Recoilx

Thank you so much for the information! Makes a lot more sense to me now!

Thanks for the feedback. I am not sure what I was expecting either lol. I was under the impression we could at least speak up to 3 miles in the suburbs. Why would the NOAA channels come in easier on my UV-82HP vs the UV-9G? The UV-82HP is stronger? Still learning all of this, sorry.

Ok that makes sense. My other question is, when my wife and I try simplex on GMRS CHannel 16, I'm in my car and my wife is at the house. It looks like the max distance we can hear each other is .5 - 1 mile. We live in a regular neighborhood. Is that normal? Should I invest in a stronger antennae or is the UV-9G just a cheap radio that won't give me longer range using simplex?

I set my wifes UV-9G and my UV-9G to the same repeater and we can't hear each other, but again, I can't tell if I'm even hitting it. I'm not familiar with a lot of the tech, I just watched a youtube of how to connect to a GMRS repeater and thought I did it right, but I can't tell if i'm too far away or if there is interference, etc. I also don't receive the NOAA channels easily like I do on my UV-82HP. Maybe the stock antennas that came with the radios isn't good?

Roughly 32-34 miles Do I need to set a receiving tone if the repeater info on mygmrs.com has an "output" tone of 250.3mhz?

I'm new to this hoppy so please pardon the stupid question. I'm using a new UV-9G and trying to connect to a local Tampa Bay Repeater (Repeater Name: Tampa Bay 700). On the mygmrs.com page, it lists the repeater as "Open" type and provides the Frequency, Input Tone and Output tone. The repeater uses frequency 462.700, so on my UV-9G that equates to the repeater frequency on channel 29. I went into chirp and added the 250.3hz input tone and left all other settings as is (Except for the repeater name which I customized). Once I upload the new setting to the UV-9G, I checked the menu/settings and I confirmed that the tone for T-CTCS is saved as 250.3hz. When I test transmit to the repeater, I don't get any noise or confirmation sounds, just dead air, so I don't think I am hitting it. Am I doing anything wrong?