Wericha

I apologize if this is covered elsewhere, I did a couple of searches and was unable to find an answer. I have a couple of Hytera radios, a TC-610P and a BD-552i BT, that are both UHF. The TC-610P is only 16 channel but the BD-552i has 256 channels. Can these radios be programmed for GMRS? Their frequency range seems to fit the GMRS range.

Hmmm….interesting. Thanks for the explanation, although some of it still does not make sense to my novice brain. I’ll have to spend some time on that for it to sink in. But it also reinforces the old adage of getting what you pay for. In time I may look into better quality radios. A definite deficit to these is the lack of weather durability, kinda defeats the purpose of emergency communications if they are only designed for pristine conditions. I guess I’ll have to send my wife to the front yard with a radio……

How far apart must they be? Why doesn’t the same behavior occur in simplex mode? I can have the radios within inches of each other, on say Ch 22, and they both send and receive.

I have recently joined the GMRS world with a pair of UV-5X radios. In setting them up for repeater access I’ve hit a problem I cannot figure out. I’m probably missing something glaringly obvious. A local repeater is open and uses CTCSS 141.3. Both radios are programmed identically. When I do a simple dead key, both radios receive the repeater carrier after I release the PTT. The status light on both radios comes on during the carrier signal, but not while the PTT is pressed. However, when I speak the other radio does not receive any transmission and the status light does not come on to indicate channel traffic. Both radios then receive the carrier signal, and the status light comes on, after I release the PTT. The radios are at least 10’ apart when I do this. Both radios send and receive properly on all other channels. What am I missing?