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It is a specific-use-programmed, re-badged IC-F6021. The US version is Part 90 certified, but not 95. Someone should contact Icom America, and ask them to apply for Part 95E certification for this rig, as it would pass with flying colors. FCC ID number is AFJ318001.

He's talking about using simplex with external antennas on the FRS low-power channels - the 467.xxx frequencies that are right in between repeater inputs.

I like the idea of being able to download a database right into the radio. ...great idea for the (near) future. I just don't know if we will get much cooperation from Midland, as they seem to be more concerned with selling radios to consumers who don't know how to operate radios. There will be problems with some consumers who want "simply the best", who buy the most expensive radio, even though they do not need it... then complain and write poor reviews over how difficult it is to operate, and they can't get it to talk with their other walkies talkies as promised. I have some midland micromobiles, and they are good for what they are... that is, simple to use. Midland is not really trying to market toward the likes of mygmrs forum users; they are marketing to the lowest common denominator of radio consumer. Any idiot can take one of these Midlands out of the wrapper, and make it talk. Add too many Pro-level features, and there will be problems. There will be a company who makes just this kind of feature-rich radio, and there already is... unfortunately, it is Baofeng. Now, if only there were some company making feature-rich radios with High-Quality and FCC type acceptance as well........

I have already had problems with this, (nearby FRS users on 10 & 11 interfering with a wide repeater on 625) so no, I would NOT like anyone having external antennas and higher power on 8-14. Eventually, I think we will all be ordered to go narrow band anyway, then it wouldn't matter so much.

73 is a Morse code leftover meaning "Best Regards". It is made by tapping out the numbers 7 and 3 run together: _ _ . . . . . . _ _ Dah Dah di di di di di di Dah Dah

That's OK. With all of the Kung-Flu restrictions, I can't go anywhere or do anything until mid-May anyway. Thanks for letting me go ahead and order one.

Groovy. Mine is on order.

WRFM92 is not a valid call sign. Please check your license, and try again.

The top 2 manufacturers for these type of ultra-configurable repeater controllers used by ham and commercial installations are SCOM and Arcom. www.scomcontrollers.com/new/ www.arcomcontrollers.com/ For the multiple tone link-unlink access, you probably need the SCOM 7330.

Back to the USA? I don't think Midland ever had anything made here in the first place. ..but yes,it would be nice if ANY consumer electronics company made products in the USA.... really MADE products here, not just assembled from Asian modules.

Just an insert note here for those new-to-the-hobby folks who are totally confused by the last few posts... "UHF" connectors, as they have been called for decades, are not really good for use on what we now know as the UHF band. Back in the old days, UHF was considered pretty much anything over 30MHz. Now, what's all this talk about SO and PL connectors? The military designation "SO-239" is the female UHF connector. The "PL-259" is the male UHF plug. These are the antenna connectors that have been used on CB radios since the 1960s, and still are today. You will also see reference to "SO-238" or "PL-258", which is a double female "Barrel" connector for hooking two coax cable together if both have PL-259 plugs. Those should be avoided at all cost on GMRS. If you need a longer coax, buy a longer coax, don't try to extend one. Although UHF connectors are fine for CB, they just aren't as good on GMRS. Constant impedance, and weather protected type N connectors are much preferred.

I would like to be one of the first in line for one of these. Especially if you are able to offer a "new product" or "mygmrs" discount!

Are you guys going to carry the Midland "Base Camp" XT-511?

The 7180, 7280, 8180, and 8280 use KPG-89D software. The 780 and 880 use KPG-49D. I'm not sure which software the 8160 uses. The cable will be the same.

Increase the font size just a bit on your information to fill more space. Get rid of the "www." in front of that QCWA web address. Having WWW. in front of everything was cool in the 90's, but it isn't needed anymore, and all modern browsers will automatically add that if needed. Radio and television don't even use that anymore. They finally figured out that "double yoo double yoo double yoo dot" wastes 10 syllables and 2 seconds. That's almost 7 percent of the available time in a 30 second commercial. The lower third of that card could be a photo of you and your station, or your family, whatever... cropped to a 1:4 aspect ratio. - ultra wide-screen.

Ah, Delaware. Sorry, but a lot of people, including myself, are quite ignorant to the shapes of state borders. I would like to blame that on our educational system, but I think it was just a matter of me screwing around and not paying attention in class. Instead of learning geography, I was doodling electrical schematics in my notebook.

I would put the "We will remember" part directly under his photo, and perhaps put a border around that section of the card, to separate it from your information. Also, I have no idea of what you are trying to represent with the artwork in the upper left corner. It looks like a river going up into a land area, but only a local, or a geographic expert would be familiar with it. To me, it doesn't look like the Potomac, or Maryland, or DC - I can't figure it out. Maybe the text box cutting it off with that 90 degree white corner is the problem, or those yellow and black diamond graphics, which I believe are part of the flag of Maryland, but it isn't represented well. I would say start over on the left corner graphic, but the rest of the card is on point. I also think your teacher would be very honored.

For your COR, you might try adding a small subroutine in software to listen to the audio input from the radio, and transmit back down the internet whenever it hears and decodes the correct CTCSS tone coming from the repeater. That would give you TOR, which is more accurate than COR anyway,

Motorola Their base station desk mics have transmit volume, and in some cases, compression level controls.

Keep in mind that going through the repeater, you should be in wide-band mode. If you are talking directly to small "bubble-pack" handhelds, or Midland Micro-moblies, keep in mind they are narrow band. Normally, you would program channels 1-7 to be narrow band, low power, and channels 15-22 and the repeater pairs as wide band, high power. Another thing to keep in mind with desk microphones is that you still need to lean in and speak from 4 to 6 inches away from the mic. It is tempting to keep the mic out at arm's length, but in doing that you will pick up too much room noise and ambiance, and it will not sound good over the air. From the description of your problem, I think you may have too much mic gain, and be programmed to narrow band on the repeater channels.

The mismatch is not between the connectors. Always use type "N" connectors when possible, but if your antenna is type "N" and the radio is SO-239, then using a cable with type "N" on the antenna side, and a PL-259 on the radio side is the way to go. Try to never use adapters in any kind of permanent installation. The impedance bump is on the PL-259, not on the "N" connector, which is an impedance balanced connector. {By the way, there are 2 different types of "N" connectors out there, depending on whether you are using 50 Ohm or 75 Ohm transmission line (cable).} To clarify your previous question, "...if the radio has an SO-239, should you also get an antenna with an SO-239 so they match?" ...the answer is NO. Always use "N" connectors for UHF when available, but if SO/PL is what the device has, use it. Having different connectors on each end of the feedline is not the problem, and having a slight mismatch on one end is better than having a slight mismatch on both ends.

That's problem #1 with the Midland Micro Mobile series.

CTCSS and DCS are both considered "Tone Squelch" and do the same thing. One is analog, the other is a digital signal transmitted over analog. Either can be used with repeaters, or simplex to keep from hearing other users on the same channel. Most GMRS and Ham repeaters use CTCSS, however, some use DCS. Note that DCS and CTCSS cannot be used at the same time, but they CAN both be used on a "split-tone" repeater system, where it may for example require DCS-315 to activate the repeater, but the repeater puts out CTCSS of 123.0. Another example would be if the repeater requires CTCSS 88.5 to activate, but outputs CTCSS 162.2. Yet another example would be if the repeater requires a CTCSS tone to activate, but doesn't transmit any tone at all. (CSQ) The Midland Micro-mobile radios cannot work with split-tone repeaters.

25 Watts, 128 Channels. It is the little brother of the TK-8180K. These are very decent radios. I like the front firing speaker, so you can mount it in the dash of a car in a DIN radio slot or cubby-box hole. Looks like you got a nice Innovative Circuit Technology power supply with yours. That'll make a nice base station. Mics, mic cables, and programming cables are all readily available on eBay. Software can be found... ask around here... someone might send you a PM with info. It'll be a real fine GMRS rig.

The Kenwood TK-2360 is a nice little radio, but they are VHF, so no good for GMRS. They would work good for 2-Meter ham use, or could also be programmed for license free MURS use with the built-in 4 channel stop. (you don't want MURS channel 5 anyway. Walmart will interfere with you)