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....
@ClimateJenny @IrrationalMethod Just to add on a little bit to what seems to already be said - if you know the exact repeater location I’d punch in your location and the repeater location into a tool like this: https://thedirtygrunt.com/tools/losmaptool/
5W with direct LoS would be perfect for getting in, but anything in the way will cause your signal strength to drop. That tool will help figure out if it’s hills or other elevation change - but a downtown set of buildings for example would also cause that decrease.
Climate Jenny 2.1
CJ 
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