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By the way, are you implying that you have full faith and confidence in all random claims on every internet forum you participate in? Or do you instead use your reasoning and discussing abilities to separate believable from not so believable?

Nokones posted an amusing reply, to which I thought it would be humorous to respond in kind. I think you are reading things too seriously...

Thank you again, sir, for giving me permission to exercise such freedom. I hadn't thought I would meet such a generous random individual so quickly on a random internet forum. I am forever in your debt.

This claim appears prima facie to be more believable than the claim that roger beeps confuse repeaters.

I admit I'm so ignorant and new at radios, I have no idea what DTMF 1111 or quick burst means. But I suspect that neither of these things would be default settings, or that anyone would set their radio up to do this by simply going to the roger beep setting and selecting "on", is that correct? In other words, telling people to turn off their roger beep wouldn't prevent someone doing the above, right?

Dear sir, please forgive me for not immediately having full faith and confidence in a random claim from a random internet person. Respectfully submitted.

Do you know of a particular incident and what specifically happened?

I have a 30' comet antenna in a large metro area that I put up a few weeks ago and I typically have my radio on scan all day long and other than repeater traffic I pick up FRS traffic all day long. All of them have roger beeps, I hear it all day long all the time and it doesn't bother me at all. If I had any opinion at all, it would be confusion over why people get so hot and bothered by it. I also understand "my repeater my rules". It's all good, but my BS meter went thru the roof when I heard the "roger beep confuses the repeater" claim.

Interesting, thanks. Have you ever heard of such an incident ever actually occurring? It sounds like what you're saying is that a roger beep will impact a repeater about as often as the planets align, right?

I've heard this claim (roger beeps confuse the repeater) multiple times now as a way to justify telling other people to turn off their roger beep. I know nothing about radios, nor do I care about roger beeps, but it seems unlikely to me that manufacturers of repeater radios are so incompetent as to be incapable of making their repeater in such a way as to not get confused by this nearly ubiquitous and simple feature. Am I wrong?

Now that you mention it, I only got radios for backup comms, and the simplicity of GMRS was 100 percent the reason I went this route. But now that I have a 30' comet antenna and I'm picking up tons of traffic, I guess I'm falling down what they call "the rabbit hole".

Yeah that makes sense. I figured since I couldn't find any such feature on my radios, it probably wasn't one that is offered. Figured it was worth asking though as I'm in a large metro area with a 30' comet antenna so I pick up lots of traffic (I'm guessing most gmrs folks don't have my problem lol). Thanks for the feedback!

To be clear, are you saying that no GMRS radio offers this feature? I would think that it's feasible to do, but whether such a feature is actually offered (or whether there is a roundabout way to get there) is what I'm trying to determine.

Yeah I've got several different repeaters in range and none of the drama yet on any of those. I mostly find it humorous, but at the same time it did surprise me and definitely discourages my interest in chatting on that particular one, lol

Not a direct quote. It's my paraphrase for how these guys sound to any other mature, reasonable adult. They were 100 percent serious, lol.

I know this is radio dependent: is it common to be able to filter out incoming transmissions that have one specific DCS code while still hearing all others? So for example, if a repeater on channel 16/24 (frequency 462.575) has input and output code of 123N, can I set up channel 16 to receive all BUT the repeater traffic (which has code 123N)? I know I can set up to receive only code 123N, but can I receive all BUT that code? Essentially I'm wanting to have repeater only traffic audible on channel 24 and everything BUT repeater traffic on channel 16. I got a lot of repeaters in the area so it would just be nice to be able to distinguish the traffic (more for curiosity's sake than anything else). I have Radioditty DB20-G's and Baofeng UV-GR's but I haven't figured this out yet since I'm guessing it's not doable? Maybe there's a way to do this without utilizing the DCS code?

I'm a seasoned GMRS licensee of about 1 month and after listening in on one of my local repeaters (it's linked and has quite a bit of traffic most days), I've got to say that the man-child drama that I've heard has probably discouraged me from joining in on any convo. I admit that I got started only for backup comms, not to jaw-jack on a repeater. That said, I haven't even listened super often, but I've already heard 3 separate incidents where someone didn't like the manner in which someone else was talking and tried to intimidate them into doing something different, one of these came to each party threatening to get their attorneys involved. "How dare you use CB lingo where my ears can hear it! Imma get my attorney on you!" Is this normal? These guys sound like 10 year old boys fighting over their walkie talkies. Please tell me I didn't join a cult LOL.

Thanks for the feedback, as well as a couple suggestions that I hadn't considered (rain drip will already be there just because that's the best path for the cable but not sure if I would have thought of that till it rained, lol). Thanks all.

Who wants to ROAST/critique my home station setup plans? I would love any constructive criticism before purchasing and setting everything up if anyone feels the need to give me a good roast, lol. Here's the plan: Radioditty 20W DB20-G <-- I have an extra one, so I'm not willing to buy another radio at the moment; but of course, feel free to criticize regardless, lol Comet CA-712EFC Commercial/GMRS UHF Base Vertical Antenna This will be mounted on two 10' fence top rails with base of antenna at approximately 20' in the air https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/cma-ca-712efc#overview 10' LMR-400 N-type cable from antenna to attic vent https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0752VYSST/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A3H9JF6OQF5L9G&psc=1 Cable in #3 above will connect to lightning arrester at attic vent https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C6D3Y9NT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?smid=A3VP7QY3689O35&psc=1 30' LMR-400 N-type cable from lightning arrester, into attic vent, thru ceiling and down to workdesk https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084KNHK4X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A3H9JF6OQF5L9G&th=1 Type N to UHF adapter to connect to radio https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C68XLQ95/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3UZ9UTGZSE0RX&psc=1 Lastly, one ground wire from lightning arrester to grounding rod, and another ground wire from top of mast to grounding rod Not really concerned with the method that I'll be affixing/securing the mast or details concerning grounding, just curious if folks have opinions on the antenna/radio/wiring.

Interesting, thank you for this. Just glancing through Zello and it may very well be an option I explore in the future. Obviously more expensive than just a wireless transceiver/receiver, but with additional functionality that, so far as I can tell, can't be achieved with just a wireless transceiver/receiver type device. Thanks!

Ok, after a little more looking, Bluetooth is not the answer: it has very short range, unlikely to get me into the next room at most. For those with the same need as me, the below link is a wireless audio receiver/transceiver with 300ft range. This will allow me to monitor anywhere in the house: https://a.co/d/dkcHIRK

Yeah, external antenna is the must-have factor (very flat here in Indianapolis, but after some testing, the range is still not great on the ground; got good reason to think that getting an antenna up 25-30 feet would vastly improve range). Awesome, thanks for the link, looks super simple. Just googling around and found the below Bluetooth speaker/mic, but not seeing many others. Either of you guys have any experience with these bluetooth speaker/mics? https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Bluetooth-Microphone-Compatible-Accessories/dp/B08NVN9J4J

Howdy guys, I'm looking at putting in a gmrs base station at home (probably with a radioditty DB20-G). Best place for the antenna is at the back of the house above the bedrooms, and I figure I'll just drop the cable straight down into my bedroom where I've already got a work desk. However it would be nice to be able to listen and talk in other parts of the house as well, not have to always be in the back at the desk to use the station. Are there any devices or setups you guys have heard of (presumably plugging something in to the mic and/or speaker jack) that would allow me to use the radio in other rooms? Or would an entirely different radio with additional functionality be necessary?