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2 meter 144Mhz and 1.25 meter 220Mhz bands are also covered on the H3, you need to activate the 200Mhz frequency in the menu. 70cm is a given. You can also listen to FM CB if there is anyone on those bands (there aren't LOL). You have to activate the 200, 350 and 500Mhz bands in the menu along with the AM option to listen to them. I've only filled about 70 memories and I'm doubting I'll need many more. I suppose if you use the radio as a scanner having a lot of memories would be nice.

You aren't kidding. I will have to choose coffee over radios if it comes down to it. No one would want to be around me without coffee. I'm a bit grumpy when there is too much blood in the caffeine system. On topic. It will be interesting to see if this proposal amounts to anything. There are still public safety and others that already use 42-49 MHz. Yes most of them only use it as a backup system but they do maintain the towers and radios.

My 935H is just a talkie, but it's 2m/1.25m/and 70cm, as well as Gmrs and Murs if you enter the 4 digit code. A thousand memories on it is nice too.

The H3 covers 8 different bands. Murs is one of them. It also does AM airbands and many of the Ham frequencies. I assumed that the 935H would sound more like a real mobile radio instead of the tinny sounding CCR's like the H3. One of the main limits of the H3, don't know if it's the same with the H8 is only 199 channels to store and only the first 55 allow you to transmit. The rest are receive only.

My H8 is just fine, for what it is and it works well, but my wouxun 935H just covers more bands, since I enjoy 222 simplex as well as Gmrs and Murs. My 935 H will do them all.

ARRL doesn't even affect hams, who choose not to support them.

ARRL's only authority is that licensees acknowledge them as the national coordinator and voluntarily cooperate. But ARRL has been around since 1914 when amateur radio was new, and no living ham can remember a time they didn't exist. I just don't envision 100,000 GMRS licensees voluntarily yielding that sort of authority to some upstart organization.

With the price of good coffee steadily increasing, we'll have to start making informative decisions between our beloved java and our radios !

e.g. ARRL

Apparently, it's an attempt to form a nationwide club. How does that constitute "taking over" GMRS? Unless they have some sort of actual authority, I can't see how that will affect me.

Yes. My repeater has that as a selectable option in its software. To use a voice ID, I would have to buy another device. And, as @dosw said, I find it less disruptive than a voice when I'm having a conversation. Most of the ham repeaters I listen to use a Morse code ID, but a couple use voice ID. The voice ID is fine when it's just a periodic voice on the air, but in the midst of a conversation, it's more confusing.

Hi Jason, and welcome to this group and GMRS. I am Ronn Foster, and I'm new to the hobby myself. I set this group up because I know there are more GMRS'rs in Michiana, and it would be great to have a place to share ideas and ask questions. I'll try to answer any questions you may have. Welcome!

He’s talking about this effort to form a national GMRS organization:

I'm Jason from South Bend. Very new to gmrs.

Geezus Khrist... You need to go outside and get some fresh air and sunshine..

My fist thought was that it would fade away without ever gaining traction. But there are plenty of joiners out there that never see the down side. I guess, let's see if this grand poobah guy shows up for open debate.

If you think I'm whining, take your own advice and ignore me. I consider what they're setting up to be a threat to others who have their own local uses. So, no, I'm not going to just ignore the threat (assuming they get more than a handful of followers). I don't lay down and let them roll over me. This do nothing about anything attitude has ruined America.

Ignore it.. it's not that hard, besides, they aren't going to ruin anything. a year from now nobody will even remember them.

I don't know what you mean and you don't know what I mean. I'm referring to this new group some unknown just popped in and started that wants to take over the GMRS service nationwide. It shows in the Activity feed but you can't respond without joining. It's a group on this site but also in the real world. EDIT: I realize you meant the low band VHF proposal - I've heard people on the repeaters talking about that, mostly in favor. I'm neutral on that because I won't be buying a radio to use it.

Are you talking about the VHF stuff?

Hi James, I'm in Pikeville near Fall Creek Falls. I am going to see if I can reach the repeater in Crossville when I get home. WSBX980

If you’re not interested, just ignore them. Nothing has ever been gained by whining.

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Is this GMRUS thing going to ruin the service even more than the already existing misuse? Can't even discuss it with this new guy without joining, which sounds like the Devil's plan. I'm already stumped on how I can program my radios to block out the rule breaking repeaters and still have the frequencies open to receive others including simplex. FCC messed up when they came up with this plan because there's apparently no way to do it. And now this group wants to promote more junk on the air on a nationwide basis.

What is the discord?