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  2. Well done!!
  3. Repeater Book is a good place to look for local repeaters in your area.
  4. 146.520 2m National Calling Frequency (simplex) 446.000 70cm National Calling Frequency (simplex) For repeaters in your area, you have to listen and/or look them up (one good site I'm not sure if OK to post here). You should also find the band plan for your region (I only use Southeast.) And search for ham clubs in your area. There's a lot of info to get you started at arrl.org
  5. I won't be much help on DMR since I have yet to use that mode. The national calling frequencies and local repeaters are a good start. Also look to see if there are any local DMR repeaters in your area. Asking on a local DMR repeater would be a good place to start.
  6. Decided to use my spare Radtel RT-493s instead. Looks a little "cleaner"; at least in my humble opinion!
  7. Thanks but I was thinking more about what "channels"(aka Frequencies) to add. I know there's National Calling Freqs. and some other standard channels and a lot of repeater channels. I just need to figure out what they are so I can make up a code plug for my radios.
  8. Here is a good band plan that shows what modes can be used on each band. Icom band plan And the ARRL band https://www.arrl.org/images/view//Charts/Band_Chart_Image_for_ARRL_Web.jpg The ARRL band plan does better at showing what portions you can use per each license.
  9. Just passed my Tech License test, now I need to set up a couple of my radios for HAM use. With GMRS it was easy, 22 channels plus 8 Repeaters. I add MURS and I've got all the channels I'd want to talk on. What are some common/popular channels to program into an HT for 2M/1.25M(yes, I know it's not used much but I'd still like them just in case)and 70cm that I should have?
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  11. I can do 10M with the Tech License but I don't have any radios that'll do that band. The test team said they'd summit things today any I should be processed tomorrow or next day. I'm going to reprogram a couple of my radios for HAM use. I just need to figure out which frequencies to use.
  12. PS: Getting your general opens up all of the HF bands if you are interested. The general test is not hard, especially if you start studying now.
  13. Congratulations! Now the wait begins. You will get an email from the FCC telling you your license is approved and a link for you to pay your $35. It should only take a few days as long as the VE submits everything electronically. Double check your spam folders too. Now you will have so many other squirrels to chase with your amateur license. Tech gives you AM, single side band, CW (morse code) and digital mode privileges on 10m. You also get CW privileges on 15m, 40m, and 80m. There is plenty to do with the 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm bands. You might end up enjoying talking to the space station when it passes over. It took 3 weeks for my technician and three weeks for my general since my local VE is stuck in the Stone Age and mails everything through USPS.
  14. The only time a ham can receive compensation for the craft is when teaching at an educational institution.
  15. Rugged Radio got a NoNo letter from the FCC for selling 6 different radios that RR advertised as being compliant and were not. Even with such gross disregard and massive exposure, they still did not get a fine. I don't know how bad you have mess up before the FCC gives a damn about GMRS violations, but the bar is obviously very high.
  16. Congratulations! I knew you could do it.
  17. Congrats. I just passed my Technician License test with 34/35. It wasn't as hard as I thought it'd be. Now I need to set up a couple of my radios for HAM use so I'll be ready when I get my call sign.
  18. Just finished my test, 34 out of 35. I'm a HAM, LOL.
  19. True, under FCC Part 97 Rules and Regulations, an Amateur Radio Station is forbidden from excepting compensation for using Amateur Radio Service. I'm sure that the case FCC Part 95 D & 95 E... However, I think the FCC made an exception for long term crisis, but that only for First Responders that are licensed. Mean you can relay messages from EOC to Hospital. You just can't use Amateur Radio Service for normal communication.
  20. Oops, sorry. I failed to see that it was your post instead of @WSAA635
  21. Hello, my name is Dan SWENSON currently living in St. Paul, Minnesota; and have been an active GMRS registered user call sign WRWC555. I have actively tried using different GMRS repeaters where ever I may be, and have a hard time reaching anyone in my area, I only can hit a few repeaters sometimes, but wanna know if there’s people out there who would like to make a club if so, contact me on here otherwise my email is daniel@sandswelding.com
  22. I took the test in January 2024. Just changed my call sign this April.
  23. Are you done? How did it go?
  24. Thank you! I agree that existing regulations should be either enforced or repealed.
  25. I only needed one. Just had to be able to pan around to prove I wasn't cheating.
  26. My initial reaction was hell no, do your own research; I'm just here for discussion, not to provide legal documents or research papers. But anyway, this is the most obvious and other sections supply details about specific requirements: § 95.391 Manufacturing, importation, and sales of non-certified equipment prohibited. No person shall manufacture, import, sell, or offer for sale non-certified equipment for the Personal Radio Services except as provided for in §§ 2.803(c)(2)(i) and 2.1204(a)(11) of this chapter. See § 302(b) of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 302a(b)). See also part 2, subpart I (§ 2.801 et seq.) of this chapter for rules governing marketing of radiofrequency devices; part 2, subpart K (§ 2.1201 et seq.) of this chapter for rules governing import conditions. [86 FR 52100, Sept. 20, 2021] And besides what in the regs, it's how FCC chooses to enforce some things. They did go after a vendor in Texas and I think an importer in California over the UV5R and similar radios, probably back around 2017 give or take. It even affected BTWR; they stopped selling them, then started back briefly and quit again for other reasons.
  27. Please provide specific citations about distribution and sales. Certainly regulations prohibit operating non-certified transmitters for GMRS, but I see nothing in part 95 about distribution and sales. I might have missed it.
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