Receiving unable to transmit

[WRUC846]

Hey all I think I have my radio setup correctly but I don’t seem to be able to transmit, I have a tidradio td-h3, I programmed the Thompson station repeater into it and heard a few people but no one could hear me, any advice?

[SteveGibbs]

When you attempt to transmit, do you hear the repeater "squelch tail" (signal without modulation) for a few seconds after you release the PTT button?

[WRUC846]

42 minutes ago, SteveGibbs said:

When you attempt to transmit, do you hear the repeater "squelch tail" (signal without modulation) for a few seconds after you release the PTT button?

no i hear nothing when pressing transmit

[WRUC846]

did a full reset of my radio and tried on RPT4 and managed to get a rreply, now just need to figure out why when i program a repeater that its not working

[WSDV406]

What mode is your TD-H3 in (GMRS, HAM, Unlocked)? Do you have your repeater channel offsets setup properly?

[WRUC846]

12 minutes ago, WSDV406 said:

What mode is your TD-H3 in (GMRS, HAM, Unlocked)? Do you have your repeater channel offsets setup properly?

it is gmrs and yes i am sure, if i use the default channels it seems to work but if i use one i program myself it doesnt seem to work for some reason

[WSDV406]

2 hours ago, WRUC846 said:

it is gmrs and yes i am sure, if i use the default channels it seems to work but if i use one i program myself it doesnt seem to work for some reason

Interesting. I actually heard somebody on the Gallatin repeater this afternoon expressing that they were having the same issue. Was that you? I can't recall the call sign of the person that was expressing that issue.

I'll say this, I have a couple of h3's and a couple of h8's (and ive programmed several of both for other people), can I have had 1 lemon. It would receive wouldn't transmit, the programming wouldn't stick, and a few other weird issues.

So my first bit of advice to you would be order a new one and see if everything works as it should. If it does, then you simply just had a lemon.

My second bit of advice would be to unlock it. That's the way I use all of my h3 and H8 radios. See if things work right once the restrictions of GMRS mode are gone.

[WRUC846]

that was not me, not sure my h3 could reach gallatin from spring hill but i will see about tuning in and see if maybe i will pick something up or if need be get some thing with a bit more powerr

[WRUC846]

Wanted to update this, I have unlocked my H3 and programmed a few repeaters into it and can receive but not transmit, this thing is a dud and I plan to get something else, what that will be I don’t know yet, but thanks for the help so far

[WSDV406]

Hey there @WRUC846. Yeah I have to say ...... i own several tid radios. A couple of h3's. An h3 plus. A few h8's. I HAVE had a dud radio that did the exact thing you described. It would receive but no matter what i did, it would NOT transmit. Maybe you could order a new one on amazon and then return that "new one" because it didn't work. wink wink.

[WRUC846]

i thought of that but i would rather get a different brand 

[WSDV406]

i've had great luck with all but one dud from Tid Radio, personally. But the choice is yours, of course. What radio and/or brand ya looking at instead?

[WRUC846]

47 minutes ago, WSDV406 said:

i've had great luck with all but one dud from Tid Radio, personally. But the choice is yours, of course. What radio and/or brand ya looking at instead?

honestly not sure as i am still new to gmrs and these kind of radios

[WSDV406]

On 12/4/2025 at 9:55 PM, WRUC846 said:

honestly not sure as i am still new to gmrs and these kind of radios

well again -- except for one dud -- i've had great luck with the tidradio brand. Other than that, you could check out baeofeng, radtel, retevis, or so many other brands. If you want SPECIFIC radio recommendations, then please let us know what kind of criteria you're looking for, and we'll be able to advise you from a more informed perspective.

[WRUC846]

On 12/6/2025 at 10:31 PM, WSDV406 said:

well again -- except for one dud -- i've had great luck with the tidradio brand. Other than that, you could check out baeofeng, radtel, retevis, or so many other brands. If you want SPECIFIC radio recommendations, then please let us know what kind of criteria you're looking for, and we'll be able to advise you from a more informed perspective.

i have gone ahead and gotten the baofeng uv-5g two pack off of amazon, currently up near clarksville visiting family and am trying to reach the following repeater https://mygmrs.com/repeater/9572

[WSDV406]

53 minutes ago, WRUC846 said:

i have gone ahead and gotten the baofeng uv-5g two pack off of amazon, currently up near clarksville visiting family and am trying to reach the following repeater https://mygmrs.com/repeater/9572

Excellent. I can't hit that repeater from where I am, but I know we have several people that use it. @WSIY431 and @TheMeatTrapper I think use it here from our group. But let us know here if you can make contact with them or anyone else.

[WRUC846]

so i just checkked it again and someone said 15 days ago they couldnt reach it and mygmrs is telling me the closest one to me is in white house tn but that seems far away from me in adams tn, i also cannot get any programming software working with this radio, its either not listed or the software crashes when trying to do a handshake

[WSDV406]

10 minutes ago, WRUC846 said:

so i just checkked it again and someone said 15 days ago they couldnt reach it and mygmrs is telling me the closest one to me is in white house tn but that seems far away from me in adams tn, i also cannot get any programming software working with this radio, its either not listed or the software crashes when trying to do a handshake

Have you tried the Software from Baofeng itself? https://www.baofengradio.com/pages/download

[WRUC846]

1 minute ago, WSDV406 said:

Have you tried the Software from Baofeng itself? https://www.baofengradio.com/pages/download

yes i did and it doesnt list this one only the uv-5g pro

[WSDV406]

Also @WRUC846 -- if you're in Adams, TN I'd be trying to reach Gallatin 650. https://mygmrs.com/repeater/8271

I monitor that one all the time so I can help ya test on it.

[WSDV406]

2 minutes ago, WRUC846 said:

yes i did and it doesnt list this one only the uv-5g pro

I'd do a quick program file and see if it'll connect, read, and write just using the uv-5g pro selection (if you haven't already tried that).

[WRUC846]

13 minutes ago, WSDV406 said:

I'd do a quick program file and see if it'll connect, read, and write just using the uv-5g pro selection (if you haven't already tried that).

i did try that and it comes up with aan error saying it reads as a uv-5g and to select the correct model

 

EDIT i should have better read the error, it was showing as a different brand, switched to that brand (radioddity) and found my model and i am now able to program

[WSDV406]

1 hour ago, WRUC846 said:

EDIT i should have better read the error, it was showing as a different brand, switched to that brand (radioddity) and found my model and i am now able to program

Copy that bud. Well glad you're able to program with the OEM software for now. I'm monitoring gallatin 650 and brentwood 600 right now if you're around to test.

[WRUC846]

10 minutes ago, WSDV406 said:

Copy that bud. Well glad you're able to program with the OEM software for now. I'm monitoring gallatin 650 and brentwood 600 right now if you're around to test.

currently monitoring and transmitting on gallatin but so far nothing, i did make another post a while back about getting constant static on my tdh3 inside my inlaws house that goes away when i go outside, though even outside with my new ones i dont really hear anything, i did get a signal from the repeater which was morse code

[WSDV406]

27 minutes ago, WRUC846 said:

currently monitoring and transmitting on gallatin but so far nothing, i did make another post a while back about getting constant static on my tdh3 inside my inlaws house that goes away when i go outside, though even outside with my new ones i dont really hear anything, i did get a signal from the repeater which was morse code

Had to step away from the radio for a few. I'll be monitoring that frequency again at about 9pm for about an hour. I'll call out for you there at about 9pm.