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Yep, so far I haven't heard of anyone walking off a cliff or into traffic while talking on a two-way radio.

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Yep, so far I haven't heard of anyone walking off a cliff or into traffic while talking on a two-way radio.

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Yep, so far I haven't heard of anyone walking off a cliff or into traffic while talking on a two-way radio.

@TacticalTodd Read this link about the CHIRP columns.

While I'm jealous of all you guys that can afford to buy the nice radios, my AnyTone AT-778UV with Nagoya UT72 antenna is actually performing quite well. 🙂

While I'm jealous of all you guys that can afford to buy the nice radios, my AnyTone AT-778UV with Nagoya UT72 antenna is actually performing quite well. 🙂

This will be valuable information for the door to door GMRS radio salesman I’m sure. 

I received an email when I got mine. Seems like the sort of thing that might be worth checking your spam filter/junk mail for though. 

Lots of Motorola/Kenwood/Hytera comments...  I'm sure I will be happy with the Wouxun, but I'm also sure it won't be my only or last mobile.  

I had to stop there. 

But it doesn’t say anything about gmrs or uhf.   It might not be gmrs certified.  😂 

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For comparison you could look at one of the pre-programmed repeater channels 23-30 You could key up and if you have it wrong it wont matter/wont hurt anything On a GMRS repeater if the frequency given is 462.xx then it will always be +5 It looks like you haven't added the recieve-tone, but that is optional anyway, and for a beginner/to reduce potential mistakes i would not bother with it yet It all looks right but the only way to know for sure is to try it.. and remember, if it's not right, it doesn't matter/nothing is going to break/no airplanes will drop from the sky.

Actually it depends on the type of terrain, foliage, structures that one is operating their radios in. In flat/open areas a higher gain antenna is better. A lower gain antenna will work better in hilly areas or areas with lots of obstructions.
I have a mixture of everything around me here in Mid Missouri so I run a Nagoya UT-72G which has about 3 dBd of gain. It works well for the most part. Now I do run a high gain antenna at home mounted up on my roof.

For antennas the simple answer is always “Try it.” It might work. 

You can plug the numbers into this on-line range calculator. It's just a "ruff" estimate and the real range maybe a bit more or less depending on the local terrain. At least you'll get an idea what to expect.
http://www.hamuniverse.com/lineofsightcalculator.html

666 - Mark of the Beast
911 - Terrorist Attack
322 - Skull & Bones Society
111 - Your latest RST report

You’re responding to a nearly 3 year old thread, but here’s another thread that might help your understanding:
 

Yes, it makes a difference if you are in VFO mode and going up or down in frequency.
It is not relevant to transmitting on GMRS but it is relevant for receiving frequencies in VFO mode..and tuning up or down in frequency.

No, I think it’s going to be the increment of change in frequency when you are in VFO mode and go up or down in frequencies. 
It isn’t relevant for GMRS. 

If people don’t buy first generation there often aren’t second generations. 

This is just an "I think", based on owning a couple... from what I see, the Amateur Radio and the GMRS radio are the exact same radio, in every way, shape and form.  What distinguishes the GMRS radio from the Amateur Radio is the stickers, labeling and what firmware is loaded at the time of sale from the manufacturer. 
Again, making assumptions based on past experience owning some of these, the firmware for all versions of the radio are likely stored in a controller memory.  Because each radio is identical, all 3 versions of the firmware are stored.  There is a BIOS (Basic In/Out System) that is independent of the firmware loaded.  The BIOS will look at the boot options and see if there is a command to go to a boot menu or load the stored data in the EPROM (aka ROC/Radio On a Chip). 
If there is no indication to load the boot menu, the BIOS loads the current radio configuration, memories, restrictions, etc..  If there is an option selected to load the boot menu, the BIOS will load the menu.  Depending on what you pick, if anything at all. the bios will flash the EPROM with the firmware stored on the controller memory and then reboot, loading the new operational state. 
 
This is why all of your saved memories and settings gets wiped when you change modes/types.
 
Just to recap what I mentioned before, in Ham mode, it only allows transmitting on ham frequencies.  On GMRS mode, you can only transmit on the pre-programmed GMRS frequencies stored in a memory channel. In normal mode, you can transmit on every frequency from 136 MHz to 520 MHz.

@WRKC935 Yep, Hollywood tends to only portray a small extreme example of group.
Examples of how they portray groups:
All CB operators are good old boy truck drivers. All Texans wear cowboy hats and boots and say "yeeha." And the list goes on.
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Yes, I know some people here are going to claim those two examples are accurate. 🤣

@WRVY822 A GMRS type certified radio is not supposed to allow you to transmit on both HAM and GMRS at the same time. Some radios appear to get around the separation of hardware issue by wiping out the programming every time you switch from one service to the other and only allow you to transmit on one service at a time.
There are HAM radios that can transmit on GMRS frequencies but you are not supposed to use them for that.
I do not have the radio in question so I can't tell you what it actually does, I can only tell you what it is supposed to do.

@WRVY822 A GMRS type certified radio is not supposed to allow you to transmit on both HAM and GMRS at the same time. Some radios appear to get around the separation of hardware issue by wiping out the programming every time you switch from one service to the other and only allow you to transmit on one service at a time.
There are HAM radios that can transmit on GMRS frequencies but you are not supposed to use them for that.
I do not have the radio in question so I can't tell you what it actually does, I can only tell you what it is supposed to do.