WRTN860

Update: I tried the suggested experiments using the Repeater of interest, Gray625. Nothing worked. Tried another Repeater, still nothing. Then I tried a 3rd Repeater that was within range and it remarked that it is one of the oldest repeaters on-line. I setup RPT-20 with the correct tones and Voila, I got an acknowledgment from the Repeater, then setup the other radio and can get both to Tx, Rx. I kept it on the channel and listened to a conversation between a couple of radio aficionados. So my setup and understanding works. Thanks I reached out to the tower owner of the other Repeaters that are closer to me that I can’t communicate with. He says he just communicated to that Repeater a day ago. Hmmm… Q) Could there be a set issue on his end that he’s not aware of and incorrectly published in the myGMRS.com repeater page? Q) Could the Tx/Rx frequencies be swapped and only his radios are setup to work? I will order the programming s/w and cable and create a channel where my Tx/Rx frequencies are swapped just to test my theory. Any other thoughts, ideas? Thanks for all the help and guidance.

Thanks for confirming my understanding. I will try resetting the radios to factory defaults and try again. I will also try the experiment you suggested. The KG-905G has Repeater channels already programming as RPTR16 ~ 22 and it does show the Rx / Tx frequencies as being 5MHz apart, as they should be. So I am thinking/expecting to just find the RPRTxx channel that matches the Repeater I want to talk with, add the appropriate CTCSS tone codes and I should be all set. Seems like I'm still missing something. I'll mess around with it this weekend and check back. Many Thanks!

I am definitely close enough as I was able to ping the repeater with a previous HH unit. Here's the repeater of interest: Is 462.625MHz the Repeater Tx or Rx frequency? Thanks.

Greetings!! Ok, got my GMRS license. Purchased two KG-905G’s, watched a bunch of videos, etc. But for the life of me I can’t get the radio setup to talk to a Repeater. It seems like the Rx and Tx frequencies need to be reversed. The KG-905G comes already setup with repeater channels. I know the input and output tones for the repeater but nothing works. Do I really need to swap frequencies with the programming software? Anything else I’m possibly missing? Thanks in advance for any help on this subject. -David WRTN860