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I know, I scan and listen to my local DPS in the 460MHz range. So let me get this straight. You're saying that a GMRS radio that's approved for Type 95e won't have "Spurious Emissions" that'll interfere with Emergency Services frequencies, aren't HAM radios also tested for spurious emissions or are they allowed to emit harmonics across the transmitted spectrum? If anything I'd think a radio certified for HAM use would be even better quality (regarding spurious emissions) than a GMRS certified radio. Something like a Yaesu FT-65r shouldn't have very much if any spurious emissions regardless of the frequency it's transmitting on. Just because it's not Type 95e approved doesn't mean it's automatically a danger to Public Safety frequencies and to assume so without testing is just ludicrous.

I just couldn't deal with channels disappearing or channels I delete still being there.

I think a lot of us simply don't care if the FCCs approved the radio we're using. As long as it'll transmit on GMRS Frequencies(which I'm licensed for) and FRS/MURS Frequencies(which needs no license) then why should anyone (aside from some Sad HAMs in training)give a flip what we're using. It's not like I'm going to transmit on HAM frequencies and clog up "Their" airwaves.

Mine was channel 33. I'd really had high hopes for Tidradios H3 and H8 but neither lived up to the hype.

That exactly why I have MURS channels programed into my radios.

For some reason I feel like this always seems to only go in one direction. It's always it's always those of us using Unlocked HAM radios on GMRS that get a scolding. What about HAMs that use Unlocked GMRS radios to talk on HAM frequencies. They're just as guilty of breaking the "Rules" but I never hear anyone say anything to those guys. Seems like a huge double standard.

If I'm out in the desert hunting doves it be silly to give my call sign jut to tell my grandson something on the radio. If I'm calling for a radio check or joining in on a conversation with people that I don't personally know then sure, I'll use my call sign but it's going to be on a case by case basis. If I'm talking with family and friends it'd sound stupid to use my call sign.

This is also why we have MARS/CAP Mods.

What if you're talking on an FRS channel? Do GRMS Rules apply? No, they don't so even IF you have your GMRS License if you're talking on an FRS channel no one knows(or cares)if you use your call sign. Personally, I feel call sign only matters if you're talking thru a repeater.

So what IF I had a HAM license and wanted to "listen" to GMRS frequencies on the FT-65r? With no Transmit Lock Out couldn't I accidentally transmit "out of band" on a frequency I wasn't licensed for, or is that different somehow? In the Factory Wouxun software you enter 2 frequencies, a transmit and a receive. If you don't want to transmit on a certain frequency you simply don't enter a transmit frequency and it'll be receive only, easy peasy lemon squeezie. Too bad all radio programing software wasn't like that.

My Baofeng UV-5R and UV-82 are both "HAM" radios and I can easily lock out transmit in CHIRP. I noticed there were two "off" selections in the dropdown menu, I wonder if the 2nd one would work to lock out transmit?

I saw that in the Yaesu factory program software. Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work very well in WINE and it kept crashing so I just used CHIRP.

So there's no way to stop transmitting with this radio like there is with my Baofeng radios. I wonder why they didn't include this feature? I was able to get channels to "skip" so that when I scan only my DPS channel scan. All in all this feels like a fairly well built radio. I'm sure it'll really grow on me once I get more familiar with it.

LOL, I only Brick radios when I try to do a Firmware update. It's odd because in my Baofeng radios if you set the Duplex to "off" it'll not transmit at all on those channels. I gues Yaesu is set up differently. At least I have the Red channels set with frequencies I want and that made the Red disappear. I did notice if I hit the *V/M key to put it into VFO mode then used the #Band key I could scroll through the 3 channels that I set(I guess in the "Home" section) but have no clue how to get to the other channels that were set. I guess there's a bit of a learning curve with this radio. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks so much for the reply.

Ok, so here's how I set up those channels at the bottom of the channel list. Also, I have the DPS channels set to "off" in Duplex but for some reason I can still transmit on them. I don't want to transmit on those channels at all so for the mean time I have them set to "low" power but I'd really like to stop transmission totally, any ideas? Another thing, I did install the Yaesu software under WINE but it gives an error and forces shutdown of the program so it's not stable for me at all. CHIRP Next, on the other hand IS stable but I don't think it has as many things as the Yaesu software. Still waiting for some answers here.

Got the Yaesu FT-65r in this evening and also a cable I can use to program it with. I unlocked it with the "special code number" and programed it with my GMRS/MURS/DPS channels BUT at the bottom of the channel memory list there were some channels in Red that could not be deleted. I added in channels in there place that I might actually use like GMRS 1 and 7 for the UHF channels, MURS Blue Dot and Green Dot for the VHF channels and my local radio station(100.7 FM) for the FM channels. After that the Red went away but I still can't delete them. So, why are they there and why can't I delete them? I also noticed that I can program special channels into the "P" buttons so that if I press one it'll go directly to that channel but I still need to read up on the other functions I can use the "P" buttons for. There were quite a few of them and there were "sub" functions as well. Here's a pic of what the channels looked like before I added my own to replace them. Seems like a quality built radio, I think it's going to be a decent addition to my small collection. P.S. I also found the second pic in the manual which might explain things a bit but it's still not 100% clear.

When I went to DeVry to get my Electronics Technician's Degree (all those years ago) we'd tie knots in wires to slow the flow of electrons.

Thanks for the heads up on the programming cable. I ordered this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07TKMKDZ6?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image It's FDTI chipped so I won't have to worry about drivers and it'll be a "one and done" that'll work with all the radios I have and any I get in the future. I don't worry too much about CHIRP since I'm running it under WINE on my Linux Box.

I wonder how a 701G would do in place of the stock antenna?

LOL, currently I only have 4 radios. 1/UV-5r, 2/UV-82's, 1/A36 Plus. I'll get the FT-65r tomorrow and the 805g on Monday and that'll probably be in for a while. I would like a 905g eventually depending on how the 805g works out. I really don't think 6 radios is all that many but then being neurodiverse does tend to make me over do things.

Ok, so like I said in my other post, the 905g is on hold for now, Amazon still had the funds from the gift card "pending" and it had not shipped so I don't see how they could get it to me by tomorrow so the order was canceled. I used the gift card funds to buy a Yaesu FT-65r which WILL be here tomorrow and the 805g is still on order and will be here on Monday. This doesn't mean that I'm not going to get a 905g, it just means it off for now and I'll wait until more of my refund hits.

Kept watching for the Wouxun KG-905g to ship(today is Friday and it's suppose to be delivered tomorrow)and the gift card funds were still "pending" and it hadn't shipped so I canceled the order(I'm still getting the 805g on Monday)and ordered the FT-65r which will be here tomorrow. Should be easy to MARS/CAP Mod and since it's also VHF I can add MURS frequencies and it has NOAA and FM Radio too. It's also CHIRP compatible so that's a big plus. I'm going to try and do a ''First Look" mini-review on it and the 805g on my YouTubes channel when I get them and use them for a bit to see how they work.

As long as it's set properly then that won't be it then. Just to be sure I'd double check though.

You're probably hearing repeater traffic. Remember, GMRS channels 15-22 are also the receive frequencies for repeaters RPT15-22. Since you don't have the tones set they simply can't hear you. Try looking up the repeaters in your area and program in the input and output tones then see if you'll get a response.