You do have to set the squelch adjustment a bit differently than normal. Find the threshold and then turn it up five full turns. It will still be plenty sensitive. RTCM menu 98 should show the squelch somewhere around 350 to 400.
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FYI as a proud owner of a voted VHF repeater based on the RTCMS, they have
excellent squelch action, and most of the time you can't even hear the
slightest bit of a squelch tail at all!