[Happy New Year from the staff at MyGMRS]

Thanks and same to you!  The work and dedication to this site by the staff is important for the advancement of GMRS, and is very much appreciated by myself and many other GMRS users.

[mygmrs.com/links]

Thanks!

[mygmrs.com/links]

Would be possible to get a link to my club's home page on the "Links" page?  Arizona GMRS Repeater Club: https://www.gmrs1900.net/.  We have a banner as well.

 

 

Thanks!

 

Matt - AGRC

 

[Etiquette for communication using GMRS]

Also to answer you other question, here is some good info for reading about frequency tones:

Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System

Digital Code Squelch (DCS)

CTCSS and DCS Tones -- What's the difference?

 

btw - The "travel tone" is 141.3 Hz. Here is some good info about repeaters and offsets:

Repeaters - RadioReferecne Wiki

Offset - RadioReference Wiki

For GMRS, the offset is always +5 MHz. A GMRS repeater operating on 462.675 MHz will have an input frequency 5 MHz higher at 467.675 MHz (which is also listed as a GMRS frequency).  Glad you're interested in the hobby - feel free to ask any questions!

[Etiquette for communication using GMRS]

If you're calling another station directly, always start with their call sign first, then yours - ex " WYYY345, WZZZ123."  A good way to remember this is to insert "this is" between the call sign and you'll never forget the order - ex  "WYYY345 this is WZZZ123."  If you're not calling another station directly, the usual procedure is to announce your call sign and "listening"  or "monitoring" - ex "WZZZ123 monitoring."  If you're just monitoring simplex you might add "WZZZ123 monitoring GMRS channel 20."  If you're monitoring a repeater, you might say "WZZZ123 monitoring [repeater station name or frequency here]."  If you're looking for a CB-style radio check, people generally ask for a "signal report."  For example you may identify on a repeater like this: "This is WZZZ123 monitoring CityRepeater1, are any stations available for a signal report?"  A listening station may respond indicating the strength and quality of your signal and/or initiate a conversation.  If you receive no response, you could wait a few minutes, identify with your call sign again and request a signal report.  If you are not receiving any replies after one or two attempts, you should clear the frequency with something like "No contact, this is WZZZ123 clear, monitoring."  Also - you should avoid just keying up the repeater and not saying anything (a.k.a. "kerchunking" the repeater) .  If you just want to test if you're in range or have the radio properly set up, still identify - ex: "WZZZ123 testing."  Here is a link with some good info about amateur repeater etiquette, but a lot of it still applies to GMRS as well.  Radio involves a lot of listening, so keep yours on often and see what you can hear - hope this helps!

[BTECH GMRS-V1 Review]

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GMRS-V1: