Midland mxt400

[WRZT673]

Is anyone else having trouble making contacts on their Midland MXT400? I have had zero responses since I installed my radio in my Wrangler about 2 months ago. I have followed all procedures and instructions to set up repeater channels but can never hear a squelch tail nor can I get any response to a call or radio check. I live in Baton Rouge and we have 3 or 4 repeaters, that I have programmed into radio but zilch on responses. I hear local guys holding QSOs (at least I’m pretty sure they are local) but none of them answers my calls.

what am I missing? I’m pretty sure I’m missing something because I never hear a squelch tail like I do with my 2 meter/ 70 cm radios.  All tones are correct according to RepeaterBook for Baton Rouge repeaters.

[Guest]

Are you close enough to the repeater?   Do you know your radio even transmits?   Do you have a hand held and a buddy you could test it with?  What is your antenna set up?  How is you swr?   Is the coax ok? 

[WRZT673]

I am about 3 miles from repeater, and I have a hand held  Baofeng BF-F8HP but I do not hear anything from it. The meter lights up like it is receiving but I hear nothing. I do not have an SWRs meter or watt meter for UHF. 
I’m thinking that the MXT 400 is not transmitting, possibly has blown finals, and was purchased new from Right Channel Radio.

[WRUU653]

How close is your Baofeng to the MXT400? The radios could be getting desensed from each other. Especially the mobile could be overpowering the HT.  You will need to put some distance between them to test. 

[Guest]

59 minutes ago, WRZT673 said:

I am about 3 miles from repeater, and I have a hand held  Baofeng BF-F8HP but I do not hear anything from it. The meter lights up like it is receiving but I hear nothing. I do not have an SWRs meter or watt meter for UHF. 
I’m thinking that the MXT 400 is not transmitting, possibly has blown finals, and was purchased new from Right Channel Radio.

So if you walk the boofwang 100ft from the midland on a simplex channel it’s not transmitting?  

[WRZT673]

Okay guys, I used my hand held on a simplex channel and was able to  receive a good clean audio on the MXT400 at about 40 feet, but leaving the hand held at same distance, I got no audio transmitted from the MXT400. This confirms that there is no output from the MXT400. So I have decided to return the radio to Midland for a replacement or repair, since the radio is only 4 months old. Thanks for any and all of the responses. I’ll update the findings whenever I hear back from Midland support. Everett

[WRWD600]

You may have already ripped it out of your Jeep but I have the same radio. When trying to transmit out on a repeater channel make sure to switch the 'talk around' option in the menu off. 

[WRZT673]

Sir, I tested on several simplex channels and did not get any transmissions on either channel. Also note that yes,,, I programmed each simplex channel seperately. I have been doing radio ( both c.b. since ‘71 and amateur radio since 2000), so I’m pretty sure that I am doing things right….  

[back4more70]

4 minutes ago, WRZT673 said:

I have been doing radio ( both c.b. since ‘71 and amateur radio since 2000), so I’m pretty sure that I am doing things right….  

@OffRoaderX Randy, I think this message is for you