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Yep, it's called audio relay under the general settings on the app. Of course, you can buy an external simplex repeater box to attach to a radio (Argent ADS-SR1, Radio-Tone RT-SRC1, Red's Engineering SRPT-02) for less money, and they usually have some additional features like voice announcements, automatic callsign and so on, but I don't plan on trying to make it a permanent setup, just something that can be used as needed... and for that it's nice to have one thing that's already water resistant and doesn't need any external addons to carry or enclosures to protect from weather, that sort of thing. I don't need the other features of the GMRS Pro, so I'm still weighing purchasing one just for that feature, but as far as I know no other GMRS radio has it built in. I may wait and see if I come across one used.

The older mountain radio looks like a derivative of the Qziradio product: https://www.qziradio.com/cp-168-ce-marked-ultra-mini-pmr446-frs-gmrs-portable-radio_p55.html https://www.qziradio.com/best-walkie-talkie_c5 The 5 watt version is presumably either a further evolution of this, or a re-packaged and refreshed derivative of another QZiradio design (sold under a bunch of different names), and is certainly overpriced... buuuut while there are other GMRS radios that has all of these features (and more), I haven't seen one that's smaller physically. For some people the smaller it is the more likely they will have it with them, so it may be worth it to them. Or if you wait a month you'll probably see the same guts, from the same manufacturer, under some other brand name on aliexpress

My only interest in this radio is that it has a simplex repeater mode built right in, and I haven't found any other GMRS radio with that function built in. It's barely ever mentioned even in reviews. I understand its a bit of an esoteric capability, and that you'd need another radio to make use of it (like a mobile or even bubble pack FRS radio since it will be working on simplex frequencies), and that the duty cycle isn't really up for heavy or prolonged use... but I'm really fond of the idea that I can set up a repeater in an emergency at the flip of a switch with nothing extra required. Hoist it up a tree with a line thrown over a branch, or fly it up with a drone and get up and over that terrain blocking your LOS to your friends.

I know the BTech GMRS Pro has an audio relay function that allows it to function as a simplex repeater, does anyone know if there are any other GMRS radios out there with this functionality? Regards

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