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How do you know it’s not working?   How far from the repeater are you?   Do you have line of sight?   What antenna are you using and how high up is it 

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20 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

How do you know it’s not working?   How far from the repeater are you?   Do you have line of sight?   What antenna are you using and how high up is it 

The repeater is not in line of site . It about 5 miles away. I’m using the midland antenna that connected on my vehicle . I’m new to using GMRS 

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10 hours ago, Inspector2017 said:

How close do you need to be usually? 

It's not how close. It's how well can you see it.

I mean, not literally. I can't see an antenna 50 miles away from me. But there's nothing but clear air between me and it.
Down in a canyon you'll be lucky to get out 1/4 mile because you're surrounded. Trees are often a middle ground. Signal can get out further than being down in a hole, but not nearly as far as in clear air.

Do you have another radio you can test with to see if you can talk through that repeater on it?

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