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This could be right ^^^ I keep two different programming cables plugged into my computer and sometimes select the wrong one in Chirp which becomes immediately apparent when it won’t see the radio I’m attempting to connect with.

Are you sure you are uploading the correct radio file? Try downloading from the radio again and make changes to that file and upload to radio. I’m in the habit now of downloading from the radio twice, using one file to change and one to bail me out when I screw something up. Hope this helps.

None of which is official or even remotely a standard other than the basic channel set up as lined out by the FCC. Just saying. I can hazard a guess at where you got your radio (BSR). I wouldn’t put much belief in thinking everyone else has a radio that is set up this way or that there are some hard fast rules to its program. I have one from there as well. First thing I did was dump most of the preprogrammed channels and load my own.

Haa, lol what he said. You are quick

That's what you will see when you open the program. Now hook up your radio and select download from radio and choose your radio make and model from the drop down menu at the top of your screen .

that's for windows is it not?

macOS Intel and Apple Silicon macOS, but requires installation of Python 2.7 this is what worked for me.

As another Mac user I prefer Chirp. I have an old XP laptop if I need it. When I use Chirp on a Mac I just don't have any issues like when using the manufactures software on Windows (getting the damn program to recognize a port, finding the correct driver). Chirp just works.

Something you may or may not have thought of take a look at the map and click on stale or offline repeaters (small gear upper left). This could avoid choosing a frequency that potentially might come back on line or be on line. I see this one that looks offline near you LAKE NORMAN CORNELIUS and of course this one is active HUNTERSVILLE BIRKDALE 675.

Mine seems to be painted black and it looks like Blue Loctite was used. If it rust I'll hit it with some Scotch Brite and give it a blast of paint.

In addition to info from @OffRoaderX and because you mentioned that you can transmit in frequency mode, if you are transmitting on 462.675 you also won't hit a repeater. 462.675 is a repeater receive frequency (or simplex channel 20). Your repeater channels will have the +5 offset automatically set. In this case it puts your transmit at 467.675. When you transmit on a repeater channel your other radio won't hear it unless you hit the repeater because your other radio is not receiving on the frequency that you are transmitting on. I hope that helps.

It is looking to me like the radio has issues that it likely came with. I would try doing a full reset (menu 40) and if that doesn't clear up the issue send it back.

One more thought… you say you were entering a repeater in the radio. If you did this on channels 15 and 17, those are not repeater channels. They are the simplex channels that have the same RX as their repeater channel counterparts. It’s possible something is wrong in the programming.

One possibility is some Baofeng radios have been coming without the ability to use channel 15. There is a post here of people having issues with channel 15. Do you know for sure that the problem wasn’t there before you changed anything in Chirp? You may have to send them back. If you suspect an issue in your Chirp programming if you show us a screenshot we can look it over. Another possibility that may be happening is if two radios are to close to each other they will desense each other and not receive. You may need to move them further apart. Go outside and get 30’ or 40’ between them. Though if it’s only a problem on the one channel I don’t think that’s your problem.

At least in my area most ham repeater traffic is 70cm or 2m which there are countless duel band radios. One is exactly like the GMRS radio you have already. The ability to hit a simulcast repeater system that pretty much covers most of the county including areas that dont have cell or GMRS is a big plus for me. One reason I got my Ham license was because I was limited in my reach with GMRS when it came to hiking or rural offroad areas near me. One such area was just asked about in another thread. There's no GMRS repeater reaching out there but on Ham it's as good as at home. All that said I started with GMRS and see value in both and would recommend spending some time with it first. Get to know your area, maybe set some local ham repeaters in your GMRS radios to listen to and see if you find benefit in Ham down the road a bit. You will be the best judge of what you want. Mostly you don't have to do it all or do it all at once. As for HF, I haven't indulged as of yet but I keep hearing how 10 meters is going crazy right now... crap another radio purchase awaits.

Ham offers more frequencies, more options to explore as a hobby, more repeater coverage, while GMRS offers ease of use with family and friends that have no interest in radios other than to communicate. One may help you get assistance where there is no cell coverage while the other may help you spot that tire placement off road or keep you in touch with your wife at camp while you paddle a kayak around the lake. Is one better? Sure the one you need to do the thing you want in the moment. I fully am in favor of both.

The *KG-Q332 is the euro version of the KG-Q10H. If you get one you want the KG-Q10H for the US. It is quad band, super het, ip67 and a solid radio (now that they fixed it). It is a slow scan if that matters to you, much slower than my KG-UV9PX. A google search will show that both of these can have GMRS and Murs enabled. I let you decide what the rules say. The KG-Q10H has a beta for Chirp at the present moment. *at least that’s my understanding.

This ^^^!!!

As @OffRoaderX laid out those are the steps. Without knowing what was done exactly you may be at the point where doing a reset on the radio and starting over is your best bet. If you had chirp we could look at the program and see what happened but we’re just guessing at this point. Again the beep noise when pressing the PTT and in channel mode is an indication that you are trying to TX out of frequency.

I don’t normally program front of radio but I think the following information will be correct for you. The beep you hear likely means your TX is out of frequency. A couple thoughts come to mind for me. The radio automatically sets the TX for repeater channels with the required +5 offset. If you programmed the input frequency with the offset already then it may be off do to this. Also does the frequency you programmed belong on repeater channel one (462.550)? I don’t believe you need to program repeaters in VFO mode. The preset repeater channels already have the appropriate frequency so you just need to pick the right repeater channel in channel mode and set the tones. The last thing I can think of is this radio won’t TX in VFO mode, only in channel mode. I hope this helps.

I can also confirm first hand that MXTA26 is a great antenna.

I’ve not picked up any GMRS out there.

Welcome @WROG783

@Tiercel After you download from the radio in chirp select settings (in the top center of the page next to memories). Different radios will give you different options in the settings portion but this one is there for your Baofeng UV-9G. You’ll also find things like the ability to put a name on the radio screen. I don’t have it in front of me right now or I’d do another screen shot for you. You may not need to mess with it but if you do it’s there and you can change the amount the squelch is set at. The 0-9 is the setting you can change from the front of the radio, the other numbers are the squelch setting for each of the 0-9. A little higher number and the squelch needs more signal to open. “0” is always the least which is open squelch so you hear all the noise. GMRS is the UHF settings. If you find you want to adjust your squelch settings I would start with what’s already programmed in the radio first. It may have come set at something like 6 so you likely have some room to play with before deciding to change it in chirp. I hope this helps.