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I drove to the general location of the repeater and there was no acknowledgement from the repeater - I believe its called a Kerchunk? So unless the PL tones have changed it's offline at the moment/permanently. I took your advice and have requested access through this site and I'll see what happens. Thank you for not ignoring the questions of a newbie. I'm grateful.

Quote: Also just because a repeater is there and on does not mean someone is sitting waiting to answer. Many of these repeaters are put in for the owners use to talk to there family or close friends. They are not a "chat" channel most of the time. I can say for sure you could call on one of mine all week and my wife would not answer it while I'm out of town for work. Even if I was home I doubt I'd reply either. Its a tool for my family. That makes sense. I'm going to take a drive and see if I can connect to the repeater. At least I should be able to figure out if I can connect to it. ?

Wow! Thank you for all your advice. This is all the things that I need right now. I've watched so many videos on youtube about GMRS and grasp the concept of repeaters and what they are for. Now I understand what they do. I have a Midland MXT275 in my vehicle and a Baofeng UV5R (which I know I cannot use as it is not type approved). I am awaiting delivery of a UV9G which I am hoping is type approved. I have Chirp installed and have successfully programmed by UV5R with it. I feel like I'm getting there, it's just learning how the pieces I've got down fit together. I'm going to re-read your reply a few times more and see if I can get my midland programmed for this local repeater. Thanks again I really appreciate your help. Update - Ok, I've just attempted to set up my Midland in the following way: I set the Repeater channels to ON I set the channel to 19rp which corresponds to the RX freq of 462.650 I set the PL to DCS and chose the code which corresponds to code given on the MyGMRS map according to the chart in the Midland manual. I gave my callsign and asked anyone who may have heard me to respond but I heard silence. Maybe I am too far away from the repeater? Does it sound like I've set things correctly? Even if I am not close enough to the repeater at home it would be nice to be able to confirm that I know how to set my radio up and I can try it while at work which is closer.

Hi everyone, I am a newly licenced GMRS user and I would like to connect to the closest repeater to me which is Mansfield 650 in OH. The myGMRS map shows that the frequency is 462.650 which I can select on my radio and the Tone in and Tone out are both 032 DPL which I do not understand. Are these PL tones? How do I set them? Please can someone point me in the right direction. Many thanks Marcus WRMV230