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Not really different cities. I will usually append the fractional digits of the frequency in case there are more than one repeater in any city, such as: HMD675 HMD525 GARY700 etc. If the repeater has a "name" I'll use that instead: NSEA FOXRUN

You can find commercial antennas tuned for 460-470 with so239 connectors (this is the end the antenna should have as your feedline will have PL259 connectors which mate to them) If you do get an antenna with an N connector, simply look up a so239 to N connector. This will allow you to adapt an "N" socket to a PL259 plug.

It must not be uncommon. I can hear a repeater in Maryland and one in Pennsylvania and both of them ID a few time per day in fast CW. Definitely GMRS repeaters - especially since I hear people talk on them IDing with GMRS call signs.

I have had 3 of the 6bd gain Midland antenna's melt the load coil. I am not buying any more of these. MARCSPAZ please send me information on buying the Motorola 6db antenna's. Thanks WRCW870

Great review by the OP. Thanks for doing that. I thought it was interesting to see that there are less than 60k GMRS licensees in the FCC system. I guess the market segment for this service is dominated by bubble pack radios for the most part, not equipment that is halfway between bubblepacks and actual full-bore amateur radio gear... I suppose that's where the Chinese manufacturers fill in for the time being.

Oi, your really new here lol Repeater frequencies will require you to transmit on 467.#### and receive on 462.####. Open repeaters may still use a PL code. (This is used to filter out other conversations as there are only 8 channels for repeaters) Those codes are generally posted on the MyGMRS site as long as the repeater is listed there. Private repeaters require you to get permission to use the machine. Some require membership dues to help fund the repeater. To access those repeaters you will need to contact the repeaters owner or administrator for permission. when permission is given they will typically then tell you the codes to access the system. To use the repeater you will always need to use duplex mode (Transmit on one frequency, receive on another)