I get the feeling that Midland views mobile gmrs radios as a central radio to be used with their line of bubble packs. They even bundle them together. This also explains the limited options on their repeater capable units. Two major problems: Inability to use different pl tones between tx and rx or even pl tone on tx and just squelch on rx. No memory channels for different repeaters. (Different channel pl tone combinations. As these options are avaiable on type 97 radios, its no wonder that people use ham radios rather than type 95. Thanks for listening. Keith T