setup to connect with repeater

[WSHG974]

Im new to gmrs radio and have the Baofeng UV-5G PLUS and the manuel is pretty much useless.

i want to set ip up to use a repeater in my area I have all the information and permission to use it as its a open repeater 

freq is 462.725mhz

input tone dpl365

output tone 218.1 mz

any help would be great !

Thanks in advance

WSHG974

 

[TDM827]

I don't have a Baofeng, but there are tons of how to videos on YouTube on how to use them. I am sure you will get some great info here as well. Best of Luck.

[OffRoaderX]

• Select the correct repeater channel which in this case would be REPEATER Channel 22 
• Go into the menus and find the TX DPL/DTC setting and select 365 from the list
• Ignore the RX/Output tone for now as it is optional and you are already confused enough

That's it - should take a total of about 20 seconds.

I found this random video on Youtube that explains step by step exactly what you want to do using a UV-5GPlus:

 

[TDM827]

50 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

• Select the correct repeater channel which in this case would be REPEATER Channel 22 - you may have to resort to reading the user-manual to see how it is listed/labeled for your radio.
• Go into the menus and find the TX DPL/DTC setting and select 365 from the list
• Ignore the RX/Output tone for now as it is optional and you are already confused enough

That's it - should take a total of about 20 seconds.

I found this random video on Youtube that explains step by step exactly what you want to do using a UV-5GPlus:

 

WSHG974, If you already  haven't figured it out OffroaderX,s youtube channel, "Not a Rubicon" is a good place to start learning if you are new to GMRS  

[WSHG974]

2 hours ago, TDM827 said:

I don't have a Baofeng, but there are tons of how to videos on YouTube on how to use them. I am sure you will get some great info here as well. Best of Luck.

Thank you for your help I have been watching some but nothing about the plus 

also would you know about the same question for a Radioddity GM-30 PLUS ? I have both and end up the same results with both Im pretty sure its me not getting something set right,

[WSHG974]

Thank you for your help I have been watching some but nothing about the plus 

also would you know about the same question for a Radioddity GM-30 PLUS ? I have both and end up the same results with both Im pretty sure its me not getting something set right,

[WSHG974]

34 minutes ago, TDM827 said:

WSHG974, If you already  haven't figured it out OffroaderX,s youtube channel, "Not a Rubicon" is a good place to start learning if you are new to GMRS  

Thank you so much for your help !!!!!!

[OffRoaderX]

1 minute ago, WSHG974 said:

would you know about the same question for a Radioddity GM-30 PLUS ?

The basic steps are exactly the same.. 

Also, you have to ensure that you are close enough to the repeater to actually activate/use it - just because you can hear it does not mean it can hear you.

[Socalgmrs]

Get a programming cable and use chirp.   

[WRUU653]

1 hour ago, Socalgmrs said:

Get a programming cable and use chirp.   

And then what? Radioddity GM-30 plus is not Chirp supported at this time. 

[TDM827]

Are you using a programming cable or trying to program through the radio itself. For my Radioddity GS-5B both computer and blue tooth programing are pretty intuitive and easy to figure out.

Not sure if the GM-30 is blue tooth capable, but they do offer programming cables. 

As OffRoaderX brought up. It sounds pretty basic, but is your repeater fairly close? Sometimes hitting a repeater from a handheld can be a challenge especially from inside your house.

  

 

[WSHG974]

20 hours ago, TDM827 said:

WSHG974, If you already  haven't figured it out OffroaderX,s youtube channel, "Not a Rubicon" is a good place to start learning if you are new to GMRS  

Thank you so much for your help !!!!!!

I ordered the programing cable will try it when it comes

the repeater a pretty close to my location so I dont think that should be a problum I just dont know what menus to use for the inputs Im not the brightest crayon in the box yet Still learning and all the help I get is great ! Thank you to everyone

 

[SteveShannon]

44 minutes ago, WSHG974 said:

Thank you so much for your help !!!!!!

I ordered the programing cable will try it when it comes

the repeater a pretty close to my location so I dont think that should be a problum I just dont know what menus to use for the inputs Im not the brightest crayon in the box yet Still learning and all the help I get is great ! Thank you to everyone

 

Page 32 of the manual tells which menus to use to set the transmitting CTCSS or DCS.  Menu 8 or 9, depending on which you need.

[WRTC928]

On 3/8/2025 at 12:38 PM, TDM827 said:

WSHG974, If you already  haven't figured it out OffroaderX,s youtube channel, "Not a Rubicon" is a good place to start learning if you are new to GMRS  

It's not a good place to start if you're easily butthurt, however. 

[TDM827]

2 hours ago, WRTC928 said:

It's not a good place to start if you're easily butthurt, however. 

LOL, I prefer to think of it as dry humor with some sarcasm added in to keep people from taking themselves to serious.  

[WSHL996]

On 3/8/2025 at 10:44 AM, WSHG974 said:

Im new to gmrs radio and have the Baofeng UV-5G PLUS and the manuel is pretty much useless.

i want to set ip up to use a repeater in my area I have all the information and permission to use it as its a open repeater 

freq is 462.725mhz

input tone dpl365

output tone 218.1 mz

any help would be great !

Thanks in advance

WSHG974

 

Hi

Channel 28 is preprogrammed for that frequency, just configure the following 

Input tone - menu item 12 (T-CTCSS)
Output tone - menu item 10 (R-CTCSS) 

You may also do it via software

Input tone - TX CTS
Output tone - RX CTS