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Was a tester there for a minute, but I think the beta was pulled down and then brought back up again. Here’s a map issue, I’ve been traveling around the western side of the US and have been experiencing issues with selecting other sites on map. When searching for repeaters it will only show me one (the same) repeater when selecting another. Guess to be clearer; I see one repeater, select to see info, see info, (to be dramatic for example) select a different repeater from hundred miles away to see info and only shows me the first selected repeater and only that repeaters info for every site in the US I try to select.

So yes, moving a bit closer was the problem solver. If I remember correctly our handhelds at max are around 5 W output. We will later be placing a 50 W at our homebase and installing about the same in my truck if not, may be a 40 W beings this newfound hobby can definitely get expensive the deeper we dive. As mentioned earlier it was more than likely something super simple I was missing, getting just a bit closer to the repeater tower definitely was the case. Getting a little excited can do that for sure. I would eventually love to get another tower set up like we had back home to use for the rest of the family here. I thank everyone’s input and for taking the time to help steer me in the right direction. And the link for the RF Path reference is very much appreciated as well. I find this to be a very useful tool in the future.

That’s a good point. From what the map shows I’m about 5 miles or so from the coverage area. But I still scratch my head over that because when one transmits on that repeater tower, my wife could also hear their transmission from out of the coverage area. Is this possible because they’re using more power than what our handhelds are capable of? Edited input: I do want to thank you guys for the time you’ve put into this and helping me figure this out. I will attempt to do a more of a thorough test within the repeaters coverage range tomorrow and see what I come out with.

OK so I did try those two methods and I still have no audio being received on either side. Just to double check to make sure they were still capable of receiving transmission. I tried on regular GMRS channels to ensure the antennas or the components were not affected. Not sure if it’s helpful, but I’ll try to upload a short video of what my experience is when expecting to receive transmission from the other radio FullSizeRender.MOV

I was trying this from approximately 5 to 10 miles away when testing, when I first attempted, I tried from a block away then figured I’d get more distance. I forgot to mention that. I was trying to confirm transmition via cell phone while on the radios. At first I thought I loaded the data incorrectly, but upon double checking on both attempts. I figured I would turn here. I’m sure it’s something super small I missing.

I do apologize in advance (beings my first time on forums). I have a Boafeng UV 9G and been successful in the past with connecting to repeater towers. We have recently moved and decided to connect our two radios (both the same models) to a repeater tower to ensure a coverage of 80+ miles when apart from home. I can transmit and receive seemingly with no issues. Unless I’m trying to communicate to the other handheld radio. The input and output is 100.0. I first tried setting the tone mode to tone with 100 in and with 100 out. My connection to the repeater tower was successful but no audio on the other radio was established, other than when releasing the transmit button. I then realized it was possible, I needed to set the tone mode to cross. But when selecting both at 100.0 the tone mode switched to TSQL. I figured that’s the way it needed to be so I left it so. Still with the end result with no audio between the two radios, but still on the end result of being able to transmit and receive from others, but not between the two radios.