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Here is a list of the numbers for Midland tones

What if, and this is strictly hypothetical mind you... you were just to follow the rules? No enforcement letter needed.

Sounds right. I’m certain I saw one on a Jeep. It wasn’t a rubicon though.

I prefer to refer to it as the Randy Beep.

You will need to contact Rich aka @rdunajewski to do this but it is possible as others have done this before.

I’m guessing you are right about that. Still not a bad call sign though.

Welcome to Mygmrs @DarrylLicht

Welcome to the forum @WRYQ685 and @WRYQ274 … When you go to the map page click on the little gear in the upper left hand corner and select stale and offline repeaters. Frequently when a repeater owner hasn’t updated their info to the site their repeater will fall off the map into the stale category but will still be available. It looks like there are several more repeaters on the island and some open with great coverage. Aloha.

I do not have this particular Boofwang (nod to Randy) but when I use chirp on another Baofeng I can and do use the duplex off selection in Chirp to prevent keying up on frequencies I want locked out. Yes, it works for my radio at least and to clarify I put it in the OFF position in Chirp as opposed to leaving it blank.

Fair enough. For the record my post was not meant as personal.

I have the same experience where I am as well. My My concern though isn't that you don't have another channel to use, it is with linked repeaters you may be stepping on other people using simplex and not know it. You might not even be on the same frequency or even in the same state. There are a limited number of frequencies in GMRS and as the FCC says "You must cooperate in the selection and use of the channels in order to make the most effective use of them and to reduce the possibility of interference". It's not as simple as if you don't like them stay off of them. It's not that I'm totally against linked repeaters, part of the reason I recently went for my ham license was so I could use linked repeaters and be able to reach out anywhere in my area (hiking or offroad) especially where the cell service drops out.

There's no need to be angry. I can see you have a personal attachment to this subject. So do you think it's cool for a GMRS repeater network where if someone keys up on one channel that they are also being transmitted in the same area on other channels/frequencies tying up two or three channels in the same area or other areas for that matter? This isn't hypothetical, it's been described as much in another thread where an individual is transmitting on one repeater and hearing on another channel because they are linked by repeaters. As I see it unless you are monitoring all of the other frequencies you wouldn't even know if you are stepping on other simplex transmissions. I mean it seems worth a conversation to take into consideration there are other people that like to talk on radios too and people on simplex have just as much right to the frequencies as those on repeaters.

... and if they want amateur radio why not go and get it? thank you for the laugh, got to clean up this coffee now.

I have a thought on a particular use case where I think having a linked GMRS repeater is okay (in my opinion) and that would be within the same local area on the same frequency with the same tones to get better coverage within that area. I'm not talking across a whole state but more like within the same county to get to places where the terrain or perhaps smaller wattage repeaters could help each other to cover a community.

There could be something happening with the Capilla repeater I suppose. It’s cool you can hit Caballo. With the repeaters antennas on mountains you’d be surprised how far and clear you can hit. Saturday morning I reached a local repeater where I live from 70 miles out because I was up on a mountain and had line of site. You may already be aware of this site but if not this is the tool I use to check line of site around me.

Looks like you are in the cross hairs of three repeaters. All different frequencies and different tones too. So that’s why you are heard on one. Then with no RX tone set on the other you can hear on that one but since it’s not the same tone as the other repeater you aren’t getting in. Go and look at the tones for each repeater. Program your repeater channels according to each repeater’s settings and you should be good to go. Good luck. Side note, this was kind of a unique problem. Most areas don’t have linked repeaters on GMRS within range of each other and on different frequencies with different tones. Because it’s linked, a transmission on one frequency is potentially tying up other frequencies in the same area at the same time. Kind of messy.

Okay now we are getting somewhere. There's like two dozen repeaters that are part of the SWCRS system and they are not all on the same frequency. It is likely that you are being heard on one and you are hearing on another and the tones may not be exactly the same. So no, they are not the same repeater if they are on different frequencies they are different repeaters. They are likely linked via the interwebs, the dubya dubya dubya, the great tubalicious. "All SWCRS repeaters are part of a linked network unless noted otherwise; a transmission on one repeater will be heard on all other repeaters within that service". You need to look at them as separate. figure out which one you can reach and make sure you have the proper tones set for TX and RX. Personaly I'm not a fan of such linking... talk about tying up frequencies. Just because you can dosn't mean you should but I digress, maybe I'm missing somthing here, maybe it's less busy out there...

One doesn’t have anything to do with the other. They are separate channels, separate frequencies. Separate repeaters. The tones on one are irrelevant to the other. It only matters that you match the tones the repeater is set for. With this in mind I would focus on one repeater at a time. One problem at a time. The Two channel thing is confusing the issue. First thing that strikes me is a common denominator of the problems. One more thought. As I understand it all your problems are with the Midland. Have you considered the tones numbers are not the same as the Wouxun? What I mean here is are you dealing in the same tone frequency (not number) as the Wouxun? Can you hear others on either repeater when you are in simplex?

Okay I absolutely miss read this. I was reading it as frequency 575 as in 462.575 or channel 16. I now realize you meant the Midland 575

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying here. Are you using repeater channels to program or are you on a simplex channel. Channel 16 is not a repeater channel. It is simplex. Repeater have the same frequencies but repeater channels will have the offset built in. No need to change the frequency to account for offset. Repeater channels are generally channels 23-30, 30-38… I re-read your post where you say you are on repeater channel 16. So if I misinterpreted what you were saying I mean no disrespect. Just trying to clarify.

Or not. I wouldn’t say I’ve been here a long time but I still agree with the sentiment that GMRS is intended for shorter distances and more user friendly for family and friends. As @OffRoaderX mentioned it is stated as much by the FCC. I also see nothing wrong with seeing how far you can reach, I think we all do that (my personal best on GMRS to date,70 miles. Yesterday ). As for linking GMRS repeaters across vast distances, I see no need to use up GMRS frequencies for this. Different uses for different radio services. Like @marcspaz I have also made friends over GMRS and this encouraged me to also get my ham license, or duel citizenship as @WRQC527 calls it (I like that ). That way I can play in both sandboxes. I see them as different. I would encourage those that want more than GMRS is intended for to do the same. Take a test, join a broader service and link away. Just my thoughts.

Welcome to the forum @WRYK544, it sounds like you are off to a good start with some knowledge, capable radios and a wife with an interest in radios.

100% what @OffRoaderX said. That's the quickest and easiest way. I would also note that if you have a number of favorite channels (like local repeaters) you have the option to add them as a Favorite Channel in menu 41 and then use one of the programmable side keys to scroll through your favorites.

Welcome @WRYM553 enjoy but @WRXD372 is more right than you know. You can spend plenty without going “full on ham”

Thanks for fixing these @rdunajewski