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Giving it to GMRS doesn't really solve anything except the question of what to do with it, but it doesn't really make sense to create a new class of license for that band. I suspect that if it were given to GMRS, users would divide up into "VHF GMRS" and "UHF GMRS" folks depending upon their needs or whims. And, of course, the occasional oddball would "need" to have two radios just because. Yes, repeaters would be expensive to build and maintain, but 6m AM simplex would be great for some things, especially with 50-100 watts. A lot of folks who now need a repeater to talk to the spouse unit from office to home could probably just go to 6m simplex. Farms and ranches that now use repeaters might be able to get rid of them. The easiest solution for the FCC would be to set some basic rules, toss it into the GMRS category, and say, "You figure it out. Or don't. Whatever."

Wow that’s a load of hoops just to get a radio to do what it is supposed to. So glad I buy good radios and don’t have these issues.

I won't be showing my wife the invoice for my 80' tower when I finally get it.

Maybe I am too green to understand, but it doesn't seem all that complicated based on stations talk to mobile units. Fixed stations talk to stationary units that by virtue of being stationary are fixed stations.

Welcome Seth! I'll start monitoring Murfreesboro a little more. I can RX it, but don't think i come through on TX.....not until I get my antenna up on the outside of the house. Same with Lebanon for me. I can communicate clearly through Brentwood and Grasslands though.

Why don’t you just turn it on and try and talk to it? If your using gmrs you obviously have friends and family you can talk with to test out the repeater. This is another solution looking for a problem that is very easily solved by trying to use the repeater. I mean grab a couple hts and go for a Drive. I have a feeling this is another repeater that isn’t needed.

Because they don’t want the general public on a personal repeater. I work several ranches throughout the week local and in other states. They very active repeaters for ranch or farm business. None of them want the general public using the repeaters. So please do not list something that is not yours. Why would you even want to. What activities are you doing with your family or friends that requires you to want to list strangers private repeaters. WHY IS THIS EVEN A QUESTION. what would this even cross some ones mi d. Gmrs is MORE than repeaters.

The outer rubber coating on my MXT-400 "mike wire" has recently failed also. Just as an example, my Cobra CB unit still looks brand new even after almost 15 years (and works). So, there is a failure in regard of Midland "quality failure/cheap stuff," I'll also support that claim to a degree. Yea, I'm still stuck with swapping PL Codes when necessay and as such will look into other radios IF the replacement mike fails from the "poor coating." At my age (and level of use) I really don't think I need to learn another new manufacturer programming plan. But at the time of replacement I will look innto it.

Because not all repeater owner's want their repeaters listed for what ever reasons. And it also keeps from have multiple listings for the same repeater on the website. Another thing is if someone besides the owner listed a repeater that requires permission, then the repeater owner will not get any requests at all through MyGMRS.

The most common reason I've heard is to keep the repeater use limited, as in to keep hoards of users away. But the most used repeater in my area still has lots of dead air.

Does this include sporks?

I discovered several open GRMS repeaters in my area by simply listening to frequencies. However only small fraction is listed on myGMRS. Some are listed on other sites and some are not listed at all. My understanding is that "If you are not the owner, please contact the repeater owner to add it to the database." But many discovered repeaters don't publish their call sign or published call sign seems bogus. Question: why does myGMRS prohibit publishing open systems repeater information on their web site?

And since repeaters and HTs aren’t listed my mobile mounted in the house isn’t a base station. Rather it is a mobile at rest.

I'm looking for a way to help test my rt97s. I've been looking at this surecom sr112 simplex repeater. It records and plays back your transmission. It has a DTMF encoder to enable or disable or otherwise make changes. It can even be set to play back prerecorded messages at predetermined intervals so it seems like it could be used to identify a repeater if so desired, however I don't think I would do that just because it ties up a repeater channel even when it's not in use. It seems like a guy could fashion the correct RS232 interface cable. Set it to sleep mode 99% of the time. Use DTMF to activate it, make your test, then turn it back off. It's basically a repeater controller. It relies on a separate transceiver. A retevis rt97s is basically that. You just need the correct cable. I doubt they have one, I would have to make one. Shouldn't be too difficult. What say you?

Sweeeeeet! On mine (always programmed via the software) I found a tone issue too. In my case several re-writes to the radio didn't fix it. It stayed absent. All other tones were there. I found that I needed to delete the Code plug line (for the fault channel) and simply re-enter the details again for that channel only. All great now. I really like the DB20. Best Regards!

Really? What else could we possibly talk about? I think it is a well thought out question that got an extremely thought out and well composed answer. I know it doesn't fit the normal theme of ganging up on newbies asking the same old questions that they could easy find by doing a search. After all, we're discussing GMRS and we've reached the limit of all things GMRS.

When my wife see's a delivery for me ffrm Atlantic, she automatically knows it's batteries

Don't worry about it... registering is not mandatory nor is un-regestering..

Must be programmed on a computer via software. On and off is menu 14 I’d bet it’s in the software you have. If not does chirp support this radio? Rt systems? I don’t know.

I don't know if that is the only benefit, but is sure is a good one. Most people don't monitor those frequencies since they are most commonly used for repeater inputs. You end up with a much less crowed channel. Now that you mention it... is there an OTC type approved radio that is configured to transmit simplex on the 467 mains (maybe a KG-1000?), or do we have to use reconfigured LMR radios?

Errrgggg. Such stupid stuff people like to bring up for nothing. What about using a repeaters hand mic to talk as a base station. Omg my head blew up. Can we get back to people wanting to be spoon fead information?

My local repeater now requires an ANI.ID number in order to use it. My BF GM-15PRO has a menu to program the four-digit number, but I cannot change the factory 12345 already written to the radio. No button changes the numbers. Please help. The Radiooddity software does not show a way to program the numbers either.

Nothing better in life than a good woman at your side. I had to go through quite a few bad ones to finally find mine. I can't believe I actually thought I knew what love was before her.

Katie and I share an interest in 2 way radios. She was EMS and came into our relationship carrying a fancy Bendix King. We have cute code names for each other and use our radios every day. It's enough to make normal people sick.

Too late... you're committed now!