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Just a heads up, and this should only affect older or nodes running self configured software (such as Debian 9, or modified HamVoIP or ASL builds). It appears the issuing authority for the myGMRS TLS certificates (LetsEncrypt) is no longer playing nicely with certain older systems, so certain nodes are no longer pulling in the node list or posting statistics to the mygmrs network map. If your node is no longer showing up on the mygmrs.network map or able to connect to other nodes otherwise on the network; the easiest workaround I know of is to not have it check for certificates, by modifying as follows: rpt.conf: your statpost_program should be as follows: statpost_program=/usr/bin/wget,-q,--timeout=5,--tries=1,--no-check-certificate,--output-document=/dev/null If you do not have this string, add it - the main change is the addition of --no-check-certificate, the other stuff is to keep you from spamming the mygmrs server in case there's network issues. Node list: depending on your mechanisms for pulling in the nodes list (https://mygmrs.network/nodes) If you're using usr/local/bin/rc.updatenodelist - you'll need to add "--no-check-certificate" to the calls to wget in that file. I don't use this mechanism, so if someone wants to take a stab at modifying that one and posting it here I'm sure it'd be appreciated. If you're using wget in a cron job - add "--no-check-certificate" to the line you have for that

Hello again all, I just received my very first GMRS radio and I'm trying to install a repeater near me here in Pahrump. I must say the manual suck and there's no videos on YouTub This is all very new to me and I'm having problems downloading the software. Thanks in advance Alexander

Glad you were able to get it sorted ?

I appreciate your offer for help but I've resolved my issue. Thanks!

If it's not finding the comm port, that's almost always a driver issue. Some cables, win10 requires installing an older version of the drivers for the cable. Wasn't able to find a good source offhand, but I'll try to look some more a bit later when I can get on an actual computer.

That one, I'm not sure on. You may be right that it's getting some kind of signal. On mine, if I'm in dual/triple/quad watch, all 4 have a hollow arrow, and the one receiving a signal goes solid and a signal strength meter comes up at the bottom of the screen...it almost makes me think you might have the quad watch on, but it might just be slightly different firmware. If the multi watch is off, mine pays no attention to the other channels (just tested it, actually)

I'd give it a shot again with at least one transceiver out-of-doors. You should be getting some reasonable range. I'm in a very urban area and have no problem hitting and being heard on some of the in-town repeaters with the 905 and stock antenna. And I'm on the ground floor of a aluminum-clad apartment that is a black hole for cell reception. Up on the 6th floor roof deck, I easily pick up a few repeaters 20+ miles away. @DeoVindice, the 805 and 905 are both superhet so there should be good reception. I find that indoors with mine, said 20+ mile, 50W repeater comes in just fine, but nobody can hear me. SO OP should at least be getting some reception. I'm guessing it's on the architecture of one or both locations. An apartment even up to 6 stories or so could be wood-frame construction, but a commercial building at that height almost certainly has more steel in it, either structurally or with interior studs and cladding. That said, envious of your commercial radio collection—very tempting to drop the bucks on one of those FPP Motorolas eBay keeps wanting me to see, but the Wouxun are working fine for me. Hope the OP gets better results in different conditions.

Since I don't really need the radios for critical communications I can afford to wait for a good deal. That's part of the fun collecting them, finding a good deal. The second part is trying to discover where the radio came from originally. I managed to find this out on just a few. The best one came from "Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station" out east. I think another poster knew about it and commented they replaced all their analog radios with digital. Nice confirmation of what I figured out from the names in the memory tag fields and frequencies programmed in to the radio.