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Another "Expert"....and you guys think I make this stuff up.. I didnt even mention that he only has a ham callsign..

Need an inexpensive cup holder mount for your small GMRS mobile? Try a 3" plumbers test plug. I got mine at Menards.

Received my callsign back on 7/6 and am just starting to dig more into GMRS. Currently my only radio is a Baofeng 5R-2. Would like to hopefully add something in the 25 or 40 watt range as a base/field radio. Joining myGMRS I am hoping to learn as much as I can and move to a better radio.

No. MyGMRS uses IP networks (that’s the IP in VOIP), not POTS. This claim has been discussed and discarded numerous times.

The DB25-G IS on the CHIRP Support list.

Thank you, both! It's very much appreciated!.

My GMRS is in violation of Part 95 here are the FCC rules. Part § 95.1749 GMRS network connection. Operation of a GMRS station with a telephone connection is prohibited, as in § 95.349. GMRS repeater, base and fixed stations, however, may be connected to the public switched network or other networks for the sole purpose of operation by remote control pursuant to § 95.1745. Using All-star Link in GMRS is ilegal under part 95.349

As the shop owner, I wanted to follow up on what happened on this scenario. We used Tessco for shipping the CommScope base station antennas rather than taking on inventory of these antennas. They are very large, and the freight is very expensive, so it doesn't make sense to ship them to us, have to store them, then ship them again to the customer. You may be familiar with this as being called "drop shipping" where the item gets shipped directly to the customer. In this customer's case, we received his order and sent the information to our sales rep at Tessco. Days went by, and we never heard confirmation that they received the order and couldn't reach the rep. I tried to find a regional manager to contact, but still couldn't get ahold of anyone. Now being a week later, I escalated to their generic sales and support team, and explained the issue. They replied with the retail cost of the item, and a shipping charge of about $700. If we placed the order, we would have lost about $400 due to the super-high shipping quote and the non-discounted cost of the antenna that we already had negotiated with a sales manager in the past. So unfortunately, we had to cancel the order and refund the customer. I sent a message to him apologizing and explaining the scenario above to show why we couldn't fulfill this order, because of course it looks unprofessional if you don't understand the details of what happened. Needless to say, I pulled all products that we ship from Tessco and informed them I was done with their company do to this colossal issue. Almost a month later, none of the people I reached out to ever contacted me except their main support rep. Never again.

For small tractors, Kubota or John Deere are very handy to have around. I have a little John Deere 2305 with hydrostatic transmission which is very easy to operate and my son-in-law has a Kubota just a little bigger. Both have 4 wheel drive. I’ve heard that Mahindra and Kioti tractors work pretty well and are cheaper, but I have no personal knowledge of them. Here in the lower 48 it’s always possible to find a used tractor. A friend of mine has a full sized White with a loader that I think would be pretty good for what you’re trying to do but getting it there would be prohibitive. If you follow the boom/bust cycle of the oil industry you can find skid-steer tractors and backhoes for pretty good bargains every ten or fifteen years. ?

The KG-UV980P is the same body and software as the KG-1000g just different tx frequencies. You can expand the frequency with software and it's cheaper than the 1000G. This alone makes it a better choice. I can talk cb fm but listen am/fm, ham, and gmrs. I have 3 different antennas going to a triplexer. You can also check out the TYT TH-9800.

They work perfectly fine for me. They weren't in an image file when I found them. They were in a pdf from someone with the call sign W2YMM. I even found a few more tones. Make sure your using sudo to modify the rpt.conf file. After you save the file you have to restart asterisk. This is my list, I just use the ct# where needed unlinkedct = ct9 ; Send a this courtesy tone when the user unkeys if the node is not connected to any other nodes. (optional, default is none) linkunkeyct = ct12 ; sent when a transmission received over the link unkeys remotetx = ct14 ; local courtesy tone when linked Trancieve mode ct1 = |t(350,0,100,2048)(500,0,100,2048)(660,0,100,2048) ct2 = |t(660,880,150,2048) ct3 = |t(440,0,150,4096) ct4 = |t(550,0,150,2048) ct5 = |t(660,0,150,2048) ct6 = |t(880,0,150,2048) ct7 = |t(660,440,150,2048) ct8 = |t(700,1100,150,2048) ct9 = |t(1500,0,50,4096)(1250,0,50,4096)(1000,0,50,4096)(750,0,50,4096)(500,0,50,4096)(2550,0,50,4096);CHIRPCHOMP ct10 = |t(1000,800,50,2048)(800,0,50,2048)(600,0,50,2048)(1500,0,50,2048);MOONBOUNCE ct11 = |t(0,0,640,0)(330,0,50,2048)(495,0,50,2048)(660,0,50,2048) ; YELLOW JACKET ct12 = |t(800,0,100,2048)(800,0,100,2048)(540,0,100,2048) ; SHOOTING STAR ct13 = |t(500,0,100,2048)(500,0,100,2048)(750,0,100,2048) ; COMET ct14 = |t(750,0,125,2048)(808,0,80,2048)(880,1200,80,2048) ; STARDUST ct15 = |t(0,0,640,0)(660,0,50,2048)(500,0,50,2048)(385,0,50,2048) ; HORNET ct16 = |t(1000,0,20,2048)(800,0,20,2048)(600,0,20,2048) ; TUMBLE WEED ct17 = |t(0,0,640,0)(660,0,100,2048)(500,0,100,2048)(385,0,100,2048) ; WASP ct18 = |t(500,700,100,2048) ; UONK ct19 = |t(1000,0,100,2048) ; BEEP ct20 = |t(440,0,100,2048) ; BOOP ct21 = |t(840,500,100,2048) ; BLOOP ct22 = |t(1000,0,50,2048)(750,0,50,2048)(500,0,50,2048) ; DESCENDING ct23 = |t(500,0,50,2048)(750,0,50,2048)(1000,0,50,2048) ; ASCENDING ct24 = |t(1760,0,30,2048)(0,0,30,0)(1760,0,30,2048)(0,0,30,0)(1760,0,30,2048) ; NEXTEL ct25 = |t(2450,0,200,2048) ;NASA OVER1 ct26 = |t(2175,0,200,2048)(1950,0,175,2048) ; MOTOROLA TONE REMOTE 1 ct27 = |t(2175,0,75,2048)(1950,0,50,2048) ; MOTOROLA TONE REMOTE SHORT ct28 = |t(0,0,640,0)(660,880,100,2048) ; PIANO CHORD ct29 = |t(2500,0,100,2048) ; NASA OVER2 ct30 = |t(800,440,50,2048)(440,220,50,2048) ; PIANO DOOR BELL ct31 = |t(540,0,050,2048)(540,0,050,2048)(880,0,050,2048) ; MOTH ct32 = |t(540,0,100,2048)(540,0,100,2048)(880,0,100,2048) ; BUTTERFLY ct33 = |t(1000,0,50,2048)(750,0,50,2048)(500,0,50,2048) ; SNOWSHOE RABBIT ct34 = |t(500,0,50,2048)(750,0,50,2048)(1000,0,50,2048) ; JACKRABBIT ct35 = |t(480,1200,40,2048)(0,0,40,0)(480,1200,40,2048) ; FUNCTION COMPLETE 1 ct36 = |t(900,0,60,2048)(0,0,60,0)(900,0,60,2048) ; FUNCTION COMPLETE 2 ct37 = |t(440,500,200,2048)(440,350,200,2048) ; DUNCE CAP ct38 = |t(800,0,75,2048)(400,50,50,2048) ; DOORBELL ct39 = |t(1000,1200,120,2048)(1200,1400,80,2048)(600,800,100,2048) ; FIRE FLY ct40 = |t(0,0,640,0)(330,0,100,2048)(495,0,100,2048)(660,0,100,2048) ; BUMBLE BEE Feel free to copy and paste it to your file to see if it works.

No pics of my first. It was a 4 channel Uniden crystal radio. One of these 2 are my grab and go radios....

First was, I think, an old set of those neon-yellow waterproof Talkabouts. Nothing could kill them, aside from leaky batteries. Latest is a Motorola LMR set. I have three of the Wouxuns, and I do absolutely love how solid the 905 is, but the Moto knocks it out of the park. A little lower power on TX, but just edges out the superhet Wouxuns on reception. Also have a PSM mic for it, which doesn't get a whole lot of use, but is handy when it does—popped one of the Wouxun UHF antennas on it and stick the radio in a pack and you're good to go. IMPRES smart batteries are nice, too. Downside of course with Part 90 gear, as @Lscott mentioned, is no field programming, and expensive/difficult to find/complex software. And those IMPRES batteries and chargers are pricy—thankfully mine came with both, and the battery, first activated in 2019, still had a lot of life.