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I will start with the 4 port USB charger. I initially posted that I had a baofeng UV-5G plugged into a cell phone battery charger and a SR-112 simplex repeater plugged in. Every time I tried to use it the SR112 would lock up on transmit and stay that way for a while before it quit transmitting. The guess was the battery pack did not have enough horse power to support to devices. So I got a 4 port USB hub and plugged both directly into it. Sure as the sun rises the SR112 locked up again on transmit. So I put the radio on the 4 port USB hub with a laptop and a phone and the SR112 on a single USB charger and it worked perfectly. I have no idea why, when both devices are plugged into the same USB port or the same batter pack that the SR112 locks up. Now for the simplex and duplex repeater. I live in a very woody area with lots of hills and ridgelines. I setup an RT97 repeater on top of one ridge and I could talk to the person on the other side of the ridge. When I went two ridges away and was down in the draws I could not hit the RT97. So I decided to take a baofeng UV5G and flip the frequencies from what the repeater had and put it on the second ridge. I was surprised but from the draw after the second ridge I could hit the simplex repeater and it keyed the RT97 and we could talk just fine. Repeater frequencies in the RT97 and the radio stayed the same. Before anyone starts in on why this is not legal, I will say this was testing just for emergency purposes. Just thought I would share

Simulcast is not cheap. You can "roll your own", still about $1000+/site with https://allstarsimulcast.com/. Note, you cannot link into Allstar/Echolink. Second option, which is widely commercially available is JPS: https://jps.com/products/snv-12/ I would also suggest you reach out to your Motorola vendor and discuss if there is a Moto solution to simulcast on analog for your chosen hardware.

They might want to mail them all a letter asking about any interest in forming a GMRS club.

The Southwest Community Radio System (SWCRS) has two separate simulcast systems. I believe both are a three site system with one in the Tucson Area and one in the Albuquerque Area. You can reach them at swcrs.org or tucsongmrs.org for the specifics of their systems. They have the Tucson system phased pretty good very seldom do I here any wah wahs and warbles.

Thanks Unc! I Set everything to Specified Frequency Channel 16. Now, Im able to hear the momentary squelch after letting go of the PTT Button(Kerchunk). Also Set Roger Tone off. So It Seems to Be Working at the moment. Thanks again!

Good day Fellow Enthusiasts, My name is Tony the Chief Radio officer for Sonoma County Neighborhood Auxillary Communication Service(non agency, volunteers). We have created a 20 plus repated system here using the Motorola SLR5700 series repeater. we have deployed 1000's of radios to neighborhoods and teach resilency and self preservation using GMRS/Amateur/Cup and string/smoke signals/bullhorns you name it we will try it, to communicate. I understand that we have very few GMRS frequenciesto use and we want to be good stewards to our neighboring counties. So i want to simulcast to minimize power output and fequency usage. We also plan to install backbone and redundancy using ubiquitous and LoRa radio. i am asking you good people for advice, reference material and/or experiences in how you have done this. Presently i am looking at using the RTCM thin client or a stand alone RPI. I know my way around a RPI enough to ge tmyself in trouble and would prefer a more plug n play approach. of course money is a big consideration since we are a volunteer group. i apprecaite you folks for doing what you do providing that redundancyfor your communities Tony Goodwin Chief Radio Officer: Sonoma County Neighborhood Auxillary Communication Service Sonoma County, CA.

Same here.

Agree. Not sure why one would want to know who is around them ? I wouldnt answer if someone called me on the radio unless it was family or close friend.

Channels 31 and above are receive only. It's described that way on the Amazon page, and it's the same for my UV5G. Typically for these GMRS radios YOU JUST ENTER TONES ON THE PRE-PROGRAMMED CHANNELS (1-22 simplex, 23-30 repeater).

I wonder if you understand what the intended use of GMRS/FRS is? It's not social media. You come here for that. LOL! The reason the license covers your family is so families and friends can stay in touch for things like camping, hiking, off roading, use on the property, farm etc. Amateur radio (ham) is better for reaching out to strangers to make contacts if that is your interest. Sure there is some of that with GMRS but that's not really what it's for.

Agreed. It's been on the market for what a year? Maybe there were no offers that came close to what they wanted. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

They would seem to be a reasonable suitor, but if such interest were ever expressed MFJ’s announcement would seem to imply that it is unlikely.

I'm easy to find, but if someone reached out to me, I would ignore them. That might just be me.

GoodMorning, New to the Hobby. I Set Frequency in VFO Mode, Set Shift-D to +, Set Offset to 5.000Mhz, Set T-DCS to Specified Tone, Delete Channel 37 Memory, Save to Channel 37 Memory, go to Channel Mode, and Test for Kerchunk. But instead of a momentary Squelch after letting go of the PTT Button, a Single Beep is heard. What am I doing wrong? Tried Repeater Channel 4(based on Frequency Chart), Tried with or without R-DCS Tone, Tried Setting same Frequency in Both A/B.

Guess you’re gonna have to put up a repeater and advertise gmrs.

Have you tried the Roadkill network?

most of this state is seriously lacking in communications wish there we had more users here!

Morning, I'm in Suffolk work in Portsmouth, hope to hear y'all on the waves!

That would seriously be awesome.

it wont be, at least not by me. Nobody likes a spammer.

Yes SSB included (forgot that) and I can't find a EE750, all out of stock the places I've searched. Can't wait for the Queens review and hopefully it will be posted here on this thread. Thanks,

Top SIX? Geezus... I like the Eton Elite 750, but it is a bit pricy.. Raddy just released a new, low-cost Shortwave radio that also does SSB, which most of the CCR shortwaves don't do - I heard that the Youtube Queen of GMRS will be doing a review of it soon because he's run out of new GMRS radios to talk about.. But, thats just a rumor.. I fully realize that neither of these meet the requirements of a true shortwave-dork, but, I'm not a shortwave dork.

Although I know some are hard to come by, what are your top six (6) SWRadio's (looking to buy new)? I had some as a kid and throughout the years, they all have finally failed. Thanks, WSCH851

The other rumor was that DX Engineering might be interested.

As much as I like the kg-uv9 I don’t like the twisty knob on the top to change channels. I bumb it all the time so I have to lock down the radio. I never hit the front buttons on any radio but the twisty knob is always getting bumped. I use my hand held radios while hiking, riding quads and riding horses and I also use a shoulder mic if I’m wearing a back pack or a jacket with a loop. And it’s for sure annoying to worry about the top knob. But bother then that the kg-uv9 is a favorite.