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Might be eBay overdoing their restriction of listing items then. Not like they are known for going overboard on listing restrictions. At one point you could buy almost any firearm part available on eBay that didn't have a serial number. Now you can't find a listing for a childs nerf gun if the word gun is in the listing. Moto may have said no more Hytera, and while they were at it claimed the software in any Motorola was non-transferable and they couldn't be sold either. I haven't looked at what you are talking about, but I don't really have a frame of reference to know what it was to compare it to. It's hard to say what eBay is doing. And the Motorola thing may not have anything to do with the lack of Hytera listings on eBay. But it makes the most sense.

Go to the repeater site. It’s the same log in as this site it but you have to do it separately. I use the map so I can see where they are, type in your area and click on the repeater and it’s info will come up. You can also click on “repeaters” and click “near me” or enter what you like.

Go to: https://www.mygmrs.com/map and enter your city and state:

Check out the repeater map and then contact the owners of the ones you want to use.

You probably clicked the website button twice after thinking the first time it did not go through...

How can I find out what repeaters are available in my area, and the information zi need to be able to use it.

@Northcutt114 just an FYI as I’m sure you are unaware but it is against the sites rules (found here) to post repeater information (especially tones on a private repeater) to the forum site. The forum is public while the repeater site info is reserved for members. You can link to the repeater and if the guest is a member they can see the info, but you shouldn’t post it here.

I can't speak for others, but my repeater is marked private and I've never denied an access request so far. It's just got unlisted tones (input and output different to make blind searching a bit more difficult). I try to respond to all requests within 2 days maximum. OTOH, I sent access requests a month in advance to 3 repeaters in another state I was going to visit. One took 2 months to respond and I still haven't heard back from the other two 5+ months later. Putting up a good, solid repeater can run up considerable expenses, depending on your choice of equipment. So controlling who uses it is reasonable. Particularly since anything going out over mine (at least) gets my license Morsed out after. I monitor my repeater's output frequency without tone, so I get to hear my repeater's traffic, other repeaters in the area, and simplex traffic. There's a bunch of afternoon traffic (presumably FRS) from local schools calling for buses to come in and also to alert the office that a parent is waiting to pick up a particular student. In the evening there's often the same two guys on another private repeater using the same channel that I'm on (unavoidable in an urban environment, though they're far enough away that I need to use a roof antenna to hear that repeater). They never ID and the repeater doesn't break in to ID, although it IDs at the end of their conversation. They talk about mundane stuff each evening for a few hours. Tonight it was burgers and Doritos. I have no interest at all in reaching out to them to discuss rules, etiquette, etc. - they're registered on someone else's private repeater and it's up to that repeater's owner to enforce any rules / etiquette. My average repeater user with a handheld will never hear them - they're too far away. Live and let live... I'm going to be setting up an open GMRS repeater for a friend in the Mojave Desert either this fall if I'm recovered enough from surgery to do the lifting and hauling, including running 500' of 8/8" Heliax up the side of a mountain in the Nopahs, 1050' AGL, otherwise next spring. The coverage for that should reach from parts of Death Valley to well south of Dumont Dunes (elevation is king!). Just don't get me started on antenna grounding in solid rock in a desert... This should let the duners order pizza well before they make it it to the nearest pizza joint - when I was up on top of the mountain doing site planning last fall, during radio checks with my 8W handheld I had some duners ask me if I could let the pizza place know their order. Out there, GMRS repeaters are a public benefit - the local landline carrier (ATT) has completely abdicated and you can't get phone service, and extended power outages are common - in fact, Southern California Edison just got power back on yesterday after a nearly 4 day outage.

I think only they will be alerted but anyone on the same Timeslot and frequency (and possibly color code) will hear you.

You MUST ID as required by the rules. This is true for other digital voice modes. It’s also a common misconception that using a DMR ID is a substitute for your FCC issued call sign. It most definitely is not. For more info on CCS7 follow the link below: https://brandmeisternetwork.blogspot.com/2016/03/dmr-user-repeater-registration.html

I was told for hotspots use my primary number with the addition of "01", "02", etc. I'll just use my first number since I don't plan on setting up a hotspot but you never know. DMR is more of a Digital HAM radio than GMRS since it uses HAM frequencies. I'm still learning too but from what I understand if you TX to a single DMR I.D. number only that number will hear you. You can also make groups of people and only they'll hear you or TX to an entire Talk Group which will be more like "normal" radio where everyone will hear you. I'll be fun to learn all of this.

I think it has something to do with setting up a repeater. One ID is for the radios you would use, the other is for the repeater. At least that is what I was told was the situation at my job. We have two ID's. One is for the repeater, the other covers all the HT's that talk on it.

Apologies if this is a little off-topic but it is a "DMR question." What, exactly is DMR? I recognize that it is digital radio. I use a DMR radio at work daily and only now, since getting into radio, am I beginning to understand that I don't really know what it is. Like I said, I get that's it digital, as opposed to analog. I took my UV-5R to work one day and it was interesting hearing what it sounded like on my work DMR radio, and how I could see the Boafeng RX when I keyed up on the work radio but couldn't hear anything. I guess since my employer has the DMR license, I don't need it to use the radio? Is it basically just digital GMRS? Meaning you can put encryption on it to "secure" comms? I downloaded the motorola software and piddled around with it. I find it very similar to CHIRP, but I keep reading about something called a "codeplug" that is needed to program DMR radios? And apparently there are "talk groups" and "time slots" on repeaters. I kind of have a grasp of it. Like I said, I was able to download the motorola settings and kind of backwards engineer how to program one. Also, with HAM and GMRS there is the constant station identification going on...none of that is needed in DMR land? Because why? Just curious, as I continue to learn. Thanks!

It wouldn't.. Your email said it was due to an old FCC rule, which has nothing to do with royally fees to Motorola.

its apparant that a lot of used radio adds are dropping regardless of manufacture.. Still lots of adds for Baofeng....

I don’t think that’s why. I have multiple radios but all use the same ID. There’s a secondary number that must be used for multiple hotspots to keep them unique.

why woiuld that effect used commercial stuff??

that could be the issue.. Most Hytera stuff can be networked and apparently Ebay is enforcing some FCC ban that is several years old. Stange though that you see a huge reduction in Ebay adds for most repurposed Commerical radio gear.

I still don't know why I got 2 I.D. numbers. Maybe for a second radio of something?'

Press release on Friday: "Federal judge holds Chinese telecom in contempt over failure to pay royalties to US rival. The partially state-owned company Hytera was ordered to pay royalties to U.S. rival Motorola over trade secrets and copyright violations.". They seem to owe Motorola a boatload of money. Don't know if it has anything to do with it though... https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-holds-chinese-telecom-in-contempt-over-failure-to-pay-royalties-to-u-s-rival/

Probably more to do with Motorola suing Hytera and winning. Part of that was no one could sell or resell certain Hytera radios that violated IP laws where Hytera took source code from Motorola and used it in their radios. The findings were that neither Hytera nor their dealers could repair, modify, program or service in any way those radios. Moto may have decided to do a smack down on eBay for some reason. Someone mentioned that the number of commercial radio's in general dropped off. Was that Motorola stuff, Hytera and Baofeng (same company or at least factory) or just in general? I can't believe that the FCC after putting out a notice that they what to streamline things and back away from silly regulations that they would have given eBay a directive. But I don't know that for certain.

That was my first radio. It's a decent radio to get started with. If you decide to upgrade eventually to a better DMR radio, watch YouTube videos, do your research. There are several good radios that, in my opinion, are equal in quality. They all have a slightly different features that will apply better to your situation.

Turns out they are on the naughty/national security risk list.. Source: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist

I cant remember where I saw it, but do a little research. There was something about Hytera equipment only where there was an issue.

Thanks for all the info guys. I've got the DM-1701 on the way. It'll be fun learning how to program it. Getting my age you've got to always be learning something to say a bit sharp.