Getting Rugged Radio GMR2 to Communicate over Repeater with Baofeng UV-5X (UV-5G)

[WRPB528]

Hello, I am curious as to why my 2 gmrs radios are having trouble comunicating even though their respective settings are the same.

The Rugged GMR2 can communicate with the Baofeng UV-5G but the Baofeng can't communicate with the Rugged GMR2 (The Baofeng recieves the audio, but it can't transmit)

 

What am i doing wrong here?

 

Thanks,

Galanary 

[KAF6045]

SHOW us screen grabs of the settings from programming software.

Also -- your subject states via repeater, but the text says nothing about repeaters, giving the impression that the problem is just radio to radio.

What does "it can't transmit" mean? Does pushing PTT fail to activate the transmitter? Or do you mean nothing else is receiving the signal that IS being transmitted.

First step is to get the two radios to talk to each other WITHOUT the repeater -- then phase in repeater settings.

• Start with NO TONES set; verify the two can talk simplex mode
• Set a Tx tone, but leave Rx tone alone (you should still be able to hear each radio)
• Set Rx tone to match Tx tone (for the Rugged, this may mean turning OFF the previous Tx tone and setting the "both" option, as it has three menu entries: both, Rx, Tx) -- the two radios should still hear each other in simplex
• If, as your subject implies, a repeater is desired, set the repeater mode on each radio.
• Set the repeater input tone (Tx), leave Rx tone off
• Verify the radios can open squelch on the repeater -- they should still hear each other as no tone is being tested for on receive
• Set Tx/Rx tones for the repeater
• Verify the two radios can still hear each other via the repeater.

[Borage257]

Make sure the radios are far enough apart so they won’t desense each other.