[Repeater range question]

On 4/28/2022 at 8:26 AM, SemperFiGuy said:

Charles.  Recommendation.  Ditch the Rx ctcss code, just use the Tx ctcss code.  Next, and I've done this before, drive towards the Repeater until you are certain that you are within 5 of so miles from it with a clear path to the repeater from your location.  Then transmit, identifying yourself (WRQC411) and ask for a radio check.  Assuming the host repeater is programmed the way they are normally programmed, you should hear a "Kerchunk" shortly after your Tx and may even hear a station identification in morse code or other code shortly after your Tx.  Hopefully someone is monitoring the Repeater, hears your request for a radio check, and responds accordingly.  The key to this exercise is to definitively confirm that you're hitting the Repeater.  

Let us know how you make out.

Do you have to use codes to use an open repeater?  The tones for WQYS795 in Tarboro NC show "input and output tones are 67.0 Hz" and it is an open system.  My MXT275 has a CTCSS code 1 for 67.09 Hz.  Are these the same thing?  And like I said, my gmrs has 67.09 but not 67.0, don't know if that matters on analog?  Anyway, I haven't been able to make contact verification.