Hi all, newly minted GMRS license holder here. WSNK792 is my call.
Based out of Grand Island, NY.

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On 24 Jul 2026, Robert Wolfe said the following...

Hi all, newly minted GMRS license holder here. WSNK792 is my call.
Based out of Grand Island, NY.

congrats!

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On 24 Jul 2026, Robert Wolfe said the following...

Hi all, newly minted GMRS license holder here. WSNK792 is my call. Based out of Grand Island, NY.

congrats!

thank you. that's why i decided to pick up the echo. I've thought
about making my BBS radio themed because of that.

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Hello Robert,

...newly minted GMRS license holder here. WSNK792 is my call.

Congratulations! Welcome to the GMRS community from WSHL413.

What brought you to GMRS and how is your journey thus far?

73,
Jason KO6IOJ and WSHL413

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Hello Robert,

...newly minted GMRS license holder here. WSNK792 is my call.

Congratulations! Welcome to the GMRS community from WSHL413.

Thank you.,

What brought you to GMRS and how is your journey thus far?

I'm coming into gmrs from the 27MHZ AM band/aka CB Radio group. :) So
far it's been ok. Just trying to get my rig (A Baofeng UV-5R handheld)
set up right to play nicely with two local GNRS repeaeters.)

73,
Jason KO6IOJ and WSHL413

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--- Jason Brady wrote:

Hello Robert,

...newly minted GMRS license holder here. WSNK792 is my call.

Congratulations! Welcome to the GMRS community from WSHL413.

What brought you to GMRS and how is your journey thus far?

73,
Jason KO6IOJ and WSHL413

Hi Jason. The only issue I am having right now is not knowing if my Baofaeng UV-5R is even hitting the local GMRS repeaters I monitor.

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...Just trying to get my rig (A Baofeng UV-5R handheld) set up right to play nicely with two local GMRS repeaters.

For GMRS I have the Baofeng UV-5G handheld. Programming should be similar to the 5R. What software are you using? For the Baofeng I use CHIRP. Interestingly it identifies as "Radioddity UV-5G".

Repeater setup depends on the transmIt and receive tone requirements, and whether it uses CTCSS or DCS codes.

Is the repeater you're wanting to reach listed on mygmrs.com? I can look it up and suggest CHIRP settings that should work for your radio.

You may want to search Youtube for GMRS repeater setup videos. Good info there as well.

73,
Jason KO6IOJ and WSHL413

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--- Jason Brady wrote:

...Just trying to get my rig (A Baofeng UV-5R handheld) set up right to play nicely with two local GMRS repeaters.

For GMRS I have the Baofeng UV-5G handheld. Programming should be similar to the 5R. What software are you using? For the Baofeng I use CHIRP. Interestingly it identifies as "Radioddity UV-5G".

Repeater setup depends on the transmIt and receive tone requirements, and whether it uses CTCSS or DCS codes.

Is the repeater you're wanting to reach listed on mygmrs.com? I can look it up and suggest CHIRP settings that should work for your radio.

You may want to search Youtube for GMRS repeater setup videos. Good info there as well.

73,
Jason KO6IOJ and WSHL413

It's listed but I cant find a place to doiwnload chirp from that does not nag you to download something else unrelated first.
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--- Jason Brady wrote:

...Just trying to get my rig (A Baofeng UV-5R handheld) set up right to play nicely with two local GMRS repeaters.

For GMRS I have the Baofeng UV-5G handheld. Programming should be similar to the 5R. What software are you using? For the Baofeng I use CHIRP. Interestingly it identifies as "Radioddity UV-5G".

Repeater setup depends on the transmIt and receive tone requirements, and whether it uses CTCSS or DCS codes.

Is the repeater you're wanting to reach listed on mygmrs.com? I can look it up and suggest CHIRP settings that should work for your radio.

Actually, it is. It is: https://mygmrs.com/repeater/9220
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RW> Actually, it is. It is: https://mygmrs.com/repeater/9220

Near Niagara Falls! Visited a couple of years ago. Pretty amazing place although the parking garage was a bit sketchy.

That repeater uses transmit tone 203.5 and receive tone 203.5. You don't need the receive tone unless there are other repeaters on the same frequency and you don't want to hear both of them at the same time. Let's assume you can ignore the receive tone. In this case I recommend the following settings (for CHIRP but other software is very similar):

Loc Memory channel number
Frequency 462.550000
Name Escarp550 (or whatever you want to call it)
Tone Mode Tone (transmit tone only)
Tone 203.5
Duplex +
Offset 5.000000
Mode FM
Power High

In CHIRP if you want to apply both transmit and receive tones, set Tone Mode to TSQL, Tone to transmit tone and ToneSQL to receive tone.

Let me know how it goes!

73,
Jason KO6IOJ and WSHL413

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