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It was a culmination of several 'complaints' I have had over time from him and others. And was at the end of a rather rough day to boot. I over reacted. Pure and simple. And I have put everything back on the air, and not loaded it up to be sold at the Hamfest this weekend. I do have a BUNCH of stuff to go over there... but that ain't part of it. Which reminds me I DO need to pull a couple other repeaters that are VHF to drag over there and turn into cash..... There are no available VHF ham pairs in my area, so I am gonna dump the VHF repeaters I have since I can't use them.

Not exactly.... It wasn't that he was complaining, it was that he REALLY got indignant when I blew it off and DIDN'T at first act like it was some huge deal and react accordingly. And It's my understanding that the group or whatever he is with was about to put up a repeater. Went and had a discussion with the property owner, and had everything sealed up. Then somewhere in the discussion the property owner dropped an F-bomb and they immediately decided they were NOT going to do anything there because he used a bad word. Now I am getting that third hand. But this dude was on a tear about the guy up north being drunk on the repeater and really felt I needed to do something about it. And since at first I wasn't, he seemed to get irritated with me because it came out of my repeater. He understood that it was a linked system and the guy getting wild was three states away. He didn't care.... I needed to react. So I did.... Scorched Earth. Which was WAY over reacting. But I was mad. I am ok with someone disagreeing with me. I am ok with him being offended by cussing drunks.... What I was actually mad at we HE decided I was wrong for not being really mad and offended that some guy in Wisconsin was drunk on a linked repeater system I have a node on. And when I told him I heard part of it, earlier in the evening, he was really indignant. I am good with someone having a different belief structure than I do. What I am NOT ok with is when they try to force their belief structure on me. Which is basically what happened here. I SHOULD have ask him if he got the guys call sign and then told him to contact the FCC about THAT guy. But I sometimes over react a bit. And pulled the plug out of pure irritation over his nonsense. On a side note. The repeaters are BOTH back on the air. Now, if I hear him on my repeaters again, I may well tell him he's not welcome to use them any more.... But I may not even bother with that. And regardless of how technically reliable a system is. If it's not YOUR system you shouldn't 100% rely on it. Because someone can decide to pull the plug.

The MXT275 is about as simple as it gets..here's the down & dirty notes on using GMRS on a MXT275: 1) turn radio on 2) Select channel you want to talk on 3) Push button on mic, point noise-hole at mic, talk 4) Let go of button on mic 5) Listen If you have any other more specific questions I'm sure the community can help.

WayOverThere, very, very helpful. Thank you.

What's RR?

He pulled the plug because he felt like it. Feel free to step in with your resources to fill the void. Keep it reliable.

Never get down in the mud to wrestle with a pig. The pig like it’s.

It's personal property. We don't owe anyone anything. I think stopping someone from verbally abusing you and threatening you by removing their access to your personal property sounds smart, not immature. Too many people seem to overlook the point that this is personal property and the owner has all the rights and privileges that go with that honor. Just my opinion, rather have the owner hear venting instead of losing their cool. Having people to talk to and work through problems is healthy and we are hear to support like-minded people in the GMRS community. Sounds like the perfect place for the discussion.

As a repeater owner, I support whatever you do. That said, I would have explained that as a repeater owner, you are only responsible for content that originates on your device. You are not responsible for transmissions that originate on someone else's device. If they have a complaint, they need to complain to the originating station. If that isn't good enough for them, its too bad. The level of stress I am seeing in your post is way to high and not worth it. Don't let them get to you. If unplugging the system brings that stress level down, more power to you.

Oh,,, geeze. Long day. So first off. I couldn't give a rip about the guy in Wisconsin getting blasted and then talking on the repeater,,, even if it was MY local repeater. I am guessing he ruffled a few feathers. I didn't hear him on today before I pulled the plug, and my guess is that he got up this morning and remembered what he did and out of pure embarrassment stayed off the air. I believe there were a few comments made about him being blitzed as the night wore on. But again, don't care.... not my problem. Others may feel differently, but that's my stance. So what spun me into a rant filled tizzy. I had a user of all 3 of the repeaters at the site contact me on one of the OTHER repeaters, not the 600 that's linked. And he started in about the way the guy was drunk and using vulgarity (his words) on the repeater. I replied that I had heard part of it and was aware. I explained that it was a linked system and that I had little control over someone in the middle of the night, 3 states away acting the fool on the linked repeater system. This for some reason didn't seem to be the response he was expecting. Reading between the lines of what he was saying, he expected me to be equally offended and that it was totally unacceptable that someone acted that way and something needed to be done. But I wasn't doing it and that was unacceptable in his mind. So I reacted. I keyed the radio up, told him he was right, and further more, since he was obviously offended by the FREE REPEATERS that I provide to the community, and that I would just pull the plug and he would no longer be offended. Or if he was he wouldn't have me to complain to about it. Yes, to put it plainly, I was pissed that I was getting this passive aggressive holier than thou crap for someone I provide free GMRS repeater access to. So I reacted in the most polite and politically correct manner I could muster. I pulled the plug on two of the three repeaters. Ultimately, here's the real truth. People say and do things that are not acceptable at times. God knows I have, more than a bunch of times. Now I haven't done it on a repeater, I refrain from that out of respect for others. But I have more than a bunch of times went into a cuss word filled rant when something broke, didn't work as planned, got away from me and fell, fell on me, fell near me and was expensive, and a whole list of other reasons. That's the way SOME people are... and I accept that. Smack your thumb hard enough that the skin tears on the bottom side, not the side you hit, and try to refrain from letting the colorful adjectives come spewing forth. If you can do that, you are a better man than I. But people are people. If you choose to NOT partake of the booze ( i personally don't) then cool. If you choose to have a couple, that's fine. And there are instances that a few turns into a few more and you might start acting dumb. Again, human nature, and I ain't gonna judge. Ol boy decided I personally needed to be offended by the acts of another. And HE wanted to push HIS belief structure on ME. THAT ain't gonna happen.

I already knew the answer. I was hoping for them to learn something, or acknowledge they were so eager to assert their knowledge superiority that they neglected to keep the model radio the OP stated they have in mind. ?

Correct - A (simplex) channel to talk to other travelers/get road checks/etc, while on the road - just like good old CB Ch19. Discussing it here doesn't matter though, because none of the discussion, arguing, and bragging about who has "worked in the industry" longest is going to make any difference at all.

The new MTX275 is wide band - check my posts in this thread -

I only watch the ones with GMRS geeks and youtube hobos.

Oh.. shit. As it turns out, a AM as stupid as everyone says. It is also entire possible that I have had too much NyQuil .. Carry on.