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FYI, for those interested, looks like Whistler scanners are once again available for purchase directly from the Whistler Group. Scanner Master has them listed for sale as well, at lower prices points, but they're all marked as out of stock.

Starting to creep into the not so cheap price...with most folks wanting to spend $25 on a GMRS handheld it will be internesting to see how many sell. I paid not much more for my Midland 575 on sale last fall.

I hope you stick around and I hope you do ask questions. Some are more difficult than this one but sometimes people just need to chill and remember that they weren’t always so perfect.

Sounds like it’s time for a trip down owners manual lane.

See. I’m not ALWAYS totally out of line.

I'd give 10:1 odds there's someone in the club who would be glad to help. IME. most hams aren't actually hostile to GMRS, but the ones who are make a lot of noise. Most hams love to share knowledge. I'd be glad to help if I lived close. In exchange for the tone to your repeater, of course.

Oh trust me, I was pissing and moaning when they transitioned to digital. The sound quality of the analog was far superior to digital. Not a problem now, we're all programmed to accept crappy sounding phone calls. What choice do we really have?

I will wager this statement will prove false.

Notice, I stated the primary purpose is to pass data. I did not state a fixed station was data only nor reference nor imply that was their only use.

Unlock the keypad.

I am trying to switch between dual display and single display on my KG-1000G Plus. When I hit the TDR button on the mic (#8) all I get is a double beep. When I enter the TDR function in any of my channels I also just get a double beep. Also when I press the AREA button I get a double beep. I want to stay in single display mode and customize the text in the unused area. Somehow, when I was trying to do this the unused area now says RPT-TX all the time. The owners manual is not much help. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

FCC Part 95 Subpart A - 95.303 Definitions: Base station. A station at a fixed location that communicates directly with mobile stations and other base stations. Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only. The Term "DATA" Is Not Referenced In These Definitions For The Type Of Transmission. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-A

Don’t forget WiFi, Bluetooth and satellite radio/TV.

Sincere apologies to all. Thanks for the info. I won't ask any more questions.

Congrats...hope you make many contacts

And most phone land lines are now VOIP which is also digital.

You can quit using your cellphone. It’s based on wireless two-way radio and digital voice technologies.

I follow this type of programming scheme also. Local (Phoenix) Northern Az, Southern Az Western Az, Eastern Az. Both portable and mobile are set up the same exact way. Only difference is I have a few less zones on mobile as I can put more channels in there for a bank. I did 2 friends like this and the like it also. This way when traveling they just go to that zone to listen to traffic. (Scan list is by zone also but user programmable)

OUCH!!!! I bet the doctor kicked himself over that. We have an issue with our Motorola Quantar 2m repeater. The inrush when it first transmits will trip the 12v dc to 120v ac inverter. The only way to get around that was to put a line conditioner in between the repeater and the inverter. One of our older club members was trying to catch the inrush to see how many amps it was with an old, but good, analog amp meter. He learned right away that an analog meter was not quick enough to catch the inrush. My new Klein CL800 just barely caught it. We never did find the exact fix for the inverter throwing a ground fault and shutting down when the Quantar firsts transmits. The Tripp Lite power conditioner is the only way to keep that from happening. The weird thing is that our older Motorola 70cm repeater and our Bridgecom GMRS repeater are both plugged into the inverter and there are no issues.

I have another story about my original 87. I was doing an install on a 65 ft yacht belonging to a thoracic surgeon. Doc was on the boat while I was doing the work and saw my meter and picked it up and looked at it. He asked me where on the quality hierarchy the Fluke digital meters were. I told him they were top of the line, state of the art. Politely putting it down he cussed. I asked him why and he told me about his college roommate calling him up and asking him if he wanted to invest in his family business that was about to expand and go digital. He said "No thanks John. Those Simpson 260 analogs we used in physics class years ago will continue to be the industry standard for decades and decades to come." ... his roomy was John Fluke Jr.

At one point there was a free upgrade to the bigger white display for the original 87. All you had to do was send them a postcard with the serial number of your 87. I carried and used mine everyday for over 25 years until just about everything was worn out. Bought a new series V about 6 years ago. I bought the original when I was trying to resolve a harmonic problem that was overheating and blowing fuses on a rooftop HVAC unit. After the fuse there was a coil of excess length feed wire that had suspicious melted insulation in a reoccurring pattern. I removed that and it didn't help, so I made a slight change to the wire before the fuse and all was resolved. I bought the Fluke because someone told me the Beckman 110+ I was using wasn't enough to measure what was going on.

Maryland's cell phone law says "cell phone". Someone got a ticket using his ham radio, took it to court and won. Precedent set, in MD, using a 2 way radio while driving is OK.

This is true. When you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

Tune your antenna and they'll just work

All of the Ghost antennas i've tested (more than just one brand) all performed better than the UT-72G antennas I tested them against .. that should give a baseline that they aren't as bad as "some people" repeatedly claim.