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Don't they provide legal help if you need it? If so, it might be worth renewing just for that bit of "insurance." Especially with HOAs being the way they are.

But I'm not "most people" I'm "some p..." wait, scratch that.

It's my understanding that there is a firmware update for the Quangsheng K5 that allows HF and even CW. It's an interesting radio. People can write their own firmware for it.

@gortex2 I'm never bored but I'll probably read it anyway.

That ^^^^^

Wow, I didn't expect that. I thought my Garmin watch was slow when sometimes it would take up to a minute.

Yeah, a "Let's Bash Randy" thread isn't a good idea on a GMRS forum.

Short answer: correct.

Nice to know. Thanks.

Don Rickles made a very nice career insulting people. I hear he was a nice guy in real life.

I don't doubt that it's better but I do question whether or not it's 10 times better.

Yeah, everyone knows they got hacked. "CrazyRadioGuy" stuck his foot in his mouth.

No problem, QSL cards and snail mail to the rescue.

Not exactly a cheap radio so I'm surprised at the lack of tones.

That's the important part.

From what you've described, this sounds like the most likely scenario. Your friend could open squelch on the repeater but now can't, the owner must have changed the tone.

@n2877 The question isn't so much the range of the repeater. You are obviously in "hearing" range. The question is whether or not you can hit the repeater with your radio. As @BoxCar asked, how far are YOU from the repeater and is there anything in between to hinder YOUR signal like trees, houses, etc.

These days that's not such a sure thing. I was trying real hard not to go there.

I like that idea. I can't afford the better radios but I do have an old Kenwood TH-75A that was given to me. Just last night I had my UV-5R tuned into a net. Every time someone un-keyed, it let out a very loud and obnoxious noise. I turned on the Kenwood and it did not have that noise. With both of them on and sitting on the table, it was very obvious the difference between the two. Even though I can't afford the good stuff, it's nice to know you actually get something for what you pay.

If the UV-5R has a tone set on the TX set the same tone on RX for the 905G. If the UV-5R has no tone set on TX, then there should not be a tone set on RX on the 905G.

With GMRS radios, everything above 22 is assumed to be a repeater.

It would have helped if they had chosen some other terminology besides "polarity."

Like you, I'm dual licensed so I just argue with myself.

@WSCA774 I used https://hamstudy.org/ mostly. They have a phone app as well. The explanations are good but don't hesitate to use google to find out more. I want to get the ARRL books some day for reference.

Same.