GreggInFL

Same here. I ask permission and offer thanks with a note that I will assume "open" means just that and requires no response from the owner. Long pause... ...due to traffic on Daytona 650, which is permission only. Turns out it was the owner asking for a radio check. We chatted for a while and he said the repeater had been unlisted for a couple years and recently made available via MyGMRS with permission only. Nice guy. This is a great example of asking permission, promising to follow the rules and getting to use someone else's gear. DAB650 has very little traffic. If the SHTF I'll move from wide open Orlando 700 to this little guy because 700 will get swamped.

Interesting that there is, apparently, no limitation on using the HT in foreign ports. Then again, perhaps they have done their homework and know there would be no problems in ports they visit. You have to go to the bridge to get the answer. I once asked a non-officer crew member what frequency was being used for port operations at our next stop. He responded, "We don't use frequencies, we use channels".

Sure, just use the GMRS repeater frequency. And welcome to GMRS!

I heard that but have been skeptical. Thanks for the documentation. Wow.

It can be worse than that. Some cruise lines make money renting out radios to travelers who know their cell phones won't work at sea. Scanning around any of the many cruise ports in Florida leads to much hilarity as one listens to conversations about the buffet specials. Hopefully, the crew knows enough to not match the radio freqs with anything important. I've taken radios on cruises to foreign countries more than once. I ask the officers what freqs are used for such things as port operations, on-board comms, ship-to-ship, etc. and underline the fact that it's RX only, no TX, that I'm interested in. Most officers are cooperative and curious, others have told me to lock it in the safe and not to touch it for the remainder of the trip; apparently it is illegal to just listen to some channels in some places. I always bring the cheapest, POS CCR in the inventory in case it gets confiscated. Of course, one could avoid all this by just scanning on a hacked UV-5R; at least that's what I read on the internet.

Well, how do they work?

Getting twice the distance through the pasture compared to the woods tells part of the story. Southern pines are easily 50' tall.

LOL, yeah, there is that.

Yeah, this. Since the FCC's enforcement operation responds to complaints, the effect is that it operates in a "No harm, no foul" mode. As a taxpayer, I'm fine with that. I would be nice if the rules were formulated to regulate the results, not the process, but that's not where we are.

Does anyone ID, or is it a free-for-all?

You're in the right place. I'm new to this as well and have found this group to be very helpful and extremely knowledgeable. Come back any time.

https://san.com/cc/exclusive-evidence-of-cell-phone-surveillance-detected-at-anti-ice-protest/

Yes. My bad. Fixed. Thank you.

With hurricane season underway, our HOA just announced that the board and staff will be monitoring 462.550. Now everyone knows someone will be listening. Including FRS means folks will at least be able to hear updates, even if they can't TX very farz with their $10 HTs. At the next board meeting I'm tempted throw out the idea of a portable, off-grid repeater. This place is too flat with too much vegetation for reliable HT simplex, but a decent antenna on the property high point would make a world of difference.

A friend with a doctorate in industrial psychology once told me that aptitudes for math correspond with aptitudes for music.

Is this true in general?

Fixed. (Apologies to non-sad HAMS, but that was some low-hanging comedic fruit right there.)

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.

I have that antenna and it comes with an adapter, so for $34.89 he's all-in.

There are also those that are offline or stale. One needs to click the settings gear in the upper-left corner of the map to turn on the switches. That doesn't change the "type", just drops the filter.

Reminds me of shooting at the range. There are some long-range rifle shooters who consider clays (trap/skeet/sporting clays) to be beneath them. "I shoot at 1,000 yards. What's a long clay shot, 50 yards? Pfft. Too easy." I'd love to get him on the skeet range with a ringer, a 14 year-old girl who recently hit 197 out of 200 at a national tournament.

Yeah, this. I once hit a repeater that was ~30 miles away by standing on top of a parking garage -- with an $18 handheld.

You mean this one?

We are attempting to do something like this in our neighborhood, starting with using a base station to make announcements. 1,500+ acres though the woods may require a serious repeater eventually, but the idea of getting emergency information out to anyone holding a $10 radio is very appealing. We are 24 days into official hurricane season. Tick, tick, tick...

I guess this means I didn't win it. Well, poop.