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Kenwood TK-8180H in my vehicle and my wife's van for GMRS, Yaesu FTM-400XDR for amatuer use in my vehicle as well.

Good to have you Pat!

On the main website it states that they had to move the site and that the e-mails stopped because of that. It also states that they are working to restore this, but no update since then.

How does the audio sound with the arm rest cover closed? I'm guessing you have a slit in the cover, where you pull the mic cable through so you can talk with the arm rest cover closed?

Having an alternate means of longer range communications in times of duress or when commercial communications have failed for whatever reason.

I'm new to the GMRS world and I can honestly say I'm excited about the possibilities that I see. I've been monitoring here in the East TN area for a few weeks and there doesn't seem to be a lot of chatter. I have to imagine that it is the nature of GMRS. I suspect there are times when things pick up and get active, but that just isn't right now. For those that have been active for a while in the area, was GMRS able to be of use during the wild fires in Gatlinburg? I'm also curious as to what radios people are using. I hope to get a few of the Midland 40w mobiles in the future, but one of the things I would like the ability to do, is save repeater settings instead of having to manually change the channel each time we venture into a new area (have them preloaded). That coupled with wanting something new, I simply haven't been able to find anything that fits the bill. I'd also like similar functionality from a handheld, those seem a little bit easier to find however. Bottle line, I'd love to know what you guys use, and why. Also, what are your main uses for GMRS? I work on technology and have seen major outages take large tolls on commercial communications methods. I see GMRS as a means to connect to my friends and family during those times as well as during times of duress, should ever have any. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk