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Like @amaff I prefer the 701s. In my very limited tests, I don't get enough out of the 771s to make them worth the trouble.

I do a lot of rag chewing at the edge of my fars.

I use the AT-778UV daily. It gets hot but apparently not too hot for the radio. If I ever get time, I'm going to pull the fan out of an old laptop and mount it on the heatsink just for good measure.

OK, you guys made me look.

@thenols GMRS is allowed to transmit a very short burst of digital. See this radio for example.

It has nothing to do with the brand of radio. It is simply not a GMRS frequency and therefore a GMRS radio of any brand will not transmit on that frequency. Many brands have radios, business or ham, that will transmit on that frequency not just Baofeng.

This is the nature of most of what I hear and take part in where I live. Both GMRS and ham. There are technical discussions about radios, but that seems to be about 30-40% of the time.

And the humidity was through the roof early when we started putting up antennas. We were all drenched is sweat by the time we were done. As the sun burned off the excess humidity and the breeze started, it got much more comfortable. Still hot but bearable.

Use The Force Kenny.

I wish I had thought of that.

Ultimately only you can answer that question.

I like the idea that it was a "heads up" but then the whole thing sours when asking for a list of users.

Here is the link to the license search page. I think I'm one of the few who actually got the email.

I plan on being at Bayland Park. Hope the mosquitos aren't as bad as they were last time I was there.

@WSAR216 What are you using to program the radio? OEM software, CHIRP, front plate...?

I have a couple of MP31s and I love them. They were my first GMRS radios. Sound quality is better than I expected. Easy to use and quite durable. These are my go-to radios for anything short and simple like going up in the attic to work. Used them on the beach once and talked for exactly 1 mile clear as a bell. Up in the mountains in New Mexico they did fine. Every time my son disappeared around a finger out of sight, we still had coms. Down at White Sands, the dunes were no problem. Nice little gems these radios.

I've been quite fortunate with mine since I got them primarily for simplex and only have a couple of repeaters programed in. I also charge them sometimes with small backpack solar panels. For my intended purpose they work quite well. I do understand the frustration and know better than to expect them to be easy to use with the vast number of repeaters I program into some of my other radios.

@HeinousAnos Welcome to GMRS. Love that name "HeinousAnos"

Keep in mind those aren't actually 8 watts like the add says. They are 5 watt radios but still good radios. I have a couple of them and sometimes charge them with these.