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https://us.yahoo.com/news/search-underway-70-old-california-170137546.html

Not once have I struggled with trying to get some port recognition while using Chirp and a Mac. I can't say that for windows and whatever software is supplied by the radio manufacturer. Therefore I like Chirp. To each their own...

His mind is made up and cannot be changed by facts. And like a number of folks here, he lives to berate. Personally, I like Chirp. It's way better than any of the free software that came with any of my radios. And being free and all, it's considerably cheaper than RT Systems.

Adam, We all make mistakes. Don’t be so hard on yourself.

You do you. Its OK.

Under § 95.1787 GMRS additional requirements. It’s requirement a(4): (a) Digital data transmissions. GMRS hand-held portable units that have the capability to transmit digital data must be designed to meet the following requirements. (1) Digital data transmissions may contain location information, or requesting location information from one or more other GMRS or FRS units, or containing a brief text message to another specific GMRS or FRS unit. Digital data transmissions may be initiated by a manual action of the operator or on an automatic or periodic basis, and a GMRS unit receiving an interrogation request may automatically respond with its location. (2) Digital data transmissions must not exceed one second in duration. (3) Digital data transmissions must not be sent more frequently than one digital data transmission within a thirty-second period, except that a GMRS unit may automatically respond to more than one interrogation request received within a thirty-second period. (4) The antenna must be a non-removable integral part of the GMRS unit. (5) GMRS units must not be capable of transmitting digital data on the 467 MHz main channels.

You sir would be an honored guest of The NotARubicon repeater and afforded all perks and privileges therein and whatnot.

As 255 mentioned... This will transmit 141.3 and only listen for signals with 141.3. If you want to hear everything and only transmit the tone to open the repeater, do this...

set it for TSQL first, then it will ask for the tone. If you do it that way, it sets the RX / DX all at once. You overthink it, try to add it something else, then it messes it up.

I bet you already do! Part of what makes Chirp useful, but also sometimes difficult to understand, is that it has to store information for hundreds of different radios in a kind of least-common denominator database. Once you understand that you can program all of those radios.

But its free, and works. Taking a bit to learn it, like anything else you have to do to get by in life will not kill you.

No, It will be worse, they can also vote.

Is there a repeater involved? Are they using the same tones?

Cross.

I can say this got me at first too, but I set all my repeater sets to tone, and today I did get my first hit once I was within range. It worked well, they said I came through "full quiet" or something like that where my voice was clear and no background noise. I have not went into the radio to review what it looks like in there, but I set the chirp just like those pics above show and it works like a charm. I can hear others talk on that repeater from my house, but my handheld doesn't have enough juice to reach out.

Correct. If you want both, you'll want to use TSQL

Yet another on the ignore list.

What is your source for your "beginning to get tons of them [complaints]" statement? and... no, they will not act soon - based on the last 10 years of the FCC's enforcement actions, you are wrong. No, he won't. Nobody will, and statistically speaking, in the last 10 years, nobody has. Stop making up and spreading fairy-tales and lies, it makes you look uniformed and ignorant - and now everyone is laughing at you.

Well I went to a political rally last weekend. My sister wanted to go but her ride wasn't that reliable or fuel efficient so I drove. It was about a 2 hour 40 minute drive on the highway to get there. I've never been to one so it would be a first for me and a unique experience. I took my Kenwood NX-1300DUK5 along to have something to do while waiting in line. It's programmed for Ham and GMRS. The line was insanely long. Got in line around 12 PM and had a few short conversations on the local Ham DMR repeater. Also heard all the chatter from the local parking garages getting people parked and tracking how many empty spaces they had and local surface traffic on GMRS. We finally got inside and sat down by 4 PM. Anyway the instructions sent, by text message, made no mention of two-way radios as a prohibited item, there was a long list of items NOT to take in, so that's why I took mine. Also had a spare battery back too. There were several layers of security at the event. The first was the dudes outside the venue pre-screening people. Their job was to make sure nobody was trying to take prohibited items inside and telling people to clean out their pockets and remove hats before entering the building to make the secondary screening go faster. I got pulled out of the line and quizzed why I had a two-way radio. I explained so I could talk to people, after all what are you going to do standing in line for 3.5 hours anyway? I told him I had a government license to use it AND it wasn't mentioned as being prohibited. At first the security dude was going to get me to go back to the car and drop it off then changed his mind and said he'll let the Secret Service worry about it inside. In all I talked to the guy for 5 minutes. After what happened in Pennsylvania the other weekend they are all on edge and have a tough job to do. Can't take it personally. If I had to take it back to the car, oh well. Inside was no problem. There were at least over a dozen security check-in lines inside. The one security person at the one I was directed to just turned it on, didn't even ask how, they seemed to know. Saw it powered up. I had it programmed to show my callsign on power up too. Never asked me a question about it. Got the "magic wand" scan treatment, front and back, didn't even beep from my knee replacement implant either that I could tell. No questions there and I was on my way to the seating area on the upper level with my sister. All in all the experience was a positive one.

I think im going to buy this antenna: HYS Long Range Pretuned Low-Profile UHF 17.7inchs Whip NMO 462-467Mhz Antenna for Midland Motorola GMRS Cobra Icom 460-470Mhz Two Way Mobile Radio I’m not sure what coax cable to buy. The listing says it connects to a magnetic base that is sold separately. I don’t want a magnetic base Im just going to drill a hole in my cab and connect it that way. Does anyone know what I should buy? Preferably a cable that has the connections already in place. Also, does this need to be grounded to the truck with a separate ground wire? Thanks If it matters, I plan to use this with a radioddity DB40G and sometimes with a baofeng uv5g or uv9g

I can't believe this, how could he have done this? Choosing a very overpriced limit function GMRS radio over his high-quality Kenwood radio. This overpriced radio comes from a company that also sells a 128-channel FRS radio. So you have to wonder. Why my friend? Hello Hello Hello

I have several rifles that use Magpul 5.56 magazines. How dare the 9mm magazines do not work on those rifles, therefore, the 5.56 is not valid. You use what works for what you need.

When people are talking locally, they still use a handle, but in noisy DX pile-ups, it's easier to hear a number. Also, there are some really stupid rules, like you are not allowed to talk to people in other countries and you're not allowed to have a conversation for more than 5 minutes, then there is a mandatory 1 minute break, etc. So people have a tendency to use a number instead of a handle to make it harder to ID who's talking. Was it 401 in New Hampshire or 401 in New Mexico kind of mindset.

Most users can’t delete your own posts. Maybe premium users can or maybe only those who have risen to a certain level. I can delete my own posts, but I don’t know why.

Have you tried to manually install drivers for the PL2303 chip? Google how to do it, there are instructions on how to install the Prolific chip drivers.

Reading through the rules again I am wondering whatever happend to Midlands request for a waver to use digital on GMRS mobile radios and increase power for such transmissions? I'm guessing it's part of the slow moving FCC approval process.

Thank you! I’m out of reactions for the day so giving all my thanks verbally lol Seems like we could be allowed to have a few more reactions at our disposal…

It will make sense when you have the antenna and that cable in your hand, You unscrew the big part from the cable fitting and put the little part of the fitting up through the hole in the roof and screw the big part back on, that holds it to the roof. Then the antenna will screw onto that big part.

If you do decide to go the repeater route, or may use a repeater in the future, you want an all-copper feedline to reduce the likelihood of "duplex grunge" aka PIM distortion (passive intermod distortion). Typically you'd want something super high end like andrew heliax but there are some good all-copper coax by Messi and Paolomi. You can order custom cables from them and you probably want ultraflex 10 (ultraflex 10 and broad pro c 50 are the only ALL copper cables). If you go with them get the UHF Male PL259 EVO connectors. If you can get the antenna or repeater in an n-type connector, get the appropriate amount of n-type ends on your cable as well. RT97S for instance only comes with a UHF connector not n-type. https://messi.it/Calc/ordine.aspx?l=EN They are in Italy but shipping speed and price is reasonable. You can also find their cables pre-made in common lengths from gigaparts and buytwowayradios. Just make sure it's ultraflex 10 or broad pro c 50. Whatever route you choose, a base station unit or repeater, just getting the antenna out onto the roof will make a big difference.

You'll want this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0842B1WFS/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0842B1WFS&pd_rd_w=x2cE1&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=9YZT9E1TH5RETEYTT830&pd_rd_wg=YGa5N&pd_rd_r=342e6db3-d9e7-4982-9774-5635fddbabc5&s=aht&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM

Sorry could you clarify a little bit, are you saying you can see the lake from your house? Or that you only see houses and trees that are in the way? When you say "If I use a large antenna on the radio at home" do you mean a large external antenna on the roof or a longer antenna on the handheld at home?

Of course all this is documented..... https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns

...relevance? If I posted about every hiker that went missing in Southern Utah this forum would have very little radio content left. I mean, it's awful, but it's not exactly GMRS relevant near as I can tell

Take a look at this it will help you understand the Chirp settings. https://wiki.radioreference.com/images/0/0a/CHIRP_tone_programming.pdf

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone! I had my first successful repeater hit today! I was on a BF UV-9G on the ground from Mt. Summit, IN, and hit the Muncie Repeater! HUZAHH!!!!!!

What the actual f are you talking about? He's not talking about linking. The guy just wants to talk to people in the area. Learn some reading skills, get help, see a specialist, either back away or increase your meds. You have missed the plot here. Way to help a guy out man, nice job.

The latest (last) version of the software is CE27 for Windows. It runs just fine on Windows 10 64bit (my programming PC). I got my programming cable from BlueMax49ers for $20 and it worked fine. There are a few tricks setting up the repeater such as how to get into maintenance mode to change the CWID and how to run wide band, do a search on these forums and you should get a pretty good idea on what to do.

could you be a little more vague?

I can definitely recommend the Wouxun KG-XS20G Plus. It is a nice little 20 watt radio that performs well. It is actually pretty easy to program through the radio.

I had a HAM guy once tell me "if you can hit a HAM/GMRS repeater, you will have cell service". I can't tell you how many times that statement was proven wrong, especially in the desert areas near Randsburg, Bird Springs and many places near Bridgeport and Mammoth. I do a lot of Boon-Docking and never rely on cell service. I use GMRS and a portable repeater many times with success and able to switch over to HAM on occasion.. Even used Starlink for dependable internet connections and have used it to make a few VOIP calls out to the world.. Never depend on Cell for communications. Having a two-way radio (HAM/GMRS) IMO is a must.

Wouxun KG-XS20G. It may be a little more elaborate to set up than the Wouxun KG905G, but you can review the manual online and see if it will fit your needs. And it's $199, so it fits under your $200 threshold. It's a 20w radio. I have an Retevis RA87 40w radio. It's not what I would call simple, but only because the manual is written in a version of English that doesn't exist outside of China. Once you configure it with CHIRP, it's all set and good to go. And you can get it for under $160 if you do a little searching. You will still need an antenna and antenna mount. Staying under $200 with a decent antenna may be a bit of a challenge. There's also the Midland MXT275, which comes with an antenna, though a tiny one. That bundle is $169 on Amazon. It's a 15w radio. But here's where it may fall short of your needs: Yes, it can do repeaters. However, you get only one repeater per frequency. You get one repeater on channel 15R, one on 16R, and so on. So if you happen to have two repeaters you like to hit on 462.7000, you'll have to pick one and go with it. To use the other one, you'll need to reconfigure the radio's tone on that channel. However, the radio is otherwise extremely simple to use, and works quite well. It was my primary mobile radio for a couple of years.

Just drill a hole. My F150 has 6 NMO mounts and 2 GPS. It had 12 miles on it when I tore the truck apart.

Not that transmit data.. C'mon, keep up man.

I'm not sure what your overly-pedantic point is? are you saying that the FCC IDs and certifications are meaningless and do not matter? Please clarify so we all can understand if we should ignore the FCC IDs and certifications or not.

So you have to defeat a little bit of glue.. I see what they did there The whole nod to the customers' desire to do more than what the FCC allows is nothing new. Mars Mods are often, "hey just snip this jumper wire that for some arbitrary reason is just readily accessible to snip".... Since the CB radio times..

I know a guy that can get me lots of these, for the right buyer. Unless you're a narc.

"illegal"? No.. Not complaint with FCCs regulations? Maybe.. But, the FCCs certified the radio sooooo.. Does the FCCs care? According to the FCCs' lack of enforcement, No Do any normal people care? No

I don't understand what all the commotion is about. Talking to people is way overrated. Most of the time I can't stand talking to people I love. Never mind strangers on the radio. You guys are weird.