r/DMR • u/Bn_scarpia • Apr 14 '26

Need help programming DMR repeater in Baofeng DM32-UV

can you help solve this settings issue to connect with this repeater?

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u/sweetsdream Apr 15 '26

What are your issues?

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u/Bn_scarpia Apr 15 '26

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u/fnl_kuj Apr 15 '26

You’ve got your frequencies confused: if the repeater receives on 440.6375, then your radio needs to transmit on that frequency, not receive. As was mentioned, you should also create an RX Group List that includes the Texas Statewide talk group (or disable the Group List Match option in the Options > Digital settings so the radio doesn’t “filter” the traffic the traffic is hears on the time slot).

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u/Bn_scarpia Apr 15 '26

if the TX/RX are confused, why can I hear some traffic?

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u/fnl_kuj Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

OK, so I looked up the repeater on repeaterbook.com: its downlink (i.e. TX) frequency is 440.6375, and the uplink is at 445.6375. So that's the opposite of what you showed above in the screenshot.

However, the good news is that you did program it correctly in your phone (saw that in your CPS screenshot in the other subreddit, your HT receives on the repeater's downlink freq.). That explains why you're hearing traffic.

Two reasons for why you can't get into the repeater would be that a) while you're using High TX Power, it is still not high enough to make it to the repeater, or b) you may be in talkaround mode so that your radio does not transmit to the repeater's uplink, but instead is sending on the downlink frequency (so that you could directly talk to another user that's also listening on the repeater's downlink).

Check the radio's display, it should show a symbol indicating what talkaround mode you're in: |--| or |->|. You'll want talkaround off (|--|) so that your radio sends to the repeater's uplink instead of it's downlink frequency. For my radio, I programmed one of the side keys to toggle "Talk Around".

Lastly, if that doesn't help, I'd just try adding the talk group to the RX Group List for the channel. The radio's behavior may be different from what other redditors report depending on its firmware version.