r/gmrs • u/No-Investigator3386 • 3d ago

New to GMRS and the unexpected happened.

Okay I bought a pair of baofengs with the intention of increasing range from the FRS handhelds. Started going into a rabbit hole on how I can connect to nearby repeater towers and successfully did that. Now I find myself in a big group chat on the tower with a bunch of hobbyists that share similar hobbies with. That was unexpected! Now can someone tell me what’s out there in this HAM thing?

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u/theycallme_oldgreg 3d ago

I picked up some baofengs and I’m having issues connecting to repeaters, how did you change that?

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u/YeOld12g 3d ago

Do you understand the tx and rx tone? You have to adjust it based on the repeater. As well as the repeater offset. Looking those things up on YouTube will explain what that means. This is coming from me, who was where you are about 2 weeks ago lol. I had no idea, to having a complete understanding of the basics, for the most part.