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Depending on how the Trespass Statute is written for the jurisdiction of where the act was committed, it may be possible that an act of using a person's private repeater without permission could be considered trespassing "if" the statute has language to include a "chattel". A trespass to chattels is an intentional interference with another person's lawful possession of a personal property. A "chattel" refers to any personal property, moving or non-moving. However, in order for a violation of a Trespass be enforced, an order must be given to the violator and that Trespass order must be documented/recorded by law enforcement in order to enforce it at a future date. No, I do not consider myself an expert. I'm just a lowly ol' internet user that happens to be in the know and retired playing with my gazillion Part 90 and two Part 95 radios for giggles on both Part 90 & 95 freqs.

Take a look at an EMR Corp. Duplexer. They're not cheap but reliable and durable. https://emrcorp.com/product/duplexers/mobile-duplexer/65316-0-mc5g-talsa/

DX Engineering is a good source for RF stuff. https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-1035-1-2

You'll need a couple of "N" male to SO239 adapters.

The Vertex Standard CPS is not compatible with Windows 10 operating system. The latest operating system you can use is Windows 8.1. Also, what version CPS are you using? That also will make a difference depending on the Repeater.

If you want to email me your radio codeplug file, I can take a look and do some testing to see what is/is not working. Email info below:

With the two KGs, I was only able to get .7 mile distance. I was using a Laird FG4605 antenna with an EMR Corp 6 cavity duplexer tuned by EMR. I am on flat terrain with the antenna tip at 30 feet AGL. I did try different cables with no difference in performance. My first thought it was the duplexer so I took the duplexer back to EMR Corp to have them recheck the tuning. It aas properly tuned. So, I thought maybe it's a defective radio so I swap the the programming on the two radios and there was no difference in the performance. I had a friend bring over a couple of Maxon mobiles configured for repeater operation and it made a significant difference. We experienced about 10 miles out and did not check any further. Obviously, the two KGs were the problem. Just for giggles, I did a distance check without the two radios in the auto repeat mode by removing the cable between the two radios to see if it would make any difference with the duplexer inline and I was able to get at least 5 miles and I didn't check any further. I even swapped the TX and Rx operation and there was no difference. It worked fine. At that point, I arrived at an opinion that the two KGs must be interfering with each other since the two Maxon radios worked great, and the KG radios were not the right setup for a repeater operation. So, I ended up buying a brand new Vertex Standard EVX R70 G7 which is essentially a Motorola XPR8400 and I was really surprised with the performance and the clarity of the audio at great distances (many farz) with a portable XTS5000 radio. I ended up selling the two KGs.

If my memory serves me right, I believe you isolated the receiving radio in a metal box and shield it from the RF energy so you can get those many farz?

If you want a good working repeater package, get a true repeater and save the money and time. If you use/connect together the two KG1000G Plus radios as a repeater package, you will have a desense problem between the two radios. The shielding between the two radios is essentially non-existent and you not be able to communicate more than a mile from the repeater. You will have to separate/isolate the receiving radio many yards or in a metal box/container to shield the receiving radio from the transmitting radio RF energy.

To answer your question, yes. I can send you a codeplug file for Arizona and New Mexico and some Southern California but, I would need to eliminate several repeaters because of several repeaters in AZ and NM are Club repeaters and only Club members are allowed to have the tone information. Several of the Southern California repeaters were given to me by permission and I will have to delete those tones, as well.

You are "Less than Correct". As quoted from subsection "c", what do you think "unless such transmitter is also certified for use in another radio service for which the frequency is authorized" means then? It means exactly what I posted. You need to understand how bureaucratic writing is written in order to understand the true definition of the rule. You're just not understanding. Why don't you call the FCC run the question by them in regards to 95.1761.c means.

You all are overlooking the word "unless" in subsection "c" and do not understand how the rule is written. Radio equipment will only have one type-acceptance.

Please carefully read sub section "c" again. The answer/rule is stated as such. Part 90 type-acceptance radios are certified for use on all capable frequencies that the radio can transmit on by internal programming and that includes the GMRS allocated channels thus, no additional type-acceptance is required and is legal. My radios are type-accepted for 450-520 MHz so my radios do not need a Part 95 Type-Acceptance. GMRS channels are not HAM thus allowed by the rule.

They don't have to be Part 95 type-accepted to be legal to use on Part 95 Subpart E freqs. Part 95 allows the use of Part 90 type-accepted radio units on GMRS channels.

I'm not sure even if the FCC dropped the testing requirement for a HAM entry level license, I would be interested in being licensed for the HAM band. I have had my GMRS license since the mid-90s and I am perfectly happy with what GMRS has to offer. I also have a Part 90 Business Radio Station Authorization (License) with a long list of UHF frequencies and I do use those frequencies. I use to have a list of VHF frequencies on my license but, hever used them so I removed them from the license. If I was a HAM licensee, I don't think I would play in the 2M band not sure why, just don't seem to have any interest. I am a member of two GMRS clubs. One is highly active in the community and provides services when needed for the community. And I do enjoy playing with my Part 90 Type-Accepted radios on the GMRS channels

The Southwest Community Radio System (SWCRS), which is part of the Tucson GMRS Club, has linked repeaters in New Mexico and Arizona. I know SWCRS some how is linked with another system(s) because when they conduct their Tech Nets they are also linked with Stations in Texas, Colorado, and Utah. I'm not sure what repeaters/system in Texas they are linked up with but, it may be worth while to look into this and this just may address your question. You might want to start with www.tucsongmrs.org

What would those advantages be?

After rolling by the accident, there was a Call Box a few miles down the road but, it was vandalized. The call box had a yagi on top of the pole pointing down to the valley floor.

You have to use the Linked Tone setting to link up otherwise you're just using the repeater in the local mode. Only the Towers 600 is linked. The Towers 575 is a stand alone repeater.

Towers 600, Shaw Butte, and Pinal are linked SWCRS repeaters

While I was traveling back from a car club driving tour outing up in the San Jacinto Mountains to the Resort where my car club is holding a week long National Convention, I came upon a multi-car traffic collision with the road almost completely blocked in a blinding curve, on State Route 74, between Palm Desert and Idyllwild, and I noticed several people trying to use their cellular telephone probably trying to report the collision. I assumed they were not having any success because we were in a cellular dead zone which was several miles long. I did not stop to check on injuries because there was no safe place to pullover since it was a narrow mountain road with essentially no shoulders. I continued on hoping to see some bars on my cell phone. Fortunately, I had both my portable and mobile GMRS units with me and I attempted to make contact with another station that could relay the incident to the California Highway Patrol. I knew there were two repeaters in the area so I tried Coachella Valley Repeater and called out in the blind asking if any station would relay the incident to the CHP. A station in the Salton City Area answered up and relayed the incident and came back to tell me he was successful in making contact with the CHP. I signed off and continued my drive back to La Quinta It pays to have a GMRS Radio as an additional means of communications to report emergencies to public safety agencies. Also, it pays to be prepared and know the GMRS system in the area you are traveling in and have your radio units programmed accordingly just in case. This was the “just in case”.

Your radio is a 250 channel radio. Is there a reason why you can't program channels 23-30 with the eight GMRS channels with a CTCSS Tone/DCS Code or channels 23-29 with FRS channels 1-7 with tones/codes, and if you have to switch channels to CTCSS/DCS protected channel, you tell them to go up the number of channels you want to switch to. If you're concerned that a young or older person may have some challenges, you give them some training so they can learn and do it right. Obviously, they've had some training to adjust the volume, PT-T (push to talk and release to listen) and they must be doing it right by now, then it's time to train them to switch channels on their own. They can't learn any younger.

Hopefully, your radios are programmed with 467.575 MHz as your transmit frequency and 462.575 MHz as your receive frequency with at least 91.5 Hz encoding to the Repeater. As the other people, not "Some People", have stated, more than likely your transmitting radio is desensing the receiver on the receiving radio because of being very close together. The selectivity/sensitivity, of the cheaper radios, is not the greatest and will require a lot of separation (probably "some farz") between the two radio units

I wouldn't say he is a clown but, he is funny and I enjoy his humor. "Some People" may think otherwise especially, the "Sad Hams" but, that is the nature and mind sets of some of the HAMs that have to bitch and moan about non-HAMs. I think he has to be a "Kool Guy" because he is using radios to my liking in his off-road toys. I just hope that he doesn't change the Tones on his "Ranchino" repeater again until after this weekend while the National Porsche Club is on their driving tours throughout the Area. I don't have my programming stuff with me for my XTL and XTS 5000 radios. What I like to know is, all the radios he has in the background in his videos, are they props or real radios given by the various providers? If they are real radios, how did he get the displays and lights to flash on and off that you see throughout the videos?

I have the Cobra 29 LTD Classic Nightwatch AM/FM and I haven't heard anyone on FM yet. It's almost non-existent on AM these days.