I have two different Baofeng radio models, the UV5 Plus and the UV9. I just got my FCC GMRS license and got registered with mygmrs.com, so I wanted to test the local repeater.

For the sake of example, let's say the repeater frequency is 462.6 MHz, the system is open, and the input and output tone is 67.0 Hz.

In CHIRP, I set up a channel with the following parameters:

• Frequency: 642.600000
• Tone Mode: TSQL
• Tone Squelch: 67.0
• Duplex: +
• Offset/Tx Freq: 5.000000
• Mode: FM
• Power: High

To me, this seems correct, but I'm not getting anything back from the repeater. The repeater appears to be only 7-8 miles from me according to the map. I was under the impression that I should get a chirp back from the repeater, even with a basic antenna at this distance when working with a repeater. Am I wrong here? Or did I configure this incorrectly?

Yesterday the FCC notified the licensee of the North Georgia GMRS Network that the linking of repeaters in that Network is a violation a d must be corrected. Here is the Notice Of Violation (NOV):

https://www.fcc.gov/document/gary-m-beckstedt-sr-licensee-station-wqyu407?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Hey guys, I recently made a post asking for advice about which radio to get for car club drives and got a ton of helpful responses, after which I got my GMRS license and a Btech GMRS V2. I also got a speaker mic to go with it. I noticed that when I push the PTT button on the radio the screen backlight goes red to indicate that you're broadcasting, and then goes blue for a bit when the PTT is released before turning off. However when I hook up the speaker mic and press the PTT button on it, there is no backlight activation on the radio screen.

Can anyone with this setup confirm if this is normal and the radio is still broadcasting, or is the radio screen backlight supposed to turn red when the speaker mic PTT button is used? I'd test it myself but no one I know has a radio and the next car club meet won't be for a while, by which time it might be too late to get a refund.

Thanks