Retevis RT22 can not receive transmission from Midland GTS 3000 on any channel. Midland can receive the RT22 transmissions fine .

[WSIP539]

I have two Retevis RT22 FRS radios.  I recently bought 2 Midland GXT 3000.  I can receive and transmit between the FRS radios fine as well as the GMRS radio but can only receive from the RT22.  I see that it receives a signal from the Midland but can not hear any transmission.

[SteveShannon]

9 minutes ago, WSIP539 said:

I have two Retevis RT22 FRS radios.  I recently bought 2 Midland GXT 3000.  I can receive and transmit between the FRS radios fine as well as the GMRS radio but can only receive from the RT22.  I see that it receives a signal from the Midland but can not hear any transmission.

You most likely have a CTCSS tone or DTCSS code set on receive on the Midland that differs from the RT22 transmit. 

[OffRoaderX]

16 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

You most likely have a CTCSS tone or DTCSS code set on receive

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[WSIP539]

How do I find out the tone set on a RT22?  To my knowledge there is no way to get that.  The owner manual does not have anything on codes.  

[SteveShannon]

3 minutes ago, WSIP539 said:

How do I find out the tone set on a RT22?  To my knowledge there is no way to get that.  The owner manual does not have anything on codes.  

I googled the manual. They’re called QT and DQT on page 05 of the manual. QT will be the tones. DQT will be the codes. I would provide more information if I had one in my hand to try the different buttons and see what does what, but I guess you will have to do that. 

[BoxCar]

The Retevis CPS will display the default tones shipped on the radio. I don't remember how you disable the tone or if it was even possible on those radios.

[SteveShannon]

Here’s a video that describes programming the rt22:

 

[WSIP539]

Thanks for all the assistance.  I now need to get a cable to program.  Is the cable a standard that I can just order from Amazon?

[WSIP539]

I found what I needed,  Thanks again.

[Majik]

Could also be Wide Band vs Narrow Band. (You should use Narrow). 

[LeoG]

The guy in the video made a mistake.  He confused the 467Mhz channels with the 462Mhz channels with the same frequency past the decimal.  As long as the radio is used on the 467Mhz frequencies the 2 watt output is legal.  It might not even be capable of accessing those frequencies.

[dosw]

2 hours ago, Majik said:

Could also be Wide Band vs Narrow Band. (You should use Narrow). 

That wouldn't prevent one from hearing the other over simplex within range.

[SteveShannon]

11 hours ago, LeoG said:

The guy in the video made a mistake.  He confused the 467Mhz channels with the 462Mhz channels with the same frequency past the decimal.  As long as the radio is used on the 467Mhz frequencies the 2 watt output is legal.  It might not even be capable of accessing those frequencies.

I’m not sure what you think he got wrong, and it’s certainly possible, but there are no 467 MHz range channels in FRS which allow 2 watts. 8-24 are in the 467 MHz range, but they’re limited to only 0.5 watts ERP.  The 462 MHz channels 1-7 and 15-22 are two watts.  

The eight 467 MHz Main Channels in GMRS (generally reserved for repeater inputs, Fixed Stations, and short term testing) are not allowed in FRS.

[LeoG]

He was pointing out the channels that he thought were in that range, all of them are 467MHz channels and none of the channels in the radio were 467MHz.  His mistake was he looked after the decimal and matched up the 467MHz frequency when there are also 462MHz frequencies with the same decimal frequency.

There are no .5 watt channels in the radio.

[Majik]

On 7/1/2025 at 2:09 AM, dosw said:

That wouldn't prevent one from hearing the other over simplex within range.

One would think, but I’ve had some Baofengs that just wouldn’t connect unless the width setting was aligned.