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I have the TDR turned off on my 82's and they've tested at over 6 watts output(on medium, high gives lower output)and they work well with the $8 Wouxun dual band antennas I have on them. For Air Band I have an A36 Plus that works well. Sometimes FM Broadcast radio is spotty as to whether it comes on but most times I can get it to work. For my hunting radio I'll probably use my UV-5r with a stubby antenna on MURS 5(aka Green Dot) set on high power so I'll get a little better range. We never get more than a few hundred yards apart when dove hunting. Further than I'd want to yell but too close to make a cell phone call, especially if we don't hsve cell service.

I'm honestly struggling with why I should keep this radio when it doesn't do anything that my $20 UV-82 won't do. Yes, it seems to be a nice radio but is it $150 nice? I could almost pick up 2 805g radios for what I have into this one radio. I don't know, I'll probably end up keeping it just to have a Yaesu radio in my collection but truthfully I'll probably use my UV-82 or 805g more.

There's no provision to have a different TX freq. vs a RX freq. Also, it's NOT an Issue with my other unlocked HAM radios, the UV-5r, UV-82 and A36 Plus(I got the HAM version and unlocked it vs the GMRS version) all let me set the Duplex to "off" to stop transmitting. GMRS vs HAM makes no difference, it's all in how the radio handles frequencies and what options you're given. In the mean time I just removed the DPS channels so I'll not use the FT-65r as a scanner. I can use one of my other 3 radios I have set up for DPS scanning if I want to listen to all the stuff going on locally.

I guess it just takes diving in and doing it so that you'll learn it. It's like anything, it's going to be difficult until you do it a few times and get the hang of it.

From what little I've researched about DMR there's way more to programming them than with the standard analog radios. I'm going to stick with analog for now.

The only thing I have an issue with is not being able to lock out channels I don't want to transmit on. Every other radio I have can do this but not the FT-65r.

No, that's why I like it. I know if I'm talking to someone while hunting /shooting I won't have to worry about others on the channel.

Yep, we need to follow the example of our government and follow the dang rules.

I had a KG-UV9D Plus(I know, it's a HAM radio)and ended up sending it back because Airbands didn't work. Simpler is better for me. That's why the BTech GMRS Pro went back. Too many things that I didn't need like GPS and a compass and not CHIRP compatible. I'm happy with the 805g, I can live without NOAA since I have it on all the other radios.

The KG-UV9G is a nice radio but at $167 it's just a bit out of my price range. Truthfully, the Talkpod A36 Plus does everything I want to do. I have mine programed with GMRS, MURS and I scan local Airbands with it. I could add Public Safety to the scan but that would just add confusion to things. It also has NOAA and FM Broadcast radio. Price point is $35 with a 10% off coupon on Amazon.

Yes but they cost more than I want to spend and IMHO are more complicated than I want to deal with. The 805g would be the PERFECT GMRS radio if they'd add NOAA and it would be easy to do since the 805m MURS version IS VHF.

Why, this radio doesn't transmit data so the antenna has zero to do with it's Type 95e approval. This is also a Superhet radio so the radio circuit is a lot higher quality than my $20 Baofeng radios. Also, not to get off track but I have a UV-5R, 2/UV-82's a Talkpod A36 Plus and a Yaesu FT-65r, all of which get NOAA and 3 of which were in the $20 price range. The 805g is just my first actual GMRS approved radio.

While "Karen" does generally apply to a female "GMRS Richards" just doesn't have the same ring to it. Since "Sad HAM" has such a ring to it I needed something with equal zest.

Someone who just wanted a decent GMRS radio.

In breaking with my tradition of being such a GMRS "Outlaw" by using my unlocked HAM radios I thought it would make some of the GMRS Karens happy to know that I now have a legitimate GMRS Type 95e approved radio. My Wouxun KG-805g came in yesterday and I got it all set up and ready to go. I'm glad I went with it over the 905g because it has Broadcast FM Radio so I can keep in touch with the local news and listen to music. I wish it had NOAA but I guess for $80 bucks you can't have everything. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with it so far and once my Nagoya 701G antenna gets in tomorrow I may do a video on it for the YouTubes.

Ditto, as much "wind" as some here would like to blow about this or that FCC Rule you're only going get busted if you're jamming a repeater, broadcasting on Emergency Service Frequencies or talking about something illegal like a drug deal or other criminal activity. Just talking to friends and family about normal,everyday stuff won't even be noticed by the FCC.

Technically, by Rule your GMRS License covers your immediate family(wife,kids,brothers, sisters,etc.)that live in the same State AND they too need to give your(the)call sign every 15 minutes to stay in compliance. If you don't follow this "Rule" then you know what'll happen......NOT A DANG THING, that's what. Go watch NotaRibicon's latest video on the YouTubes and you'll see just how many and why people were busted by the FCC.

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Ditto, life is too short to have to deal with a radio that won't work properly. There's too many other radios that do work well so I'd find a different option and give it a try.

CHIRP will work for programming frequencies if you use the KG-UVD1P profile. It won't let you do settings since the 805g is a single band UHF and the UVD1P is a duel band VHF/UHF but I set mine up today with that profile then went back in with the menu to do my settings.

True to form the FCCs like other government agencies have Rules that make ZERO sense. If I'm on GMRS/FRS channels 8-14 with my GMRS radio set to NFM and low power(1/2 watt)the isn't my GRMS radio effectively an FRS radio at that point? Same channel, same bandwidth, same power setting so how could ANYONE know that it wasn't an FRS radio. I think a lot of you guys are way to caught up in the "Rules & Regulations " instead of just enjoying the fun of talking to friend on the radio.

So if I have my GMRS radio tuned to an FRS frequency so that I'm using it as an FRS radio then technically I'm on a license free channel so GMRS Rules(saying my call sign every 15 minutes) doesn't apply since I'm not on a channel where I need a license.

So what if I get a set of FRS radios, do I still need to use my call sign when I'm talking on them?

What about spurious emissions? Is it any cleaner than a new UV-5r HAM version? This is kind of my point in saying the radio shouldn't matter as long as you're transmitting on channels you're licensed for. The Talkpod A36 Plus is a perfect example. It's HAM and GMRS certified so technically if you got the HAM version and unlocked it for GMRS use you'd still be using the same radio, just on different frequencies.

And I'd be willing to bet the only difference is the sticker.