff in one and it didn't work well with our local game warden stuff up in the 160's. Did you check power on the output with a meter. You may find little to no TX power on the very edge of the band split.

Its called tone remote or local control. Been done for decades on LMR/Public Safety applications. My home base radio is in my attic hooked to 12' of LDF4 hardline then CAT5 to a switch to remotes on the main floor and garage.

All my batteries have impress technology. When they go in the charger it analyzes the battery and will condition if needed. On my old NiCad stuff I drop in an analyzer once a year.

If you using the MXTA25 antenna on your vehicle and having issues I'd recommend a standard UHF 1/4 wave as above. You will see a noticeable difference in both TX and RX. Those pepper shaker antennas are good for close by stuff but for any distance they suffer.

As was stated most likely the hang time on the repeater. If its static your not close enough or maybe house or other items are shielding signal. IF you get closer to the repeater you should still hear the tail but just a carrier. Some repeaters have PL on the tail and some do not. It depends on the controller in the repeater. Most of mine allow no PL on tail and that's the way I have them setup.

Your programming looks right. If you leave RX tone blank and put 031N in TX it should be in CSQ on RX. What do you mean people hear you but you can't/ Are they hearing you on the repeater side ? I've programmed hundreds of ICOM units over the years. They are basic and simple. From the snipped your programming is correct but being i don't know what repeater your trying to access I can't say with 100%

You would want to swap to a dual band antenna if you plan to TX. With that said without your ham radio license you can't TX anyway. WX channels should work ok for RX on a UHF antenna. Depending on what your listening to in VHF the UHF antenna will hear some but degraded. You license shows Florida so not sure where in NY you are listening. CNY has a couple repeaters but not many in upstate NY.

Did you go to the main page ? https://mygmrs.com/repeaters If you go here and click on the repeater you want to use and request permission its up to the owner of the repeater if he wants to get back to you or not. Alot of these repeaters may have changed over time and using the map with updated stuff is normally best. Remember repeaters are private property and there is no need for them to approve you if they dont want to. It could also be they are busy and dont have time to reply to an email right away.

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