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If you bought it from Radioddity, they are pretty good at helping with problems.

A fixed antenna (non-removable) does kill it for me, sadly.

Amen. I just haven't used it all that much since..... ummmm 30 years ago.

Do you recall the repeater freq? I live about 5 miles away from Claymont, DE.... just wondering which repeater it is.

Excellant. I am very interested in how this one performs. I have a couple of Baofeng GMRS-9Rs which are okay, but definately could be better.

Thought I would check back and see how you like it so far.

Aha moment. Thanks.

Thought I would check back and see how you like it so far.

I just saw this new Retevis (Ailunce) HA1G radio this morning. Looks pretty good. Here is the link: Retevis HA1G IP67 Waterproof 220 Customizable Channels GMRS Radio The prce is $65.99, so not bad.

I have both the 20W Wouxun and 50 watt Wouxun. I love them both. That being said, there are some days when the weather conditions are right (or wrong I guess) when the 50 watt will hit the repeater 17 miles away that the 20 watt has a little struggle to get through to it. Most days though, my 5 watt HT gets through to it. Hope this does'nt muddy the water....

On your "Tone Scan" question. Buy Two Way Radios has a write-up on doing just that: How to use Tone Scan on Wouxun two way radios (buytwowayradios.com) Hope this helps.

Marc: Thanks again for the info. I find myself drawn to the Galaxy DX-959B. No FM, but AM/USB/LSB. Any special antenna recommendations? I would imagine they are all veritcal, not horizontal. Antennas would have to be pretty important to such low wattage rigs.

Hi Marc: I have been thinking about getting a CB (used to have one back in the 70s and 80s). I see they have FM now and when I was browsing one CB shop they have SSB. What format do you think would more consistantly get longer distant comms? I was a military radio operator for 12 years, and was told I should get my HAM license, but never did... unfortunately. Thanks in advance.

I have a couple of GMRS-9R radios which are almost identical to yours. My power switch does not function either, in channel mode, but does work in frequency mode. In frequency mode, which I do not really use, you can switch from H to M to L. I am curious where you purchased them and how long ago? The Radioddity site claims the power switch was fixed:

<Does your Wouxun KG-XS20G+, "a great little 20 watt mobile for $199" have the Reverse feature? How about your KG-1000G+?> Yes, the Wouxun KG-XS20G+ and the KG-1000G+ both have it as an option. <Have you tried programming these reversed 8 GMRS channels into your GMRS-9R? I acknowledge that some manufacturers may prevent this reversed split to be programmed in as well, so I am a bit curious to see if this workaround works on the GMRS-9R.> I was just thinking about your suggestion of adding a couple of "receive only" channels with those repeater inputs on my GMRS-9Rs to see how well that works. Thanks for the suggestions.

Well, it kind of stinks that they put it in the manual and yet it does not function. Quality control is somewhat lacking.... obviously you can't expect much for a $30-$40 radio, right?

Yes. According to the UV-9G manual a quick press of the *Scan key is supposed to invoke the "REVERSE" function (see below). I have of course tried this while on a repeater channel with no luck. I would like to hear from someone with a UV-9G or the GMRS-9R to see if they have had any better luck with it.

Howdy: I have two Baofeng GMRS-9R HTs and I cannot get either one of them to use the REVERSE function on a repeater (to listen to the repeater input). So, the question is does anyone else have one of these or a UV-9R (which is nearly identical) and can you use the REVERSE function or not??? Just wondering if this is just one of those things that the manufacturer throws in the manual even when it does not work, or am I just not doing it correctly? Thanks in advance.

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 not programed any "Scan Groups", through I do have channels set to scan. Is this what you mean:

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.

Check and see if you have a channel 0 "zero". My Baofeng HT does and I use it just like you mentioned. I changed the name to Primary and set the freq to 462.550 and set the CTCSS the way I wanted. Works great.

Correct me if I am wrong, but one would have to be careful not to use the amp on channels 1-7, perhaps disable them for transmit so you don't "oops" put 35 watts on a 5 watt channel. I have also looked at this option.... and it is still on the table for me. I don't use 1-7 anyhow.

My one concern on this radio is that I do not see a fan on it. Does anybody else see a fan? I know in one of the write-ups it said to not to transmit on high power too long... so then I have to drop it to 5 watts? How does this make sense? They should have added a fan. I had high hopes for this one. I guess we will have to wait for some reviews.

I can't wait to see some revirews on this one.