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Went on a road trip and my 6 year old rode with grandma. I gave him one of my radios and we kept the other. Thought it'd be a fun way to try to talk. In the 20-ish hours of driving: Kid turned off his radio "to save battery" Kid turned off his radio because he wanted to watch Minecraft videos on the iPad Kid dropped the radio and couldn't reach it Kid couldn't hear his radio over his headphones while watching a movie on the iPad Kid said "hi dad, I love you" and a construction worker on the same frequency responded "what?" and my kid went "what?" and the construction worker went "what?" and my kid panicked turned off the radio when he realized he wasn't talking to dad We talked about how big windmills actually are when we passed a blade being transported All in all, a fun experiment. He enjoyed using "dad's radios" and getting to use walkie-talkies somewhere other than the backyard (when it was turned on). Also, sorry, random Illinois DOT guy.

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With hurricane season underway, our HOA just announced that the board and staff will be monitoring 462.5550. Now everyone knows someone will be listening. Including FRS means folks will at least be able to hear updates, even if they can't TX very farz with their $10 HTs. At the next board meeting I'm tempted throw out the idea of a portable, off-grid repeater. This place is too flat with too much vegetation for reliable HT simplex, but a decent antenna on the property high point would make a world of difference.

Yes, for some people. I don’t know if it requires a premium membership or that you have risen to a certain rank.

You could turn the radio off.

All I have is the GMRS and cell phone. I know when the cell phone quits the GMRS will work. But what I don't know is if there will be someone on the other end that will answer or help. But it's certainly better than having a useless cell phone and nothing else. On top of it the GMRS radio I have can transmit on a whole host of bands by just putting it into open mode. If it's an emergency, anything goes. If the eff sea seas comes to arrest me for using it without a license it still means someone is coming.

I didn't get this old by leaving things to chance. That's why I have a cell phone, a satellite emergency beacon, and CB, GMRS, and ham radios (and the appropriate licenses). It's only overkill until you need it.

I have a half-dozen or so that came that way. I don't remember if the BF-f8hps were in a different size box, but they didn't come wth a longer antenna anyway. I'm not sure because I only kept the boxes for radios I haven't used. Anyway, my point is that if it was advertised with a 15" antenna, the seller certainly could have included one by one means or another. Thus, it's most likely that OP's radio was supposed to have one and it got overlooked. The antenna is so cheap to the seller that it probably wouldn't be worth the negative feedback to advertise it falsely. Again, I'm not trying to show anyone up or be a . I'm just providing accurate information.

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Thank you OffRoaderX and UncleYoda.

Oh. "L". Sorry. That's the higher power one. Like I said in the beginning. Regular power supply and cut off the cord to attach.

If you already have the cord (others have provided link) you should be able to connect it to any power supply sold for use with two way radios. A switch mode power supply will be less expensive, lighter, and smaller. A linear power supply will be heavier and bigger but many people like them for their longevity.

They said it is a different one for the RT97L And they don't have any yet for sale.

This is where I tell the "cell phone" people you need an alternate means of communication. You know the one's. Walkie Talkies aren't crystal clear and I can't call someone on the other side of the world. Sometimes the $100 option beats the $250 billion dollar option.

Guess I was too sloooowwwww.....

https://www.retevis.com/products/rt97-power-adapter-power-cord

https://www.retevis.com/products/rt97-power-adapter-power-cord-us This is about the only thing I find, you might call them directly to purchase.

It's 12 volts. Take the plug off the dead one and attach it to a 12 volt power supply. It also came with a cigarette plug with the same end, you could use that. Or... Retevis.

Any one know where I can get (don't say retevis) a power supply for my Retevis RT97L repeater? The box that plugs in to the unit & the wall.

Pretty wild stuff. Glad they had working radios with them and people to correspond with, too. If they were in trouble, it may have saved their lives. Just being stranded or cutoff from leaving is enough to make someone panic. Sometimes, just having a voice on the other end and some mildly useful information can really make the difference on the psychological impact of a situation.

Normally there’s a product box that fits the white plastic liner better. See how there’s a sizable gap between the plastic liner and the brown cardboard box? It looks like whoever shipped that to you removed the product box ( which is made of white tagboard and colorfully printed and fits inside the brown cardboard shipping container) and put the white liner with the radio in it and the plastic wrap directly into the corrugated cardboard shipping box. That may have been done to provide room around the inside of the shipping box for your longer antenna.

Wondering it anyone on here might have a copy of the band change software for an anytone at5888uv dual band, for the 1.0 firmware (pre 08/2013 build dates) that they could send me, just got a steal of a deal on a 5888, but it is currently locked to professional mode, which only allows freqs on the 430-440 mhz spectrum for uhf. The version 1.0 cps does not allow band changes, and i have tried the 2.0cps to no avail, as well as the 5888uvIII unlock tool to no avail either.

Wow, good to hear you and your friends are safe.

My RV Friends are just now getting out of Bear Creek Texas, untouched by the floods because they were camped high enough.. They say the devastation is unmanageable and the amount of rain they got in short period was beyond belief.. They've been staying in touch with the world via their GMRS radios, which they say were very busy by both rescue groups and people in general. There cell service has been spotty and just now coming back, they even had a hard time senidng text, which i thought worked off satellites now.. I would have been on the trip with them but had last minute issues with my VGT Exhaust break and still in the shop for a $4,500 repair.. (3weeks latter)... Thank god they are all safe..