WRXL702

Well It's Not 14 Users Anymore, Since You Posted The DPL Tones On This Forum........... That Should NEVER Be Posted On A Social Media Site, For Anyone To Read..........

GMRS Repeater Owners Are Not Required To List On Any Web Site. I Suggest You Monitor - Catch A Call Sign Or Two - An Attempt To Find The Repeater Owner For Access...... Good Luck.

The Baraboo 650 Is A Descent Repeater, But Would Not Classify It As A "Beast." Along With The Crete & Rugged - They Are Descent Medium To Semi Long Range Repeaters, Limiting To A Realistic Distance Of Operation Of A Mobile To The 50 Mile Range. I Suggest You Research UHF Tropospheric Ducting, To Get An Understanding Of RF Propagation. The "Band Openings" / "Tropospheric Ducting" Conditions Have Be Unbelievable This Past Summer. I Have Had Users Contact My Niles 725 & Osceola 600 Repeaters From As Far As 175 Miles + Away Conversing In Full Quieting. It's Not Always About A Repeater Infrastructure, As It Is On How Mother Nature Delivers Conditions For UHF Propagation.....

Equipment Confiscation Can Get Ugly When Executed With A Federal Warrant. Wouldn't Want To Be On The "Wait & See Receiving End" On This Cartoon To See How It Plays Out With Some Folks.......

Use The URL Not The App. The App Sometimes Just List Repeaters In Your Immediate Location, Based On The Parameters You Have On In Preferences.

.....So Then Just Buy A Satellite Telephone, Use For Emergencies, If Needed In Excess Of One Hundred Miles - And Get Over The Ruling For The Original Purpose & Intent Of GMRS Radio. No Need To Worry About Any Of The Excuses For Not Advancing Into The Ham Radio Spectrum As An Alternative.

........And The Best Part About The FCC Mobility Division Making A Clarification On GMRS Linking - Is That Several Repeater Owners Wether By Choice, Violation Threats Or Servers Shutting Down - Are No Longer Congesting GMRS Frequencies With Ridiculous & Non Essential NETS. I Have Never Seen Any Purpose In The Midwest Area, To Tie Up All 8 Repeater Frequencies, With 20 To 30 Repeaters, In 4 Or More States - Discussing How To Cook A Hot Dog Properly In The Event Of A Nuclear Attack. Glad That The Linking Issue Has Been Addressed With A Degree Of Modernization From The FCC. Some Folks Just Need To Move On & Get Over This........ My Name Is Bob Somers (WRXL702) & I Approved This Message.......

Lower End $$ GMRS Transceivers Do Not Have The Front End Receiver Filtering As Do Commercial Grade Radio Receivers. Therefore, If In Close Proximity Of A 50 Watt Base Station With A High Gain Antenna - You Most Likely Can & Will Hear That Transmission Not On Your Selected Channel / Frequency. Lower End $$ Radios Work Fine When Not Close To Adjacent Channel Transmitters, But They Do Not Have The Selectivity / Sensitivity Available On A Commercial Grade Radio. This Most Likely Will Be A Common Occurrence Especially When The Frequencies Are So Close In MHz. Spacing (462.675 / 462.700.) The Only Major $$ Difference In Radio Types, Other Than Some Special Functions - Is The Receiver Front End Filtering.

PASS - Best Thing That Ever Recently Happened, Is That The FCC Mobility Division Clarified A Long Over Due Ruling On The Linking Of GMRS Repeater Stations...... Like It Or Not - GMRS Repeater Linking Is Only & Mostly Supported By Those With Small Roof Top Repeaters Wanting To Talk Distances, Those That Are Unable To Take Or Pass A Ham License Test, Or Repeater Owners Wanting To Engage In A "For Profit" GMRS Operation. Time For All To Get Over This.......

Good To Know & Great To Hear, That GMRS Repeater Stations Are Keeping Folks In Connection With Their Families, In Case Of Situations Or Emergencies, With Verizon Cell Comms Down. That's What This Is Supposed To Be All About - Comms When Convenient Every Day Cell Comms Go Down. I'm A Little Old School, But This Is Exactly Why My Osceola IN 600 & Niles MI 725 (Never Linked) Repeaters With A Large 85% Overlapping Coverage Area Work When It Counts..........

10-4 Good To Know.....

Just A Note To All: If You Have An iPhone, According To Apple - And Your Phone Shows "SOS" For Signal Strength, You Can Still Make "911" Calls As Your iPhone Will Switch To An Active Cell Provider.

Still Ongoing In Northern IN & Southern Lower MI. Map Showing Areas Across Entire US.

Massive Verizon Cell Outage Occurring. Affecting Links To Some TV Stations. See DownDetector: https://downdetector.com/status/verizon/

FCC Mobility Division Home Page : https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/mobility-division-wtb