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This is the most ham radio this GMRS forum has ever looked

@nokones has this correct, talk around only changes your TX while of course using the tones of the repeater, the RX remains the same. Reverse on the other hand does just that, it reverses TX and RX frequencies. Which sounds like what @H8SPVMT is describing rather than talk around.

No, it doesn't reverse anything. The receive freq and tone stays as programmed and the transmit freqs changes to the same freq and tone as the receive freq and tone is programmed for simplex operation.

And some use recorded audio

Or bunions

Perhaps I could have stated that better. It reverses the transmit and receive repeater channels in the radio it is being used on.

Maybe we should start a thread about Hemorrhoids.

I wonder if that would work with the mic and the programming cable.

Nope, reverse is different. Talkaround uses the same frequency (e.g, repeater output) for RX and TX.

I use an RJ45 splitter to connect my KG1000G mic and my bluetooth mic at the same time. Works just fine and everyone says I sound fine. This is what I use

Also known as Reverse as it reverses the transmit and receive frequencies on a repeater channel.

It’s a tad bit more in that it will do this with the tones set for the repeater output automatically without you having to put them in separately for simplex. This makes it useful in my opinion to see if you are within simplex range with the touch of a button. it’s all magic This is my understanding as well.

Yes, with a probability of 97%

There's no way to know for sure without more information, but some repeaters do use Morse code to identify.

Talk Around Is Nothing More Than A Created Motorola Term For Simplex Communications. Nothing More - Nothing Less. No Magic Here......

Sometimes I hear Morse code from repeater that I have tuned to. Is this an identifier for the repeater or does it signify something else. Thanks in advance!

Also, it is a great feature so that you do not have to use another channel position in the radio for a simplex or mobile-to-mobile with the same freq and tone settings.

Utah VHF Society (band plan manager for Utah; utvhfs.org) lists 429 repeaters. Of those, 292 use tones, and 137 do not. There are, from what I can tell, 29 tones used by those 292 repeaters, with the most common being a simple 100.0. There doesn't seem to be any specific rhyme or reason other than obvious things like most (but not all) of the Intermountain Intertie linked repeaters using the same tone. There's no pattern other than the sometimes-used concept of "similar things should be [conveniently] similar", as in the example of the Intertie network. There's a pretty good explanation for why you might see a pattern. Humans seek patterns in random events due to apophenia, a common cognitive tendency to find meaning and order in randomness, which is rooted in an evolutionary advantage for survival. For our ancestors, a false positive in pattern recognition (seeing a predator in random leaves) was safer than a false negative (failing to see a real predator). This brain mechanism makes it easier to process information and make quick inferences, though it can lead to errors like misinterpreting data or believing in conspiracy theories. (Explanation came from AI, which is probably ironic)

I believe the main function of talk around is to determine if repeater users you hear are close enough for you to establish simplex comms instead of using the repeater.

We should schedule a 0700 breakfast meet up at the County Hospital cafeteria! We need to wear hats with our call signs and or favorite PT t-shirt. LoL

Might be a regional thing, like around here> A common one for many of the local 2m repeaters in the TC area of MN is 114.8. a couple exceptions but I'd say about 85-90% or more here are using 114.8.

I would state you are clueless about TP Ethernet but that would just make the south end of a north bound donkey brilliant. I've only been around computers and computer-to-computer communications for more than 50 years. It's not connectors or cable that define networking, it's the signals present on those wires and connectors.

One of the guys I talk to at the gym had his done I think at the beginning of July. I'm waiting to see if he starts back at the gym. I expected he would be out for at least 2 months for rehab. My knee rehab sucked until I got back to a regular gym work out. The exorcise bike and working on leg strength worked wonders. I think I made more progress in a few weeks than a few months at PT.

I've had a hip joint replaced, but recovery from that wasn't actually too bad. Hopefully, I'll never need a knee replacement.

Well, SouthEast Repeater Association (the TN coordination body) has recommended tones. 100.0 is the common, and if you are on the edge of TN middle and TN east, what you notice is on purpose......