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And you probably won't. Most of the repeater owners in the LA area that have their tones unlisted with permission required have a habit of not responding.

And when he is not doing his Queen thing, he wheels a "Notarubicon" Jeep and occasionally a Nissan.

Hey, you're new and only been a GMRS licensee for 4 months and with a post like that not having any respect for the Queen you more than likely will never make the "Righteous Dude" List.

I wouldn't overlook the Midland GXT67 Pro for a GMRS Handheld Portable radio. It would be a better quality radio, than any CCR. Just so you know, it's a simple radio with very few features but definitely will get the job done better in performance. And, you can ask the GMRS queen.

Maybe a "Sticky"?

If your radio has a DTMF Key Pad, maybe you can fake a "Roger Beep" by depressing a couple or few DTMF keys. A 16-button key pad would give a few more options. Another thought would be if you come up with a sequence of numbers to fake the "roger beep" maybe you can program that in your radio as a PT-T ID and Trail it to send out when unkeying.

Yes, and you need to RTFM to find out what you are missing. The user's manual is self-explanatory regarding programming both CTCSS & DCS into your specific radio. I am not going to go into detail here in this forum on how to do that because you will never learn yourself unless you make the effort to read the manual. Your radio has the ability to program all the standard CTCSS & DCS tones and codes and split tones. Also, you need to learn and if the repeater and/or the other radio you are communicating with is set for narrowband or wideband operation and set your channel to match that emission.

I'm guessing that your radio does not program the actual CTCSS freq or the DCS code and more than likely using a programming number i.e. CTCSS tone freq. 67.0 Hz is tone #1 etc. You should refer to the user's manual regarding programming the squelch tones.

I'm not a fan of the Roger Beep but, I do like the MDC squawk. As for the coolest MDC/PT-T ID signaling, I always thought that the old Saber analog MDC PT-T ID chirps were the best that LAPD use to use back in the day when they were on a 150 Meg system. When they went to the 500 Meg T-Band system they used the Astro Saber and PT-T ID with the digital MDC system.

Are you using a specific repeater station or two KG1000G Plus mobiles as a repeater?

Under Map Options you can check the box to include all Stale Repeaters on the Map but you have to recheck the box every time you refresh the map.

My EMR Corp Duplexer is set at -87dB and works very well. Most cheap Chinese Duplexers have plastic inserts in the cavity ports that easily burn out from normal RF use. I would check the plastic inserts more than likely you will need to replace them. How much RF power are you transmitting into the duplexer from the radio?

The Arizona GMRS Repeater Club developed its own online NET logging system. It's called "AIMS" (Arizona GMRS Incident Management System)

Right in Kansas City, MO

No, they are not. They are owned by a British Investment Group and unfortunately they are made in China and they are by no means cheap.

I have to say, I don't use my Midland radio in any of my vehicles however, I didn't throw it away. It is still a great radio for just transmit and receive especially for a trail comm radio. I do make it available for my fellow mobile radioless Jeep Trail friends so they don't have to use their bubblepack Walmart special FRS radio that barely will transmit no further than two Jeeps away. Although, for a simple radio that does not have many features, the price is a bit more than it should be as compared to the cheap Chinese radios. But I feel the Midland will probably last longer than the CCRs.

The Midland MXT400 has been discontinued and only has a capacity of 30 channels. The MXT400 programming software will not work on a Windows 11 PC. The Midland MXT500 radio has a channel capacity of 128 channels now. It is a very simple radio with very few features. The programming software is compatible with Windows 11. The Wouxun KG1000G Plus has several features that you probably would not use and some marketing gimmick overrated features that you will never see on other radios including professional radios. This radio has a channel capacity of 1,000 channels. The programming software for this radio is not complicated to use and is compatible with Windows 11. The performance between the MXT500 and the KG1000G Plus insofar as Farz and reception is essentially the same or at least you won't be able to tell the difference.

Those are not too shabby either. I used to call those hockey pucks. For UHF and 700/800 Megs they work pretty good. The ones designed for 150 Megs not so hot for Farz. Short range Ok.

For trail comms that should work great within your group. As for the FARZ, that would depend on the location of your stubby and the orientation of your off-road vehicle relative to the location of the repeater or receiving radio. Overall, the stubbies are not too shabby. As for the pills, I would stay off the pills.

I have the 29 LTD Nightwatch with the FM. So far I haven't found anyone that has the FM capability to try it out. Unfortunately, it is way too big for my "IZARUBICON" so I use it in my dually diesel. It's a great radio.

For simplicity, a Midland MXT500 is small and more than likely will fit your needs. It is a simple 128 channel radio but not with a lot of features. A Kenwood radio like the TK880 is a great radio and very small and has several features and will operate on any frequency within the designed operating band range. If the operating band range dips below 450 MHz into the 70 cm band technically by rule it is not legal to use on GMRS freqs. If you decide on a Kenwood look for a radio that operates above 450 MHz. The TK880 has two RF Output power options 24 watts and 40 something watts. The 40 something watts is a tad longer because of the heating. The 24 watts on your case not make much difference and would be a smaller radio for your dash.

I would check and see if the seller or manufacturer has some type of customer support and call them and see if they have the ability of remote control of his computer and maybe they can do a factory reset back to default to the radio over the internet.

$27? Wow! That price gotta be just for Californians to help with the State's budget deficit.

Why would anyone would want to password a cheap Chinese $18 POS for?

Actually, they still offer both cables but I agree get the FTDI cable. I have never had a problem with their cables and there customer support is top notch and if necessary they will walk you through any problem loading the program onto your computer and ensuring you that the cable willl communicate with your computer and radio.