Inspector2017 Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 I have a Midland mxt575, has anyone set repeaters and tones on this particular model. I tried using the presets for the repeaters and tones and it doesn’t seem to be working. Quote
Socalgmrs Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 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 Quote
Inspector2017 Posted October 22 Author Report Posted October 22 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 Quote
Inspector2017 Posted October 22 Author Report Posted October 22 Midland antennae on one vehicle is the 6.6db the other vehicle has the 3db Both midland Quote
OffRoaderX Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 Yes, I have done it with multiple MXT575s and they all work fine. If it's not working then you are either out of range, or you are doing it wrong.. Drive closer and try again. Quote
Inspector2017 Posted October 22 Author Report Posted October 22 How close do you need to be usually? Quote
OffRoaderX Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 4 minutes ago, Inspector2017 said: How close do you need to be usually? I can hit a repeater 70 miles away because I have good line of sight to it. I have another repeater 2 miles from me that I can't hit, because it is not in my line of sight.. So the answer is "it depends" kirk5056, amaff, TrikeRadio and 1 other 4 Quote
amaff Posted October 22 Report Posted October 22 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? TrikeRadio, GreggInFL and SteveShannon 2 1 Quote
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