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And any traffic on those eight repeater pairs also causes congestion on the eight 462 MHz main channels which are the also the fifty-watt simplex channels because they share the same frequencies.

@Linuxnut79 - the FCC actually was looking for suggestions for how to simplify regulations. You might want to look into that. Also, having linked repeaters causes congestion locally whilst relying on the internet for greater distances. What happens when the ISPs go down? If you’re truly interested in SHTF long distance radio communications that is designed to survive loss of local services (and overuse of the internet backbone) you should investigate HF.

A tad more communication distance of usable audio because of the noise factor. With 3 1/2 watts that equates to almost a 1/4 mile more in Farz.

Wikipedia is getting screwed up by A.I.

Bert, You forget TWO Important Facts that didn't occur to you before you wrote that. 1. GMRS is intended to be a Short range communication service, Not meant for nationwide comms. 2. you Only have 8 Repeater pairs in which to operate repeaters on, which is approx. 180 mhz. bandwidth. WHY would someone 200 miles away have to be Forced to listen to traffic by a couple of operators on a linked system, not even in their area ? After you get 4 or 5 Linked networks across the U.S. saturating the 8 Repeater pairs we're allowed to use for the entire country, the signal to noise ratio goes UP, sometimes even creating interference for low power or Local repeaters. My suggestion to you, is IF you want to enjoy Long Distance Comms state to state, maybe take the test for your Technician Amateur Radio License, then you could operate on Many of the LEGAL Linked repeater systems we're Allowed to operate ? Both the Two meter and 70 Centimeter { Vhf and Uhf } bands have More than enough Bandwidth to support many Linked systems. Gmrs does Not have the Bandwidth needed to allow linking. I hope this sheds some light for you.

^^ THIS ^^ in a nutshell... Linking would completely occupy any given frequency pair, making it unavailable to most other users in the coverage area. It would not take many linked repeater owners to monopolize all of the repeater channels in any area. Even ham radio, with it's many more available repeater frequencies, seldom links distant repeaters for longer than it takes to run a net. Some clubs run repeaters in two locations on different frequencies and permanently link their own, but it is still very local and only two transmitters. W3VPR does this with their 2m system, almost doubling their footprint. Others link between 2m and 70cm, but again, it's local and limited. I am seeing this desire to link with many new GMRS users here and I think that some of the appeal is to increase capability on an intentionally limited service due to the lax licensing requirements. "Limited service" and "lax requirements" go hand in hand. Anyone wishing to have longer range capability than GMRS currently offers should investigate Amateur Radio, which allows greater power, much more flexibility in frequencies and equipment. The FCC dropped the Morse Code requirement and the entry-level 'Technician' license exam is relatively easy.

Shot yourself in the foot right there.... if its a short distance use class, linking repeaters makes it no longer short distance....

You're probably accurate on that, but Wikipedia doesn't make it entirely clear that GMRS existed before '87: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mobile_Radio_Service#History

To quote Steely Dan “no static at all” Perhaps an exaggeration but clearer audio I’m guessing and some might see the lack of traffic as a plus. Just a thought.

So what is the advantage if any, of FM CB over AM CB?

While some of the advantages of linking repeaters is nice the whole concept of using many of the only 8 repeater channels makes it unappealing. And especially when a "club" owns said repeaters on a paid only subscription base. Add a dozen more channels and designate a few of them for linking and that might fix it.

I submitted an email to the white house. hopefully someone actually reads this.

I wasn't referring to Line A. You said "95.1763 is gone altogether." It's there. If you meant Line A wasn't mentioned in 1763, then your wording was bad.

Looked it up. Tops out at 520MHz. The RX around 300MHz might be useful. Military air communications use frequencies in that range. For $25 don’t expect good performance. I’m about 20 miles west of Selfridge Air National Guard Base here in Michigan. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/04/29/trump-announces-new-fighter-jet-mission-at-michigan-air-base/ For a few years my folks had a house on a canal going to Lake Saint Clare just a couple blocks south of the entrance to Metro Park. You could stand in their back yard and watch the military flights taking off and landing all day long. Would have been cool to monitor the radio traffic that’s not encrypted.

Takes 2 to play because of range/power.

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Copy as of yesterday, if you could highlight the part about line A or C, or 462.7 for me please, I am unable to find it. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-E?toc=1

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You are a tad off on that date. GMRS was known as Class A Radio Service and CB Radio was known as Class D Radio Service back in the 60s. In the 70s, the FCC changed the Class A Radio Service to General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS).

I have a bunch of them. Passed a bunch out to my family. Use them to keep in contact with the wife through my repeater along with the mobile Wouxun. I know most of the ins and outs of the TD-H3

You can probably find videos on YouTube. Pickup trucks with 50 and 80 kw generators in the back and antenna arrays that require another truck to haul. Lots of stuff to make Randy smile.

Better check again; it's there for me, and it's one of the most important sections.

The Radtel RT-900 is suppose to do 33cm and is only $25 for the non-bluetooth model. I have one on order and I'll try to post a video to my YouTube channel. It might be worth picking one up to play around with.

I used to throw the 10-11 metter in my truck when making frequent trips back and forth between here, (the Desert) and Sacramento.. That all ened back in 23.. I used to catch a lot of truckers, picking them on 58 in Tehacappi all the way north along 99 and back.. Very rarelty did i here them on GMRS and if i did, they were traveling in pairs on long haul deliveries.

That's the only reason I have one anyway.