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This is a demo of some custom and built-in emergency light patterns in the Tazer JL Mini, as installed on a Jeep Gladiator. There are 15 different combinations, depending on if the engine is on, the headlights are on, or if the engine and headlights are off. I am an amateur radio operator and I am a volunteer emergency staffer with Amateur Radio Emergency services, serving Prince William County Government, and other government agencies. Current Virginia law allows amateur radio operators to have and use safety strobes on their vehicles while both stopped on public roads, as well as in motion, depending on the service being provided. Regardless of if you are in Virginia or another state, consult an attorney and your served agencies, to be sure you adhere to the laws in your state and rules of your served agency. This information is for demonstration purposes only and should not be misconstrued as legal advice. Strictly use at your own risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzFgfHXkLIA

It does a lot that I need. The light controller makes it so I don't have to cut-up and mount stuff on a new vehicle, plus I get to retune for tires, gears, etc once I get the lift kit on. There are some other nice things, like disabling the auto start/stop (which drives me crazy) enabling lockers in 2-wheel drive, etc. The price is high, but in scope for a tuner. Since I don't need to flash the ECM and never will, I figured I was good. Thanks! Lindsay is a motor-head, a Ham, and into most of the hobbies I am. So that helps a lot! LOL

I think that is an unfair accusation. Corey's repeater is not a public utility or a public service. He owns the repeater and lets other people use it. It is up to him to set whatever standards he wants to: technical, behavior, content, etc. If people don't like his rules, they don't have to use his repeater. Since he has already made the capital outlay to build, house and operate the repeater, I see no reason why he should now have to support the equipment needs of the people who wish to use the repeater. OTOH, you should buy the equipment that meets your needs for communication, reliability and price. That is strictly your decision. Should your equipment need to meet the standards of a repeater operator, that is then one more item you need to factor in to your purchase decision. Here is an example of a similar issue that may help make this clear. The Midland MXT400 is a popular GMRS certified radio. However, because of some design decisions on Midland's part, the MXT400 is not be able to operate with some repeaters. (Available PL tones; split PL operation; and only narrow-band transmission.) If you own an MXT400 and cannot access a repeater, who's responsibility is it to address the problem? Should the repeater owner change their configuration to accommodate you, or should you change your radio to meet the repeater's requirements? By the way. You present the situation as binary: CCRs, vs. expensive equipment. There is another option, high-quality, used equipment - Part90 and Part95. For your same $200 budget you could find decent gear - perhaps with cosmetic or other minor issues.

So I got my license maybe two weeks ago and I'm having a great time with GMRS even though I'm the only person on the air within a 35 mile radius. The FCC database shows 6 other active licensees in my town but I never hear them on. The most I hear is a couple of scratchy signals on FRS from local businesses. Regardless, I got my repeater up and running yesterday on the 550. I have a 123 PL tone on the machine to keep the intermod and errant RFI to a minimum. The duplexer arrived so I spent the evening tuning it on the NanoVNA and got it pretty precisely dialed in. Now I just need to do some tests to see what kind of range I get out of it at low level. According to the coverage map that I generated at the Radio Mobile website, I should easily cover my entire small town. So far, the family equipment consists of a Kenwood TK-370G-1 for me and a couple of TK-370-1s for the others in the family. I got the good radio because I also do SAR for the local sheriff so I wanted the ability to have the extra channels and the narrow band capability. Building the repeater and programming the Motorola Radius M1225 radios for the repeater was far easier than I thought it would be and tuning the duplexer was a fun challenge. The Kenwood TK-370s are phenomenally well built radios with the added benefit of them all being CHIRP programmable. The non-G versions are also field programmable. My family really isn't interested in radio communications but will likely use the Kenwoods when we are camping in the mountains. I would really like to get others in my area interested in using the repeater. I've drafted letters to send out to the other six licensees inviting them to make use of the machine. I hope it generates some more local interest. 73, Chris WRFS756

Not to nit-pick Marc, but how is it possible to be a "high speed escort" with both headlights and engine OFF?

I'd dearly love to have that OCF antenna instead of my G5RV-Jr "compromise" antenna, which is 52' long, 40-6m and resonant on no particular band at all... In fact, it says a lot about its efficiency when it takes around six to ten seconds for my IT-100 "Autotuner" to find minimum SWR...

I'd be willing to suggest that not one bit of that "junk" even worked!

Got it and love it... I use a dedicated 8" tablet to control the radio and it works great. You can use the wired mic or remove the mic all together and use a BT headset and PTT button The app works like the walkie-talkie Zello as a stand alone walkie-talkie or to link your phone to a repeater. Frequencies are stored in banks of 16 channels each with the choice to monitor 2 frequencies or scan all 16 The APRS function shows where other hams are on the map.

You have all the awesome toys!!

GMRS is a utility service. Typically, users only wish to communicate with others of their group. Amateur radio is a hobby service, where users wish to communicate with everyone. Sent from my SM-A102U using Tapatalk

It's an Egg cooker.

I wonder if the guy did the FCC RF safety evaluation. Depending on band, power level and antenna location it's a requirement. Just because its a mobile station the safety issue can't be ignored.

Oops, forgot this part. The Luiton is also either wide band or narrow. Its also capable of split pl tones. Sells for just a little over 1/2 the price of the Midland.

Ignore the Baofeng hate. Instead of trying to get the 82C to do what you want legally you can always get the BTECH GMRSV1 (a UV82 certified for GMRS use) and do what you are seeking. [offtopic]Some folks have large amounts of money to dump into their hobbies others do not. I have to balance a limited income across multiple things I like to do including Jeeps, Shooting competitively, radios, motorcycles, ect and without the Baofengs on the market I probably wouldn't even be in the radio hobby because there's no way I was going to dump 150 dollars into a handheld radio to come to find out it didn't do what I wanted to do with radio spectrum, or be something I would enjoy to mess with. My initial UV-5R got my foot in the door to take the test and that one radio turned into a pile of radios including some Japanese radios that I don't even use regularly anymore and now live on my workbench[/offtopic]