WRXB215

You just can't help yourself can you.

Sounds like desense. Put some distance between the two and try again.

@nokones expressed it well. After hurricane Beryl, the only coms I had for a few days was GMRS and ham radio which worked very well. But that was NOT an SHFT situation and there were repeaters that were still available. Under a real SHFT, radios may not be as useful as we would like.

As you can derive from @gortex2 post, narrowband isn't really a bad thing. You just have to use what the repeater is using.

@WSFP385 just an added note, some radios actually perform better with the stock antenna. Sometimes the stock antenna is well designed and is tuned to that specific radio and is hard to beat. I don't know if your radio is one of those.

Yep, I'm moving in that direction myself. I've made trips across Texas with lots of repeaters programmed from RepeaterBook just to find that not only is there no traffic but I don't even receive back a tail squelch. There are repeaters available but I don't like have a bazillion programmed in that I have to wade through. Edit: As far as programming is concerned, I have an AnyTone AT-778UV and have yet to successfully program it through the front plate. CHIRP all the way for me.

I'll second @Socalgmrs on the 771 antennas. I don't have any experience with the tactical antennas but I've heard they perform better than the 771.

You have to be knighted by the Queen @OffRoaderX.

The call sign used must be an actual call sign. It still needs to be reported to @rdunajewski so he can free it up for the actual owner.

Ditto.

@WSFR966 do you have a tone set on the RX of the 905?

@WRCC711 welcome to my GMRS.com

@WRPG517 are you trying to edit the TX field?

You shouldn't have to do this but you can fix this as follows: 1) Click on the >> to the right 2) Change the frequency in the RX and then change it right back to what it was. 3) Click on the X to close the window. The TX will not be what it is supposed to be.

@warthog74 I've often wondered if using something like that spray-galv stuff would be a problem. Seems like it would with the high zinc content but I don't know since I've never tried. I doubt anyone would ever try it but still, just curious.

If I had something that would transmit on that band, I would try to make it a little less dead.

Voted on the first day.

@WRKW566 What's that big square thing to the left?

@WSBS425 Do you just need an example or are you looking for one that has the repeaters in your area?

Sounds like the night of the local highschool football rival game.

@dosw Are there any similar units that can transmit without the price going through the roof? Thanks.

Yes, I'm praying for a peaceful evening and following days/weeks etc.

@WRKE629 I don't have Midland radios myself because I keep seeing mixed reviews. You may want to consider a different brand with more consistently good reviews like Wouxun.

Some how I missed something. Where does he have his antenna?

Interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up.