Hey all! Hope someone familiar with CHIRP can help me out with an uncertainty... I'm working off a list of Indiana repeaters from Repeaterbook.com. In the "Tone up/Tone down" column, some of them have the same tone twice, meaning I think that there's a Tx and Rx tone. Question is, am I supposed to set the tone mode to TSQL? that's what I've been doing. I live rural, and I'm still putting together my gear, have not had the opportunity yet to test any of these repeaters. Thanks!

First post! Newbie ham passed tech and general last weekend... my ultimate goal is a full home-based shack, but in the short-term (aka low budget) I want to build a mobile rig suitable for disaster relief/SHTF/whatever, looking to build homemade antennas and use low/medium power tranceivers that can be packed for hiking. I want to be available to local emergency-prep groups. I'm looking for opinions on the Ailunce HD1. I have 2 Baofeng HT's (not DMR) but I want something waterproof, resilient, and quality. Anyone have one of these? Opinions? I have parts for a hot spot in my Amazon cart, just trying to decide on the radio (and yes I know in the absence of grid power I will rely on radio only!)