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Check the ground. Check the line voltage, and the power draw in amps, when you key the radio. Your radio will probably draw somewhere near 6-8 amps keyed and a little over an amp receiving and about a half of an amp on standby. If the voltage and power level doesn't change when keyed, the radio is not transmitting. If the voltage drops below 12 volts, the cause maybe the power source or connection. The power should never drop below 12 volts at a minimum and is looking for 13.6 volts. Also, check the codeplug and make sure there is something entered in the transmit section and correctly. Do you have in-line RF watt meter connected to verify that the radio is keying or not if the voltage/amp level does not drop. After you check the above mentioned test check points, let us know what you find out.

I meant to say "the only Midland GMRS radio" that can be programmed by both programming methods. Now, that no longer blows that theory to heck and actually it never did.

The cable and driver is only $16. The software is a free download. You should be able to sneak $16 from somewhere or cash in some recyclables, or bum the money from a friend and tell him you'll pay him back in small installment payments. You can make it happen. Maybe a Go Fund Me thing can be setup or mow some yards for the money. There are always ways to make this happen without being dishonest with your wife.

The Midland MXT500 can be PC programmed with software and is the only GMRS radio that can be programmed by either the Radio Menu or PC Software. The programming for the MXT105, MXT115, MXT275, and MXT575 are radio menu driven.

Are you programming this radio through the radio menu or the Wouxun KG1000G Plus programming software? If you are trying to do this with the programming software, how about sending me the .kg codeplug file and I'll take a peek at it and see what is going on with your radio.

Can you get into the radio codeplug at all? Have you tried to clone to see if you can overwrite the codeplug with another codeplug file? What is the operating band range of your radios?

My .dat file was read from the radio with the Radioddity CPS. I will need your email address so I can send it to you.

I have a .dat file for the DB25. Do you still need one?

Has AI ever helped in these situations?

Assuming that you are not a Government Entity or a person and/or an entity involved in basic or advance life support services, you will need to meet the eligibility requirements of Part 90.35 of the FCC Rules and Regulations. The FCC filing fees for a Radio Station Authorization (License) is $205 and that application/filing must be filed on-line. Prior to filing, you will need to file a request to register for a FCC Registration Number (FRN), if you do not already have one. I assume that you already have a FRN because in order to be on this forum you need a GMRS license and that number will be on your license. If you are filing for a mobile itinerant frequency(ies) or an approved low-power allocated frequency you will not need to have your application/filing coordinated/approved by an appropriate authorized Frequency Coordinator. If you are filing for non-itinerant mobile and/or Base or Repeater Class Station Radio Station Authorization, you will need to have your filing/application coordinated by the appropriate Frequency Coordinator and approved. The Frequency Coordinator fees are separate and inaddition to any FCC filing fees. Some coordinators have posted their fees on their websites In most cases, if you are applying for a specific frequency or a pair of frequencies, you will need to submit a radio communication propagation study/coverage plot map with the required contour plot study. You will need to provide the technical data regarding your transmitter site location, tower height, antenna placement height at the tip, output power, antenna height above the average terrain, and maybe a radiation exposure study. Also, you may be requested to provided a frequency interference study depending on the requirements of transmitter site. It my be best to let the Frequency Coordinator select an usable Frequency for your requested coverage area. It is my understanding that the FCC will not longer approve any filings/applications for Statewide coverage. They (FCC) expects filers/applicants to apply for and use itinerant frequencies for statewide coverage. Filings/applications for a specific geographical area will only be granted with a specific radius from a center point and that point must be exactly identified. Don't forget to specify all the emissions types you intend to transmit with in your filing/application. You will be regulated to the listed allocated narrowband frequencies with their respective restrictions/conditions in the Part 90.35 radio service pool. Get your Visa/Mastercard ready.

Part 90.20 is the Public Safety Radio Pool and Part 90.35 is the Industrial/Business Radio Pool.

And they were purchased from a huge warehouse operation that doesn't specialize in the sales of quality two-way radio products.

Midland MXT mobiles have 5, 15, and 50 watt mobiles.

This is my GMRS repeater antenna mount. The antenna is a Laird FG4605 5 dB Omni antenna with no guy-wires.

My TK880s will also support MDC and I have been using the MDC PT-T ID feature for accessing a repeater. Just recently, the repeater owner posted information on a recent discussion in this forum and he said that he just turned off the requirement of using the feature since his problem child apparently has stop jamming his repeater. I need to deactivate the feature since it is no longer required for his repeater access. I'll take care of that in my next quarterly programming updates for my Motorola and Kenwoods.

My guess the coverage should be at least Fresno to Bakersfield and then some and I wouldn't be surprised if it covered Madera to the foot of the Tehachapies and the Ridge Route. Mt Lemmon 725 overlooking Tucson is about the same elevation as Park Ridge 7500+ and will communicate up to South Phoenix which is over 100 miles. The Towers 575 in Crown King is also the same elevation of Park Ridge and Mt Lemmon which is over looking Prescott will look towards the south I believe to Casa Grande and maybe a little beyond which should be about 125 miles.

What, an americanized Godzilla? What is this world coming to.

233.6 is a standard CTCSS tone. It is very very seldom used may be why it is not regularly recognized as a standard tone. I wouldn't use it. It just is not as sexy as 141.3 or 156.7.

Isn't the movie film/made in the Baofeng homeland and the movie production crew are Baofeng homeland homies?

This site does drop off old listed repeater which is called "Stale Repeaters" after a specific time. However, there is the ability to populate the Map with those repeaters, you just needcto turn on that feature.

They do, but unfortunately the feature is only accessed via the radio menu and there is no ability to program a soft programmable button/key to immediately access the feature. By the time you do the menu thing, you could just spin the channel selector quicker to the respective simplex channel position 15-22. The Midland MXT radios are great radios and they do serve there purpose as being simple and they are a good quality built radio for GMRS. I just wish they had other features as more channel capacity, soft programmable keys for features, various programmable radio features, such as and multiple Zone/Channel Banks.

Some radios get stupid if you plug in the speaker mics when the radios are turned on. Unplug the speaker mics and make sure the radios are turned off, plug in the speaker mics and like Randy said, make sure the plug is all the way in. Some of the two prong plugs will look like they are plugged in all the way and they are not, just make sure they are, and turn the radios back on hopefully they work.

And known to drive a Nissan with a doggie in the window listening to KFI AM 640 while cruising Whittier Blvd through Pico Rivera.

On later model vehicles with CAN buss systems, the real radio manufactures specify grounding the radios to the chassis ground and not at the battery.

Since, the eight 467 main channels could be used as private test channels, I think they need to be numbered. The eight repeater paired channels are numbered as RPT-22 through RPT-30 or 23 through 30 respectively, maybe the 467 main private test channels should be numbered channels 31-38, respectively.