From both radios yes that will help.
But I guess not if you're gonna do this. Here's the thing, this is a public forum and as such there are a multitude of opinions. There are folks here that will help you beyond what's been posted here, however remember a lot of people here program radios for their day jobs and fight with people adding unauthorized radios day in and day out. We have no idea what organization this is, if you even have permission to use their programming in a radio of your own or pertinent other information. Now at least you've answered the question about repeater or simplex and that helps. If you're sitting one radio next to the other one to test and NOT in repeater range (again we can't read minds) then obviously they're not going to talk to each other. When people come here for help, the more information you can provide the better the chance of getting the help you are looking for. If it's a "secret" then ya you're probably out of luck. It's hard to help people that don't provide the info. Help us help you. Good luck.
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