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I deleted that account; looks like someone tried to use your callsign to register. You should be able to register for an account now.

Just curious what tips all the licensed H.A.M. operators would give to someone thinking about getting their H.A.M. license.

I used to have to wear a full face type respirator and sometimes a SCBA in my job. Every time I used one of these I would have to maintain radio coms. We never used any of the options you linked to (it was a long time ago), we just had a handheld that we would hold up to the exhale valve to talk and then hold it up to our ear to listen. We were in a mostly hot, loud, hazardous environment. It wasn't an every day event so the money wasn't spent for a good solution.

I have the sister HT Baofeng GMRS-9R You can manually input the CTCSS codes through the menu. In your manual, page 11, it shows the MENU button as item #15. Once there just scroll through the menu items to get to Recieving CTCSS and Transmitting CTCSS this is on page 26 of the manual. Your radio is a good little radio for the money. If you are still having troubles, just keep asking questions.... we really don't mind.

I have a shell script that you might enjoy. I am just putting my Node / Repeater in service. This was originally written for ham nodes. If you operate or debug using a console session (SHH, PUTTY, etc.) and you want to send the repeater a DTMF command you can pick up a radio or type a somewhat long command. Script "rpt" from the console makes it easy. Simulates sending DTMF command *3111 > rpt *3111 Simulates sending DTMF command *3222 generating the "*" for you > rpt 3222 Not a big deal but I use it all the time. rpt.txt

Mine does this when it detects DTMF tones/IDs, by design.

While I was traveling back from a car club driving tour outing up in the San Jacinto Mountains to the Resort where my car club is holding a week long National Convention, I came upon a multi-car traffic collision with the road almost completely blocked in a blinding curve, on State Route 74, between Palm Desert and Idyllwild, and I noticed several people trying to use their cellular telephone probably trying to report the collision. I assumed they were not having any success because we were in a cellular dead zone which was several miles long. I did not stop to check on injuries because there was no safe place to pullover since it was a narrow mountain road with essentially no shoulders. I continued on hoping to see some bars on my cell phone. Fortunately, I had both my portable and mobile GMRS units with me and I attempted to make contact with another station that could relay the incident to the California Highway Patrol. I knew there were two repeaters in the area so I tried Coachella Valley Repeater and called out in the blind asking if any station would relay the incident to the CHP. A station in the Salton City Area answered up and relayed the incident and came back to tell me he was successful in making contact with the CHP. I signed off and continued my drive back to La Quinta It pays to have a GMRS Radio as an additional means of communications to report emergencies to public safety agencies. Also, it pays to be prepared and know the GMRS system in the area you are traveling in and have your radio units programmed accordingly just in case. This was the “just in case”.

If routinely in areas w/o cell it starts to make sense to have a satellite SOS box.

Gathering material for a new YouTube huh? Cool.

The "paper" that came with the unit written in 8th grade Chinglish didn't have any info as above. I called Amazon and all I got was "send it back". Done.