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That wouldn’t be noticeable in my collection.

I recently downsized from 15 HTs to 7, and I am pretty proud of myself.

I plead the 5th on that answer

You don’t want to know how many HT’s I have.

The Wouxun KG-XS20G+ is a great little 20 watt mobile for $199. It has busy channel lock out and up to 999 custom channels that you can transmit on. I have it and its big brother the KG-1000G+ and both are great. One of the things I like to do before buying a radio is go to the website and download the manual and read through it first.

That guy is a clown..and a shill for all the cheap Chinese radio companies that tell him what to say, and he doesn't know what he's talking about because he doesn't have a H.A.M. license.. I know all this because he lives rent-free in so many people's heads here at MyGMRS that keep watching and then complaining about his videos even though they hate him so much... So all that stuff must be true.

I have some hobbies where I have an extreme excess of materiel or supplies. When I got into amateur radio 20+ years ago I decided that this was not going to be such a hobby. Don't get me wrong, I have more stuff than I routinely use, including commercial-grade test equipment like a Bird wattmeter and a Bird dummy load, but I haven't acquired radios in excess. If anything I have too few supplies, as I've had to order NMO/UHF/N/BNC/SMA adapters, mounts, cables, and some antenna parts. It helps that I can now afford this stuff much more than I could as a twenty-something. I guess I'm treating this hobby like I treat some of the more expensive or larger tools. I have just one each of tools like the table saw, the miter saw, the bandsaw, the MIG welder, the 2-post lift, that sort. Likewise I have one 2m HT, one 2m mobile, one 10m mobile, and the pair of these GMRS radios. I don't feel compelled to have many redundant radios in the same form factor and band as each other, and for what redundancies I would have, they're based on practical use like handing to family members that are entitled through my license to use them. I don't feel compelled to have them just to have them, they need to serve a purpose.

And when using computer all appears well

I buy mainly commercial Kenwood HT’s. If I find a radio model I don’t currently own but thinking about buying I’ll research it first. Get the brochure, which is good for a summary of features for the specific sub-model types. The second is getting the programming software. If I can’t get it then I just don’t bother with getting the radio. Usually without the manufacturer’s software to program it then it’s just an expensive brick. Also want to make sure that items like battery packs and chargers are easily available too. Some people have purchased nice radios but the battery packs are almost nonexistent.

It works for me also. I have never had a speedy experience with the FCC website, so today seems par for the course.

ULS appears to be back up and running (6/20/23, 10:27pm PDT) https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp edit: slow response times, some timeouts, some error messages. did a little searching for some of the posters above, but no more joy to report.

Be careful with that NotaRubicon guy. He lures you in by telling you that you're his favorite viewer in several videos. The rumor I've heard from "some people" is that you have to bribe him with the newest, hottest Boofwang to really become his favorite viewer. Like others have said in this thread, try moving the radios farther apart and see if that solves your problem. Are you getting any kind of response from others on the repeater or any other confirmation that you're actively hitting it?

Great, as if the Queen's ego wasn't big enough already...

Howdy to everybody, I've been a lurker on the forum for a few months now... great knowledge here, still learning much about GMRS and radio in general. Matt

You're transmitting out of the designed frequency range yet you are complaining because it doesn't work as well?

Sounds like BTech customer support needs a driver for their clown car.