Socalgmrs
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WSEN246 reacted to an answer to a question:
Antenna advice
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Yes line of sight is key. An ht radio with a 771 line of sight will do 20, 30, or even 40 miles or more but if you don’t have line of sight you may not get a mile. No amount of power or antenna is going to help if you don’t have line of sight. So find the places that have good LOS and go for it.
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What radio do you have that doesn’t. I have met come across any that don’t. Like already said. I usually dont like to turn off the rx tone but in this case if you really can’t do splits then just don’t use the rx.
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TrikeRadio reacted to an answer to a question:
BTECH GMRS-Pro channel group wonkiness or my radio is defective.
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BTECH GMRS-Pro channel group wonkiness or my radio is defective.
Socalgmrs replied to 292mike's question in Technical Discussion
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BTECH GMRS-Pro channel group wonkiness or my radio is defective.
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462.675 (CH20 RP) Overlapping Santiago Peak in Orange County, California
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Using the same call sign between family members
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Socalgmrs replied to WSET665's topic in General Discussion
As far as the fcc rules you only give your call sign once every 15min and at the end of a conversation. now some repeaters require every one to id with an extra id such as a,b,c or unit 2,3,4 ext. other then that do what you want. I will never ever call a child by name on the radio. Just basic safety. -
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Impossible Range or Unlisted Repeater?
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Line of sight is everything in 460 uhf. We have many many people in so cal that hit our repeaters with hand helds from 40- even 60miles away. I talk all the time in a repeater 200miles away with a 20w base station at home. 50-100miles happens all the time for me in my trucks with $130 mobile units and a $30mag mount. this is all when other people can’t get 5miles with a 50w radio. line of sight and antenna then watts.
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Yup. If you h e a gmrs radio the repeater channels are already set up. If you’re doing a diy channels it’s always going to be +5.00. If it’s anything else it’s not a gmrs repeater
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462.675 (CH20 RP) Overlapping Santiago Peak in Orange County, California
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462.675 (CH20 RP) Overlapping Santiago Peak in Orange County, California
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462.675 (CH20 RP) Overlapping Santiago Peak in Orange County, California
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The Las Vegas 700 on spring mountain is amazing at 6000ft it reaches well into California and down in Arizona.
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No. Every one that is not family would have to have their own license. A business license would cover every one else but the business band is not gmrs. So either get every one licensed on gmrs it’s so easy and cheap. Or get the S&R team a business license.
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Pm sent
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LOUISIANA NEEDS GMRS/HAM users.. comms sucks here!
Socalgmrs replied to derekdauzat's topic in Guest Forum
So in times like these it’s gonna fall in you to get interest up. Talk to people. Get involved with local cert. hang flyers up. Go to community meetings. Neighborhood watch groups. Get a cheap repeater up at your place with donations. Start a club on this site. You are the change you’re looking for. -
Wow 20miles? Jeeebers
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So how is a gmrs radio fully capable in gmrs/uhf and vhf if it’s locked to gmrs only frequencies? It’s not even a fully functional uhf radio. But it does have super slow gps function that is not that accurate.
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How do you know for sure some one on the repeater is actually talking back to you? The green light will come on any time any one on that frequency is talking wether simplex or any other repeater traffic So have you actually communicated with some one that already has useable access to this repeater? Have you reached out to the owner? How far away is it? And do you have line of sight?
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Yes many duel band radios. Just make sure you get a good 6db gain antenna and mount it up as high as possible. Don’t get a 40w and neuter it with a salt shaker antenna mounted in a fender. Also make sure you have a non ground plane antenna or a good ground plane. Don’t spend $200 on a ground plane antenna then stick it in a fender or roof rack bar like many of the jokers do.
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It works like any other radio. I have one and for the price I can buy 5 water proof radios. To me it’s not worth the price tag. But then again I use many radios every day so I’m biased to radios that work well for a good price. Mine was Given to me to try out. If I had to put a “worth” price tag on it I’d say it’s worth $30 bucks.
