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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in Roger beep settings   
    How about menu 9: BEEP?
    And if not then menu 20 and tell it not to send an ID. You could be sending an ID at the end of PTT. This has several options. You want to turn it off. 
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    WRXB215 reacted to WRQC527 in Is the btech gmrs v2 a decent upgrade?   
    I posted this before as a warning about using non-FCC-type-accepted radios on GMRS, but it seems like it's worth a re-post. This screen grab from an FCC training film illustrates just how serious the FCC is about enforcing type-acceptance regulations. I know. Scary.
     

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    WRXB215 reacted to OffRoaderX in Is the btech gmrs v2 a decent upgrade?   
    Oh my, that sounds serious!  So what will happen if he uses an illegal radio on GMRS?
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    WRXB215 reacted to warthog74 in Is the btech gmrs v2 a decent upgrade?   
    Not to be THAT guy, but hardly anybody is using a “legal” radio. I bet at least 65% or more of licensed GMRS users are using “illegal” rigs. Like it matters. The FCC botched it when they allowed bubble pack FRS radios to include GMRS freqs. It is now basically a free for all, or CB 2.0. They should be happy some of us even pay for a license.
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    WRXB215 reacted to OffRoaderX in Call Frequency/Channel   
    The fact that the OP, and a thousand others have to ask this question, prove that this is incorrect.  It might be written down somewhere, but the fact that nobody knows and even less people abide by it shows that, in the real-world, this is incorrect.
    as @Sshannon said, there is no [widely-recognized] call channel IN USE - to refer to some outdated and UNUSED reference is disingenuous at best.
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    WRXB215 reacted to nokones in Call Frequency/Channel   
    Channel 20, 462.675 MHz, has been designated as a Travel Channel with 141.3 Hz encoding only, as the Travel Tone, with CSQ on receive, for the last couple of decades.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from AdmiralCochrane in What am I doing wrong?   
    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.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from WSAW350 in 85 Miles? How far away have you made contact?   
    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! 🤣
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    WRXB215 reacted to SDGMRS Jeff in Questions after I RTFM   
    Welcome to GMRS! I'm the VP of the club in Miami. We're all friends here despite the rules. Feel free to make mistakes we all did it 
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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in Just ordered a Wouxun KG-905g.(and an 805g too)   
    All of the control functionality (such as tone encoding and decoding) except the RF front end is probably integrated into a chipset though, so in that sense it is a rig on a chip.
    Some radios (including Baofengs) have the ability to scan for tones. You could try transmitting every single tone while a friend of yours scans your signal to discern what tone you’re sending and make sure it matches. 
    I make no guarantee that the friendship will survive the exercise.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from ROBV60schwifty in Newb here in GA.   
    Welcome to GMRS. Can't say concerning repeaters in Georgia. I live in Texas and most repeaters here (both GMRS and ham) are free to use. Repeaters that cost are not necessarily better or more powerful that the free ones. None of them (GMRS) can be more than 50W anyway. There is a real good chance that the free ones are just as good in most cases and the paid ones.
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    WRXB215 reacted to OffRoaderX in Just ordered a Wouxun KG-905g.(and an 805g too)   
    I have, or have had every GMRS radio that Wouxun makes. In some cases, multiple ones, and I have never, once, seen this issue. I also have many friends, and about 200K fans, and none, never, once, have mentioned this issue.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from SteveShannon in Which adapter fits the antenna mounting point for the Wouxun KG-Q10G??   
    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.
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    WRXB215 reacted to Raybestos in Just ordered a Wouxun KG-905g.(and an 805g too)   
    PL is the same thing as CTCSS.
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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in Call Sign   
    It’s there today:

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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in GM-30 software offset?   
    Just use one of the simplex channels (1-22) and add tones. 
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    WRXB215 reacted to WSAA635 in Just ordered a Wouxun KG-905g.(and an 805g too)   
    I finally had one of my returns come through so I had some funds in my Amazon account.  Been going back and forth between the 805g and the 905g and it looks like the 905g won out so I'll be getting my first actual GMRS radio. I've had a lot of other radios(most returned for one reason or another)but this'll be the first one that's actually Part 95E approved.
    I've already got the factory CPS installed on my Linux Box via WINE so I'll be ready to set it up when it gets here Saturday.  I'm going to test fit a Nagoya 701c antenna to see if it has a small enough O.D. to work and if it does I'll order a GMRS tuned Nagoya for it. Anyway, just wanted to share the good news. 😉
    PS. Also ordered a KG-805g too.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from SteveShannon in Baofeng GM-15 Pro Programing in a Repeater   
    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.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from WRPG745 in Repeater Newbie   
    It's using a directional antenna. Unless you are in the path, you will have trouble with it.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from WSAZ351 in Baofeng GM-15 Pro Programing in a Repeater   
    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.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from Knilc in Confession time..   
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from Sab02r in Hypothetical Scenario: What would happen?   
    Just save your batteries until everyone else's batteries die. 🤣
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from SteveShannon in Newb here in GA.   
    Are you sure the paid ones are more powerful? Remember, GMRS is restricted to a maximum of 50W.
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    WRXB215 got a reaction from SteveShannon in Baofeng GM-15 Pro Programing in a Repeater   
    What have you tried so far? Where exactly are you stuck?
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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in Which adapter fits the antenna mounting point for the Wouxun KG-Q10G??   
    I would agree that you might be able to unscrew the antenna jack from the antenna and put the radio back together.  Without knowing what kind of glue it’s difficult to advise you on how to separate them.  Heat might help. Some solvents might help. Heat and solvents might also make things worse.  We’ll cheer you on either way! 😁
    Don’t worry about wrxp381’s reaction.  He’s not an administrator or moderator on this site.  He’s entitled to his opinion, but so is everyone else.  There are some very good people here who honestly try to help, especially when a person needs a little handholding.
    Randy (YouTube Notarubicon, aka Offroaderx) has some excellent videos that you should watch as well, if you haven’t already.
    In any case welcome to the forums!
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