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So how about telling the rest of us what the problem was so the members of the forum can learn as well?

I have a wonderful wife and I honestly wouldn’t want to dwell on life without her beside me. When I went back to college at 32, she worked two jobs to take care of me and our kids without ever complaining. Now that she’s in a wheelchair with MS she still never complains. I know that not everyone is so fortunate but I’m delighted for @LeoG. It appears he has a good one.

If you go for AE and you're really lucky you may be issued sequentially one of the highly coveted 1X2 or 2X1 callsigns. If not, you'll still get a 2X2 which lets everyone know you're an AE. You can apply for a vanity 1X2 or 2X1 as well, and I considered it, but when I got my 2X2 I was happy with it.

Me too, and it works just fine.

That's awesome!

Necrothread … I am in NW Frisco and like OP said 3yrs ago, GMRS appears deprived of decent repeaters in these parts. Anyone in the area having success with an HT? I might add a Midland antenna on a pizza dish to see if I can get any love. Otherwise, will stick to ham freqs and add those to the KG935G+

I don't have one of those, wife, got rid of that problem years ago, so I get to spend my money anyway on anything I want. No BS to put up with.

WOW 40 years in radio!!!!! Every one gather around some dude has been in radios for 40years. Omg. Grab a chair. Skooch in. Quiet he may speak soon. Haha but you purchased a retivis, (-1) you couldnt program a pre programmed gmrs radio (-2) and you wouldn’t except help from others. (-3) You wouldnt describe the problem or any solutions you may have tried. You just wanted to be spoon feed in the exact way you demanded. You actually sound like a modern 20 year old kid.

Good to go now! Thanks for the assist.

It was never just about the repeaters. I know what I needed to fix the problem, I have been using radios almost 40 years. I am good now. Luckily one person was actually willing to provide the assistance I asked for.

When we swapped from spotty cell phones to radios for work comms across the valley (60miles wide and 120miles long) my wife was not convinced untill they worked all over in places where cells didn’t. Then when the first big winter storm came and we had no cell phone for days she was super happy to be able to talk to me and friends all over the valley. We were able to get help to elderly or people with stuck cars or downed trees. Then when the fires came and we had no cell phones and we were evacuating large animals and using radios to coordinate with our crew and others, things got real, after that asked do we need more or better radios. Now it’s Motorolas all around. Plus they are 1/2 the price of the other junk.

The things people worry about. Just leave it alone. It’s ok to let it sit unanswered forever.

*1 on going for Extra, Being Extra is also the gateway to becoming a Volunteer Examiner for new hams and those wanting to upgrade,

Maybe send another message to the repeater owner asking for your request for access be cancelled.

You, sir are blessed. My wife thinks it's "cute" when I go nerd out in my office with my radios. When we have bad storms coming, she's the first one to ask if my radios are charged up just in case. I love her.

Go for the extra license. Doesn't give you much more other than not having to worry about what portion of the bands you are in and bragging rights, but why not?

Just let it ride and don't worry about it.

Stop everything you are doing right now and go buy a lottery ticket!

You had me at “When I got my first pair of radios,” but the ending was great!

As far as I know... no. Question is, why would you want to remove it? If the repeater owner some day decided to check their requests and answer, then you would finally get what you were asking for. If they don't ever answer, well, nothing has changed one way or another. I understand and agree that it would be nice to clear it so you don't even have to look at it again, and I'm not sure why it isn't an option. But I guess it lets you keep track of repeaters you never have to bother asking permission for eveyr again because it seems no one is answering it anyway.

Is there a way to cancel a repeater request on mygmrs.com ? I am new to GMRS and would like to remove my request since it has been about a month without any response.

Good evening everyone! My name is Seth and Im located in Murfreesboro. Currently I have a set of UV-5R handhelds and a pair of Radioditty DB20-G GMRS mobile radios for my family vehicles. Usually only on GMRS channel 20 using CTCSS 141.3 to hear everything go on around me. I will monitor RUTHERFORD 600 at CTCSS 114.8 and SMG1 at CTCSS 229.1 when Im trying to really reach out and contact others. I would love to start making contacts and learn more about the GMRS community and how to operate effectively. Please feel free to reach out at any time as I constantly monitor this account. Very Respectfully, WSCE776 (Seth)

When I got my first pair of HTs they were the TDH3 but the HAM version. Shortly after I discovered they could be switched over to GMRS. I looked into it and discovered the licensing was just $35 and that covered the family. The process was a pain and by the time I had finished up I had 8 windows open that were required to obtain this license. Not really the surprise. After playing with these radios I was surprised to find out my wife didn't hate them. After a short while I ended up getting a mobile tranceiver that I put in the house as a base station. My wife didn't really care for talking on it but she did like to listen to the active repeater. Eventually I put up a good antenna and I got a mobile unit so I could keep in touch with my wife. She enjoyed being able to contact me. I put up a repeater at my shop and even though communication was difficult because of hills and trees she enjoyed contacting me by the radio over texting or phone unless she couldn't get me through the radio. Eventually I found out my antenna and/or coax was faulty and changed that out and now the connection is much better. My repeater is 50w and the mobile is 20w and the repeater can get to the house better than the house can get to the repeater. So I decided to get a 50w for the house. Ordered the power supply and the radio. The PS came today and my wife was excited. She knew nothing of what I had ordered. She thought I got a new radio. I was a bit shocked. The normal expectation when a husband spend money without the wife knowing about it on his hobby is to be frowned up or worse, being yelled at. She was disappointed that it was a power supply and not a radio. She still doesn't know I ordered the radio. I didn't want to take the surprise away from her when it does arrive. Can a guy be more lucky.

I doubt that the 712EFC will stand up to 112 MPH winds either. We had winds high enough to blow down a 24-36 inch diameter maple tree on Easter Sunday. The winds were getting close to 70 MPH that day and my vertical antennas sure were dancing around.

I need to sand and paint the base of my UT-72. But it's still working just fine.