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You can probably find videos on YouTube. Pickup trucks with 50 and 80 kw generators in the back and antenna arrays that require another truck to haul. Lots of stuff to make Randy smile.

Better check again; it's there for me, and it's one of the most important sections.

The Radtel RT-900 is suppose to do 33cm and is only $25 for the non-bluetooth model. I have one on order and I'll try to post a video to my YouTube channel. It might be worth picking one up to play around with.

I used to throw the 10-11 metter in my truck when making frequent trips back and forth between here, (the Desert) and Sacramento.. That all ened back in 23.. I used to catch a lot of truckers, picking them on 58 in Tehacappi all the way north along 99 and back.. Very rarelty did i here them on GMRS and if i did, they were traveling in pairs on long haul deliveries.

That's the only reason I have one anyway.

what version are you reading? I downloaded the most recent copy the day you posted this, and the line A is not listed anywhere in the document. (CFR 47 part 95 subpart E, reading 95.1705. And 95.1763 is gone altogether. A word search on the document finds the word canada missing altogether, per 95.1733.

As long as you keep it under 15 watts. Unless they describe fixed to be one specific location to another specific location at all times.

It is more private. You only hear one side of the conversation unless you are in the know.

Heeeyyyyy... You're right. All good then. Can't say anything about me listening to 467

Well she's talking through the repeater. I'm just not hearing it because of the reversed frequencies. It's not like we're having deep discussions that last a long time. Usually it's me telling her I'm going by the house over to this place or that. Maybe if I say "testing" during the conversation it'll clear all that up.

With the ranch we are on it all day long Checking on live stock & other ranch business. The firearms range is rented out 7 days a week from 0900-2200 for day and night shooting and the range officers must call every time the range is hot and cold. I have been very happy with it since I put the better cable on it.

So, let me see if I have this right. The "legal use" of 467Mhz simplex is all about the devices on each end of the communication as that determines if you are classified as a "Fixed Station". Seems to be a fluid definition.... When the radio in my house is being used to communicate with the radio in your house, we can call ourselves "Fixed Stations" and transmit simplex on 467Mhz. But if a mobile or handheld popped up (simplex) on the same 467Mhz frequency and tried to contact us they would be in violation. Likewise, if either one of us "Fixed Stations" failed to ignore that person's transmissions and communicated with that mobile or handheld (intentional or not), we would by virtue of that action, change our classification from a "Fixed Station" to a "Base Station" and would thus also be in violation for using 467Mhz simplex.

can you reach the Plymouth 700 that might be near enough.

And people mention Simplex Repeaters, but the official Personal Radio Services definition of a Repeater Station doesn’t support store and forward, which is what a Simplex Repeater does. To add to that the only channels Repeater Stations are allowed to transmit on are the 462 MHz main channels and the only channels that radios may transmit to a repeater are the 467 main, repeater communications are clearly duplex.

Yet, a lot of people ignore the rule and talk simplex on them anyway, mostly travelers. I guess they think they are being more 'private'

No, you’re correct, one of the radios would be transmitting on 462, but the other would be transmitting on 467 and not through the repeater.

On a normal repeater channel, Talk Around would be transmitting on 462, so that is allowed. Maybe I misunderstood the idea though.

If you read the regulations strictly it’s not allowed. When you’re talking directly to the little lady are you talking through the repeater? When you’re talking to the little lady are you both using Fixed Stations? You might be able to claim that you’re briefly testing… But I don’t think anyone cares. I know I don’t.

I don’t think it was an omission. Fixed Stations may only communicate with other Fixed Stations so they cannot communicate through a repeater anyway. Also Fixed Stations are limited to 15 watts. It’s easy for me to imagine a set of Fixed Stations being used as for dedicated family communications between buildings, such as farmhouses and outbuildings on a farm or for irrigation control using DTMF controlled relays.

Nothing on FM. The only traffic on AM was during traffic jams. Seems like many truckers still have CB's but are only using them to communicate the location of a jam and which lanes are open. 4 times during my trip.

Oh, I see it now. Thanks! Interesting carve out for "Fixed Stations". Was there a specific reason for this exception to the repeater input clause or was it simply an omission in the text?

So what about talk around? I use that a lot. On the other side of the river where my repeater doesn't reach my home station does. So I just switch into talk around to communicate with the little lady.

I saw the new listing in RepeaterBook the other day, and on here today. I'm looking forward to this one.

There’s nothing in the regulations that prohibits simplex use on the 467 MHz main channels. They are limited to use for either repeater input, short term testing, OR Fixed Stations, with no mention of simplex or duplex. Others have already posted the regulation, but here it is anyway:

I'm not sure about that. I believe I recall reading that the 467Mhz frequencies are for repeater input only and simplex use is not allowed.