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GMRS freqs are not universal. GMRS freqs in one country could be used for another radio service in another country. For an example, allocated public safety freqs in the US are the same freqs used for business radio services in England. No country in there right mind will send anything that could benefit the political division or military operation of an adversary. Iran may be in the world of hurt for radio communication or they may think any civilian operation could be considered an opposition force, may take away those gifted radios. Humanitarian items of medical and food would be a more appropriate. Electronic devices would never be approved by this country, nor they should be approved. Anyways, regardless of the freqs that could be used for by citizens in Iran, do you really think they would really work? Not a chance in hell they would work with all the electronic jamming going on.

I just did the clearing thing and no change. Thank You for reporting it, again!

i noticed when i used Safari browser the page wasn't populating fully, when i switched to Chrome or Brave i had no issues.

In Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam our military had the plans and will to accomplish complete victory. It is, and always has been the civilian leadership, more concerned with reelection than victory, that has snatched victory from us. Many of our leaders have lacked the Warrior Spirit. The last G W Bush seemed to have forgotten what it took to defeat an enemy that had vowed to destroy America.

I tried a full Nicsure EEPROM wipe, booting up the radio, and then flashing the current TID firmware back on it. No dice. I'll give the Power Tune app a try, but I'm not holding out much hope. No, I haven't bought a TD-H3 Plus. The extra BT features sound nice, but I can live without them too. I've got a tariff bill like a decade ago. If I remember correctly it was from the government, not the product company. I could be wrong though.

I hope you're right. I think we are on a good trajectory now to solve a problem that should have been solved 40+ years ago. I do hope that the hate and killing in that part of the world stops. I never had Hytera, but quality is dependent on what part of China it is made. The best electronics come from the HungLo province.

for right now, and hopefully for a long time in the future, nothing will be allowed to happen in regards to bad calls and terriorist attacks.. I prefer Hytera over Anytone and Baofeng.. And they're all made in C'hina..

It really doesn't matter who caused it, it happened and has happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future. We're all true Americans, just with different opinions. I prefer Anytone over Baofeng.

I found that the folks communicating from 100's of miles away were using Raspberry Pi's and nodes, which allowed them to connect from far distances.

There is a difference between Americans and "well, i leave it at that" but just remember who caused the botched withdrawal of Afghanistan.. I'm all in for being a true America.. God Bless

Sadly, the US doesn't have a habit a living up to their word and sticking with the people they claim to support. The botched withdrawal of Afghanistan is a good example as we abandoned the people that risked their lives to help the US. I'm not sure if the Iranian people would trust us now. We might support them at the moment, but the next administration might not and pull out.

my prayers are with the people of Iran and they are successful in getting their total freedom back they once enjoed.

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Well, we can hope…. It worked so well in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, etc. Syria was different because the U.S. wasn’t overtly involved. It stands a good chance of succeeding.

The only hope, and for the people of Iran and their future, is they stand up against their leaders.. Isreal and the United States will help this effort if the people of Iran are serious in demanding this change and their is evidence their leaders are doing bad things to their people. I wouldn't rule out the United States helping the People of Iran taking out their religious leaders.. In fact i would hope we do and only to liberate Iran

I doubt that what’s left of their leadership will change. Nor has the U.S. shown an interest in attacking their religious leaders (and they probably shouldn’t).

You need to clear your cache. No, I’m wrong. Although it isn’t jumbled for me, the home page is asking me to create a new password again. I’ll report it again.

My first Duplexer from BuyTwoWay covered the entire GMRS Band and my repeater then was on Ch 22. I had a terrible experience with it, ended up buying a tuned dublexer tuned for Ch 18 and moved there.. Been working great since.. I sent the original duplexer back to BuyTwoWay and had them tune for CH 18 to use for my portable repeater which i mounted to the outside of a FAT 50 Ammo Can. Since this portable set up gets moved around a lot, i'm always concerned that the duplexer will get knocked off tune, but going to almost 3 years now its holding tight on Ch 18.. I did try to tune it myself as Marc did, but didn't have such luck or patience.

any humanitarian efforts in Iran at this point would be fruitless. Considering their government wont allow any help from the West in that effort, the only hlep they are seeking at this point is further destroy Israel. Humanitarian help will be coming to Iran but its weeks away and only after their leadership is gone...

Humanitarian efforts are just that and should be given without political consideration. It's not the people of the country that is the problem, it's their government. I work with an Iranian and he has told me stories of what goes on over there. Trust me, most people over there really don't believe in what they have to live under. If cheap GMRS radios can help the cause it shouldn't matter which country assists in humanitarian aid.

Exactly. They can get bulk discounts, even free Baofeng radios since it's a humanitarian crisis.

11:00 AM EDST Sunday, Home page still a jumbled mess. I cannot access repeater listing but oddly still can access Forums.

Here is a simple to understand description of IP ratings: https://www.iec.ch/ip-ratings The first numeral refers to the protection against solid objects and is rated on a scale from 0 (no protection) to 6 (no ingress of dust). The second numeral rates the enclosure’s protection against liquids and uses a scale from 0 (no protection) to 9 (high-pressure hot water from different angles).

I started playing with a Baufang UV5R (before they locked them) in the HAM bands. Got bored with the HAM world and programed it to the GMRS side and thats when i began having fun with radio... My first GMRS radio (and favorite) was a Wouxun KG935 HT. I still dabble with HAM but for the most part i enjoy the GMRS side. I never did try a UV5G but did program one of my UV5R to GMRS only. Since these radios are all locked now i would recomend a UV5G or a Wouxun GMRS only radio, they have a few versions now..