<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Most repeaters only need ctcss encode. In other words tone only on transmit/up. Don’t enter one for receive/down. Doing so means the radio won’t receive unless the repeater passes the tone back out. Try setting the tone to encode only and see if you can get the “roger beep” or hear the thunk when you finish transmitting. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I highly recommend buying the RT Systems programming software and cable for your radio. This allows filling memories automatically from Repeaterbook and other databases. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">(I recommend that to any radio user not just FT-70D users.)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/FT-70D_c_814.html"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/FT-70D_c_814.html" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#DFDFE1;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#DFDFE1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(223, 223, 225, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/FT-70D_c_814.html" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">FT-70D Radio Programming Software | Yaesu Radio Software | Cloning Software</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/FT-70D_c_814.html" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">rtsystemsinc.com</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/FT-70D_c_814.html" draggable="false"><img style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:36px;height:36px;border-radius:3px;" width="36" height="36" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIcon" alt="favicon.ico" src="cid:7FCCBF1E-C5E2-421F-BB2D-9513651CB5BC"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Andy</div><div dir="ltr">KA1GTT</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 5, 2023, at 9:07 AM, Lizzie DeMarco <lizzie@lizzie.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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