SteveShannon

Congratulations, proof that if you ask enough different sources you’ll find one that reinforces your belief. 

To me the digital speech modes sound like the speaker has a drunken slurred voice. Better processing might help some, but higher fidelity requires greater bandwidth. 

Program your channel to transmit on 467.725 and receive on 462.725. 

Welcome @WRXX896 to Mygmrs. 73’s 

Oh, one other important point that very seldom gets mentioned is the quality of the coax cable. I'm NOT talking about signal loss in the cable. Coax cables are not perfect and will leak a little RF along their length. When your TX and RX cables are in close proximity signal leakage from the TX side coax can get into the repeater's receiver section AFTER the duplexer. That sort of defeats the whole purpose of using one.
Smart repeater builders will use multiply shielded coax cable for this exact reason. Yeah, it might be more expensive, but it's the difference between a great performing system verses a poor one.

@jsneezy, the Midland (5/8λ stacked) will be far superior to either the Nagoya or the Tram, hands down.  If you want a good UHF-only performer that's not as tall, the Laird BB4503 (Black) or B4503 work great, but have to be tuned (trim the bottom of the mast).  They are both 5/8λ, and about 10" tall, and work very very well.  I normally use the BB4505C (32", also 5/8λ stacked), but when clearance is a concern I swap in my BB4503.  With the BB4503 I have no problems hitting repeaters (250-300' AGL) at 30-40 miles with only 15w.
*The Midland MXTA26 will not require any tuning.

Or, spend $800 to $1000 and get a purpose built repeater with a decent receiver front end that won't desense, and cooling fans to boot.
Public Service announcement: your "50 watts" won't perform any better than a properly configured 10 watt repeater when you are talking back in with 5 watt portables. Especially if you're talking through a cheap compact duplexer that's probably rated at 65 or 70 dB isolation (and that's when it's properly tuned).

That might work, but you’re better off creating a shortcut and editing the shortcut like @markskjerve described.

Maybe because it’s not transmitting until it actually receives something with the right tone?

It’s a good idea to post the specs, but the video is exactly the same one that @WRUU653 posted 7 hours ago.

On the input tone, as @Sshannon suggested, you may try setting the speaker to "on" on the receiving radio, so you can at least hear if it's receiving the audio.
From there, the other thoughts that come to mind are the connection cable between the radios, and the configuration on the radios themselves...are they set properly for their place in the setup, especially the tx radio.

Drag the "VXR-7000 Series" icon to your desktop (create a shortcut). Right click on the icon and go to properties. Add a -d" to the end of the target line and click OK.
 

M2.5 x 5 mm, head diameter 6 mm  per this video. The GT-3WP is the same as the UV-9G

I don't know. Maybe. Sounds reasonable to me. I'm in the pulmonary stages of setting up. Once I get everything tested (SWR)..... I'll raise the antenna. I just wanted to make sure the RX/TX transceivers are ready. Appreciate it Steve. 

Es-yay. I-ay eak-spay ig-pay Atin-lay!
I gave part of a eulogy in pig Latin for my aunt Merle once. 

Es-yay. I-ay eak-spay ig-pay Atin-lay!
I gave part of a eulogy in pig Latin for my aunt Merle once. 

Ich muss meinem Bruder sagen, als er heute in Deutschland ankam…
och svenska också
 
Mmmm Ovaltine 😋

Gute idee! Für mir schmecht es gut!

Vergessen Sie nicht, Ihr Ovomaltine zu trinken!

El ingles no es obligatorio😉

One other thought, channel 22 is simplex (TX on 462.725) are you on the repeater equivalent which would/could be channel 30? Most GMRS Radio have the offset built into the repeater channels putting the actual TX at 467.725 and RX at 462.725. So if you were actually on channel 22 you would not be on the input frequency of the repeater.

Good call.

I don’t think you would go wrong with those choices. The KG-935G Plus is just a great radio. I grab that more often than not. I think the KG-UV9PX being the ham sister to the KG-UV9GX and superheterodyne is a good ham choice. I’ve been eyeing that as well. If I could help you spend your money 😂 and you clearly spend time outdoors, I’d say give a look at the KG-S88G as well. It doesn’t have all the bands others have but it’s a superheterodyne and waterproof (IP67) GMRS for when it’s wet and muddy out. 
 
I have the Nagoya NA-771G and I feel it’s my best GMRS HT antenna, though at 15” it’s a bit unwieldy so I use the almost as good NA-701G at 5.5”. To be honest the stock antennas do seem pretty good. Just my opinion. Cheers, buying radios is fun and addictive. 😀

Wouxun KG-UV9GX GMRS SHTF (906 Channels)
GMRS Two-Way Radio & VHF/UHF “S#it Hits The Fan” Scanner Custom Programming Chart

No problem.  
I don’t really know of any long range shooting ranges, but I’m sure that they must have on in the Billings area. Try that HamStudy.  You can either do it as an app or for free on the website.