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Take the radios back to a very basic setting with all special features turned off. If the radios have a Qt filter check to see it is turned off, and set your Code to zero (off) on both units. Also, check to see your battery is good in both units. Trade the battery with a known good radio to see if the problem moves to the other radio, is a simple test.

Check tr 14 15 AND 16 AND DIODES D14 D13

do you guys have them on the same channel

A couple of thoughts:
1) Check the mic hole and see if it is covered or clogged with debris.
2) Does your PTT button seem hard or the opposite, mushy? You could have an internal PTT issue. The PTT is a common failure part on 2-way radios. Feel around for the 'sweet' spot and see if you can make a simple or partial transmission, or if it will even momentarily open up the receiver on the other unit. If so, your radio is in need of repair. It would likely need a new internal PTT. (At most repair centers where the BPR40 is repaired the flat rate repair currently are around $69 for the BPR40)
3) Has any reprogramming been recently done on the radio? If so, double check the programming to be sure your PL/DPL code is set the same as your other radio.\
4) Check your battery. Trade batteries with the other unit and see if the problem changes. It takes more energy to transmit than to receive.

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Are you certain they both have the same privacy codes, not just the same channels?

Probably not.

The electronics in the transmit / recieve circuitry (RF = radio frequency) work very differntly from those in the display and control circuits, which prob ablyexplains why the display works, but not the rest.

The major problem with water in RF circuits is that even after it dries out, it leaves a residue, or worse still some corrosion, which adversly affects the tuning of the RF circuits.

It may be worth trying to dry it out a bit more - put it somewhere warm but not humid like near but not too close to a central heating boiler, for a few days. However, I suspect it is now beyond repair.

You may have a sub-channel/privacy channel activated. Unless the person/s you are trying to talk to have the same channel and code set they will not be able to hear you. Check your manual for specific instructions on how to reset it to the default.

Hello breaker19261,

I believe that you have a malfunction in you transmitter circuitry. I would first try to determine which stage in the transmit section is defective. I would start looking at the section that is more closely connected to the power supply and work from there. If you do not have a background in electronics, I would suggest that you get someone who does to do this for you. They will be able to track this problem down for you. Since most of the time in these cases I would suspect a faulty capacitor, have them check the DC levels first to see if there is a short or an open circuit.

I hope this helps,

Thank you,

Shuttle83

http://www.electron-age-technologies-llc.com

Are you just looking for a way to program them to the same freqs? But if they are FRS family radio then they should have the same channels in them.