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I just noticed a banner ad (Look Up) from buytwowayradios.com for a newly certified GMRS radio from Wouxun. I wrote newly certified since the radio was actually first certified for Part90 in 2012 and has now been certified for Part95. There is a lot more information on this Reddit thread.

Is there a particular reason for the restriction on number of daily "likes"?

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I don't think you offended anyone. Welcome to the forum! Are you planning to start with a handheld, mobile, or base station radio?

Probably to prevent “like-flation”

Why is simple. Because buyers want it. If someone wants to put up a repeater and use travel tone for all to use, that’s their prerogative. Likewise, if they want their repeater to be private, more the same. It’s certainly less exclusive than various non-compatible digital protocols like DMR and D-Star and P25. If it confuses someone, if only there was some kind of resource you could access on a computer to make those inquiries. If only. How much you think I knew about any of this stuff beforehand? The cool thing about ham and GMRS alike is that a lot of the people involved… well, they’re radio enthusiasts. Good people to touch base with. Oh, they’re kinda particular about BaoFengs? Hey, here’s a guy offering me one hell of a good deal on a TK-380 (or maybe three). Nah, if anything ruins GMRS, it’s the bandits who cause repeater owners to not want to partake in the ORI, and people who don’t actually get to know their fellow GMRS users. I’m a loner by nature - I don’t particularly like people. Yet I’m having lunch today with someone from Front Range GMRS because we both like radio and we found out we get along. You wanna ruin GMRS, treat it like CB, don’t have those interactions beyond RF, don’t participate in group events. Otherwise, you come to FRGMRS, and your blister pack or Midland can’t do our split tones, I’ve got three TK-380s I got at a really good deal. Hoss, I got you for a loaner radio or to sell you one at the same deal I got them for. Or you got the B-Tech GMRS-V1 and don’t know how to program it or don’t have a cable… got you covered (and the guy I’m having lunch with loaned me his cable before I got one). If you’ve got that going on, CTCSS, DCS, split tones aren’t a big deal. That’s the difference between ‘Babbabooey Bob’ on 11m just passing through and enthusiast/hobbyists - there’s a sense of community there. Be a part of it. And this isn’t to say it’s completely dead on CB… I was a truck driver, I’ve had those instances where I’d happen across someone on the CB, we’d grab a cup of coffee then shoot the breeze on the CB while we drove. It’s just unfortunate that CB culture is a bit of a rarity and trailer trash culture has stepped up to fill the void.

With so many good quality used radios from Kenwood, Motorola, Vertex, Icom and others, most Part90 and many Part95 certified, and selling for more-or-less the same price, I don’t really see the point in bothering with The RT76. Also the quality brand radios usually have a huge number of branded and 3rd party accessories available as well: speaker/mics, antennas, batteries, group charging stands, etc.