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Without the specific tone you will hear everyone in range. The purpose of the tone is to blank-out everyone except for who is using that specific tone.

That guy is just a shill for the Chinese manufacturers and will say whatever they pay them to say!!!1

Choose paper for English. And yes, everyone gets this same question. Not sure if they think it's funny. But it is. Can't wait to see the video that emerges from this LOL

Just buy some 12 gauge stranded insulated copper wire from an automotive supply store (avoid CCA or Copper Clad Aluminum). If needed pay someone to terminate it correctly. Or take it to an automotive stereo installer.

Won't help. They have wireless access.

Welcome to the world of empty pockets (A.K.A. radios).

Do ham radio vendors require a call sign before selling a radio?

I tend to agree. I generally don't even use GMRS except for repeaters. I'll use MURS simplex if it's just my wife and I. I rarely hear call signs on either simplex amateur 2 meter/70cm or GMRS. Although my amateur radio friends do ID on simplex.

Apparently there is programming software for these. It doesn't LOOK like you can change the tones from the face of the radio, but this would do it. Alternately, it'll give you some idea of what tones are set. If you watch their video, when they read from the radio to the software, EVERY channel has tones set. I have no idea why they do this.

They're not trying to connect to a repeater. FRS radios absolutely can talk to a mobile GMRS radio if they're set up correctly. My bet is the Midland has some tones pre-set that it's listening for and the FRS radios don't. Or vice versa. Edit: oh hell they're Retevis radios. Retevis LOOOOVES pre-programming its radios with tones. If the walkies can talk amongst themselves but can't hear the mobile radio, my guess is that is the problem. But on the bright side, their manual is also terrible

But if you leave it in Tone mode instead of TSQL, it doesn’t matter what the receive tone is.

Some of this information should have been provided by the repeater owner when your access request was approved. The rest is in Chirp documentation. Chirp is mostly pretty straightforward, but can get more complicated than I am qualified to explain. You should refer to Chirp documentation for that. https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns What I can tell you is that when I was given repeater access recently, the owner said something like "Welcome, the PL is 131.8" (this is just made up.) So, the PL is called T-CTCSS in my radios, and Tone in Chirp. The only extra data I had to put into Chirp for this repeater was: Tone Mode = Tone, Tone = 131.8, Duplex = +, Offset = 5.000000 One extra thing though. I've never needed this, so not tested, but the Chirp documentation says that if there is also a receive tone and it's the same tone, then the Tone Mode column changes to TSQL instead of Tone.

And use 12 Ga. Cable with a 15 amp fuse.

I have one of the 8360 radios and it was pretty easy to program, I got the programing cable and software from BlueMax49er's. They are good radios https://bluemax49ers.com/product-explorer/kenwood-tk-8360-ftdi-programming-cable-kpg-46/

Extend the power cable.

Setting the duplex to OFF will disable transmission. The easiest way to do this is within CHIRP. You actually have four choices for duplex: blank (for simplex use), + , - , and off. Selecting off disables TX for that memory channel. Here is a screen shot of CHIRP so you can see what I am talking about.

He may consider that a challenge. Don’t encourage him.

In Part 90, many times the majority or all of the users don't even know the call sign, let alone when to use it. Thus, auto ID on repeaters and base stations. If it's good there, it's good here. However, makes it harder for non-ham, or someone unskilled in CW to decode and know who they are talking to. I'm a ham and I don't know CW.

I'm not sure how anyone could use an H3 and a UV-5R and not see that one's got a good bit more capability than the other. I have multiple of each. Haven't touched the 5Rs since the H3s came in.

Channels 8-14 are not available for GMRS mobile radios to use(though it may be able to hear them). Try 1-7 and 15-22 check that all "privacy" tones are off. Read the manuals to find out how.

Hello all. New to gmrs myself and was wondering what was the best and most cost effective way to link a few repeaters to each other over a few states. Wanna do a couple in nj, one in myrtle beach and maybe a few in Florida. Any ideas?

OffRoaderX is correct in that you have to link repeaters through the internet. Linking GMRS repeaters is just like linking HAM repeaters. Ham uses AllStar while GMRS uses GMRS Live. Here is a good link to check out for more informations: https://www.gmrslive.com And here is a good video showing how to set everything up using GMRS Live to link GMRS repeaters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2b3kQUo5yY

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've never heard of any vendor asking for a call sign before selling a radio. The most I've seen is vendors with a disclaimer that says listen all you want, but amateur and GMRS radios can only be used for transmitting by licensed operators. But I have seen vendors requiring an amateur radio call sign in order to purchase an amplifier that functions on 10 meters because of the potential to use them on 11 meters. Who would ever do such a thing? .

it's already gone my friend... But have fun if you can..

@BlackJack082978 Welcome to GMRS. There may be some other listing with repeaters in your area. MyGMRS.com lists a lot of repeaters in Texas but there are also many that are not listed. Some of them are listed on TexasGMRS.net. Do a google search and you may find something. Sorry for your loss.