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That’s how they are here as well, but there are only a handful of us who actually have licenses.  The vast majority of GMRS just buy the radios and use them miles away from populated areas. Honestly, that doesn’t bother me a bit.  Maybe there shouldn’t be GMRS licensing for handheld use or lower than some wattage level.  

Call up your friends who use GMRS radios and say “Let’s start a club!”
Then just get together every so often and talk about GMRS radios. 
If you want to have a repeater, chip in some money (quite a bit) and put one up. 
If you want to solicit donations you’ll want to incorporate as a tax exempt corporation. There’s a fee for that.
Then file a 1023 form with the government to get off to become a 501(c)3. The short form costs $275. 

Being within a couple feet of another should have no effect on the finals.  I bet that something with the programming resulted in inhibited transmit.

Some of us pack heat and lie about vacations we never take.

He was actually new twice here. He quit once, had his name purged, and then slunk back in. That’s why there are all those idiotic posts attributed to “Guest” in the non-guest forums. 

We all value knowledge and experience here, but the way you're treating newcomers is out of line. Everyone starts somewhere, and being dismissive, impatient, or outright rude doesn't make you look more knowledgeable—it just makes this community less welcoming.
If your goal is to actually help people learn and grow, then your attitude needs to reflect that. Otherwise, you're not building anything—you're just gatekeeping. You were new once too. Try to remember that.

Dimmy antennas are used to contact stations 200 miles away.

I thought perhaps since OP didn’t specify GMRS repeaters in their statement (I fully acknowledge that’s likely what they were talking about). it would be worth mentioning ham repeaters as well. Which according to Repeater Book there are 1,707 Texas repeaters in the database. Add the 112 GMRS repeaters or 263 if you count stale and offline repeaters listed here, and all the repeaters that are not listed here it would be safe to say Texas has a significant number of repeaters. Hopefully OP finds this encouraging and if there are no repeaters in their area because like it was mentioned it’s a big place, do as @OffRoaderX often says you can be the pillar of your community and add one. He has an affiliate link below for you. 😀

Google tried.

350 some odd repeaters strong in Texas..  Texas has big beers too,,  OP needs to stick with the smaller bottles

There are more repeaters in Texas than mygmrs.com depicts on the map. If you become a member of the Texas GMRS Repeater Club you would have access to a bunch more repeaters throughout the State.

So I have a question. Why haven't you put one up?

The VFO button will put your radio into displaying the frequency and the MR button will put your radio back into memory mode showing the names. 

Crap, there’s 30 of us? I only brought a dozen doughnuts. Happy Easter everyone! ☕️

Seen this picture before. It is bird crap on the windshield.

Well.....
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You Are Unfortunately Wrong - There Are Many Daily Posts Containing Great Info & Discussions
And It's Too Bad You Don't Have An Adequate Security Subscription In Place To Guard Against Possibly Some Of Your Previously Scrupulous Websites You Have Visited. Don't Throw Blame That You Cannot Confirm.
Rich & His Staff Has Done One Hell Of A Job On This Site & It's Offensive That You Post This Type Of BS
Be That As It May:
Maybe GMRS Radio / Forums - Are Not For You At All.....
 

Hundreds of thousands of members logged off just before you came on, they will be back.
 
While you are waiting watch this video: 
 

The repeater frequency pairs are:
462.550 - 467.550
462.575 - 467.575
462.600 - 467.600
462.625 - 467.625
462.650 - 467.650
462.675 - 467.675
462.700 - 467.700
462.725 - 467.725
These frequency pairs repeat over and over for as many repeater channels as you have. These typically start at channel 23 on a GMRS radio.

Isn't this a repeater ? If so there is no need for 800 frequencies. 99% of the time a repeater is on one channel and one channel only. 

It means everyone is leaving Ca, mostly the Bay Area   😅

Ma'am, this is a Wendy's...

https://absolute-emc.com/calculator/convert/dBm

I just spoke with a large radio importer/reseller based here in the U.S. (i cant say who) - He said his tariff fees are based on the wholesale price (not 'calculated value' at the port of entry, as I thought/read about) - because the new fees would nearly double the retail price, and he knows he cant sell any at those prices, he has halted all new radio shipments..  
i dont like it but I am willing to feel a little short-term pain for longer-term trade equity...

Company slogan - :Money back if not satisfied"
Company to customer - "we would give you your money back, but we're satisfied with it, so we'll be keeping it!"

You mean the one that says "Warranty Void If Removed"?