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I’m on DMR very frequently, because i have a blind deaf friend that I write code plugs for. He travels as president of the deaf/blind division of the National Federation of the Blind and wherever he goes he asks me to prepare a code plug that includes local DMR repeaters and talk groups. I just built him a hotspot also which is set up for both YSF and DMR, with both Brandmeister and TGIF network talk groups. So, I’m constantly aware of them as I am fiddling and trying new talk groups for him, but I don’t personally spend much time monitoring or chatting on them.

Steve, Are you active on Brandmeister Dmr talkgroups at all ?

Hi everyone, It looks like I have managed to Zap my Pre Amp as it has now stopped working. I know these are relatively inexpensive but I like to fix things if my limited knowledge permits me. So it's a (other company) mrp-2000 the version on the board is 3.1. I have found that one of the SMP resistors has no reading when metered while every other one has. The trouble with some components these days they are not marked up and (other company) are no help. I was wondering if anyone has one and could see if their one is marked up or if working good you could check the resistance of said resistor. Please see the attached picture of component affected I have de soldered and it sits to the right in picture. Any help would be much appreciated. This resistor is first inline from radio antenna centre pin.

Only the CTCSS tones are numeric values. Because that field also includes DTCSS values as well as words and abbreviations “Unlisted”, “No Tone”, “Hz”, “DPL”, etc, the field is alphabetical text field. But you could run a report and handle the extract however you wanted.

We used log books in the US Navy when communticating with other ships before computers. I did SSB with my CB in Hawaii off the 17th floor and never thought to do a log. What did it matter I thoght. Same feelings today. We (at home) never logged phone comms when telephones were new. In business relations note might have been taken on a scratch pad and of course in the Navy Petty Officers all carried a pocket notebook (wheel book) and might still do. But keeping track of GMRS conversations during daily activities seems a waste of effort... to me. And with that said, I do have a list (and make one when traveling) of the Repeater Stations that I might encounter during my travels after mapping my routes, just in case.

I ran out of these for today lol, but had to add one !

Yes, if you ignore the numerical value of the numbers. Not as useful or what people would expect. But it is a less used search type so maybe not worth improving the code.

I ran two antennas on my pickup. One being a 5/8 wave on an Allen set screw affixed type nmo lip engine hood mount, and the other being a 5/8 wave mag mount in middle of my pickups cab. testing from a fixed location the mag mount out performed the lip mount considerably on receive. It kind of blew my mind how much better. I kept going back and forth between the two antennas and each time the mag on the roof would pickup a couple extra “bars of signal” and audibly bring in a clearer signal. I try to not use repeaters as much as possible and a slightly better RX is a huge benefit between my home base and my mobiles. Just thought I’d add my experience as it kinda pertained to this threads topic.

A good Weller or Hako soldering station with adjustable heat and different size tips is a must. I use the smallest tips possible with the heat turned up when soldering tiny wires to tiny solder pads and tiny components. I want to get the pads/wires/components up to temp quickly without heating up surrounding components or solder joints.

That's a perfectly normal sort order... for a text/string field. It's comparing by character, your descending sort looks for Z-A then 9-0. "9" is greater than "12345".

An explanation is kind of overkill for this. If it's a sortable field, it should sort correctly. But for curiosity sake, the tone sort was related to my continuing search for a repeater that could be a match for what I'm hearing. It was just to make it easier to see if I had tried the likely ones. I gave up on the CW ID approach because without a tone I keep getting the ID from the repeater I already know not the one the unidentified conversation is coming from. Tone scan also fails on the weak signal. So I'm back to getting the user IDs copied correctly.

Keep this rule in mind: Users who continue to post inflammatory, abusive comments will be banned from the forum after two warnings are issued by moderators. It might make the forum safer if some of us UNblock anyone that might break this rule, and then report them every time they do.

Since I have ignored some people I seldom have a reason to report any posts. The exception is when people have troubles that only Rich can solve. I do report those. I’ll try to remember the next time I report a post.

@SteveShannon a followup post demonstrating how to report someone's post any time they violate these rules would not go unnoticed.

Look for these on Amazon. They really help when you make a boo-boo.

Sounds like it's related to the lipstick on the dipstick.

That reminds me of this joke. Q. What's the difference between the divorced Barbie doll and the divorced Ken doll? A. The divorced Barbie doll comes with all of Ken's crap too.

I know mine were 12 cent, the only time I've read any 10 cent stories are in reprints To satisfy my curiosity, I just did a quick search and found: Both Marvel and DC made the move over the fall/winter 1961 period.

I do!! I was born in 55. I was tempted to say I bought 10 cent comics but I couldn’t remember for sure.

I started with those also, I'd have to look it up to see by how much I missed the 10 cent ones, I was born in 1960, I probably started reading comics in 1964 Remember the 25 cent 80 Page Giants from National [which is now DC]?

Get a good temperature controlled soldering station. I like Weller, but lots of people use Hako also. Second, get someone who knows what they’re doing to show you the basics (or watch YouTube videos). Third, don’t be stingy on using flux.

I remember in Middle School, some dork used to "finger paint" on the inside of the stall walls and doors in the bathroom. MyGMRS TOS probably forbids me mentioning the media he used for this activity. I don't think the janitor was happy about it, either. Edit: Good grief! This is still going on today per this YouTube video that popped up on my feed, this morning!

Why would you want to sort by tone. Seams like zero usable info.

Neat! I've never been great at soldering, so I guess I'm going to have to learn. I've patched up some wiring harnesses but the few attempts I've made to fix small electronics usually ends up with the magic smoke escaping from the circuit boards. I'm more comfortable with macro level heat, like using a blowtorch to loosen a stuck bolt (and then shearing the head off it anyway).