Hello. I am a bit of a 'new' GMRS user (Licensed: WRAM363). We've been using them for communication for our family fine with non DCS/CTCSS settings. However, I'm interested in expanding my knowledge/use for emergency preparedness, etc. I have a Midland MXT400 in my truck and one for home. I've got a few handhelds from Midland and Uniden for normal GMRS. I just got a Btech GMRS V1 as I am interested in extending range by using repeaters (and have permission from a few to test). One of the repeaters that I was given permission for uses DCS 125. I am a little perplexed by the DCS/CTCSS settings though. I figured I'd try a few things "locally" to test it out. Still not much luck. I set the two radios as below and can't seem to get them to talk.
RPT22
GMRS
462.7250
467.7250
Midland MXT400 Setting: RPT 22 set on DCS 18 (which they say translates to 125 according to their manual)
Btech GMRS V1 Setting: RPT 22 set on Transmit and Receive for D122i which they say translates to 125...I’ve also so tried D125s with no luck
I've also tried using another repeater frequency/setup using CTCSS:
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Hello. I am a bit of a 'new' GMRS user (Licensed: WRAM363). We've been using them for communication for our family fine with non DCS/CTCSS settings. However, I'm interested in expanding my knowledge/use for emergency preparedness, etc. I have a Midland MXT400 in my truck and one for home. I've got a few handhelds from Midland and Uniden for normal GMRS. I just got a Btech GMRS V1 as I am interested in extending range by using repeaters (and have permission from a few to test). One of the repeaters that I was given permission for uses DCS 125. I am a little perplexed by the DCS/CTCSS settings though. I figured I'd try a few things "locally" to test it out. Still not much luck. I set the two radios as below and can't seem to get them to talk.
RPT22
GMRS
462.7250
467.7250
RPT20
GMRS
462.6750
467.6750
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