WRXB215

@Jack442 and @WSAT790 welcome to GMRS. @WSAT790 I like your ham callsign. It looks like the text version of .

@WRYS709 Have you notices if it gets warm while transmitting? I've noticed that my AT-778UV get quite warm. I can still put my hand on it but I wouldn't want it in a go bag. Thanks, Terry

Here is part of the description from DX Engineering: CTCSS and DTCS tones are built-in for quiet stand-by and repeater access. CTCSS split tone function allows you to set CTCSS tones separately for repeater uplink and downlink. A single DTCS code may be polarity reversed independently for repeater uplink or downlink. IC-2730A receivers cover 118-174 and 375-550MHz.

What exactly have you tried? What radio are you using?

@WSAA635 Be careful, you are going to end up needing an inventory system to keep track of all your radios like some others on this forum.

You loose a lot of wattage through the duplexer and the radios themselves are probably not well isolated. To date, I don't think I've ever seen a useful field test from such a setup.

There is always something lost in translation. Also, advertisers tend to struggle with technical info.

I'm not recommending anyone do anything illegal, just nice to know you have many options for coms during a real emergency. That's why I don't like GMRS radios being locked out of other bands. I'd hate to be in a real life-or-death situation, listening to someone on a band that is locked out of TX while I bleed out. I know it's not likely to ever happen, but then again, that's the kind of luck I have.

I didn't realize it also does MURS. Cool.

Was talking to a friend yesterday about how sometimes it's a pileup and sometimes it's just silent.

@WRYS709 Thanks for the info, this is very helpful. Looking forward to the "More to come..." Do you still get the message after programming with the CPS? I assumed I'd replace my AT-778UV with this if I get one. Maybe not with this new info. Could still be made easy to move back and forth I guess if DMR while driving is important. Yes, that would be awesome! Let us know how this works out. Thanks again, looking forward to your next installment on this radio.

@WRQC527 I used to understand all that metallurgy but for some strange reason I'm not into it anymore. @WRUE951 I've seen some mag mount antennas that come with a small round version of that for use on fiberglass tops like Jeep tops.

I got a kick out of this product.

Some times repeaters are just very quiet. This morning I was on two different repeaters that are usually very active but both were quiet. It just happens sometimes. There are other repeaters I monitor that are quiet almost all the time. Very rarely is there any traffic on them. This goes for both GMRS and ham repeaters.

I thought that was for premium subscribers only.

I already answered you on your other post. Please don't double post. If you need to change something, just edit the original post.

The repeater receives on 467.### and transmits on 462.###. The .### part is almost always the same. I've heard of it being different but I've never seen it myself. You have repeater channels that are already set up like this. You have to use the tone on TX or the repeater will ignore you. You can hear the repeater with the same tone as the repeater or no tone at all. Tones work like this: I set a tone on receive and I only hear signals with that same tone. I don't set a tone on receive and I hear all signals regardless if they have any tone. Hope this helps.

WOW! I never gat anywhere near these kinds of distance. Perhaps it's all the buildings, chemical plants, trees, and houses full of fffff...FURNITURE!

@WRNZ515 Please do not double-post.

Someone else did this recently. The whole socket unscrewed instead of between the antenna and the socket. The socket has a very coarse thread compared to the SMA machine thread. Most likely you've done the same thing. Try to separate the antenna and the socket and then screw the socket back into the radio. Hopefully you haven't damaged anything.

Think of tones as "I don't want to hear others" rather than "I don't want other to hear me."

DCS is digital, CTCSS is analog. They both accomplish the same thing. Tones that have a decimal (even if that decimal is zero) are analog(CTCSS). If you see a tone like D723N it is DCS Normal. D723I would be DCS Inverted. Inverted isn't use much. When a repeater has a tone set on it's RX, it will squelch out any signal not carrying that same tone. Therefore, you have to put that same tone in the TX of your radio so that the repeater will acknowledge your signal and repeat it out to others.

With GMRS, there are certain things that are consistent across the board. It is a channelized service with a set of repeater channels. The repeater channels use duplex(TX and RX on different frequencies). TX=transmit, RX=receive. These frequencies are already programmed into a GMRS radio. Most repeaters use tones to open up the squelch. You must use the tone given (RX on the repeater, TX on your radio) otherwise the repeater will ignore you. You do not have to use a tone for RX on your radio. Indeed, you should leave it out until you have everything else working. Given this, look at your manual and programming software and see if it is starting to make sense.

Are you sure the paid ones are more powerful? Remember, GMRS is restricted to a maximum of 50W.