Elmer? I have a question. My cute little Yaesu FT-60 can hear the weekly net on the nearest repeater pretty well, but they can't seem to hear me, on either frequency.
I've double-checked whether the offsets are + or - and I'm pretty sure the PL tones are correct.
I'm starting to think that 5 watts is not enough to reach a tower 5.4 miles away (according to Google Maps).
Anything else I should be trying? I'm thinking of driving over to tower next week....
With UHF/VHF there is a saying 'height is might'. Can you relocate to higher ground? That might be a higher floor inside your building, or a nearby hill, or (my favorite) the top of a parking structure.
Close to the repeater will help, but height matters.
I have several radios at home that can hear our local SKYWARN repeater from indoors (also about 5 miles away from my home) but I have to increase power or relocate to somewhere on higher ground to have them hear me.
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Ed W8EMV 