[What radio do you have for your car / truck?]

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

[Semi-new GMRS Operator]

Good to have you Pat!

[Sunday night e-mail - Repeater updates]

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.

[Finally ditched the mag mount and drilled some holes!]

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?

[If someone was to ask you what it meant to be a...]

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

[East TN GMRS]

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.

 

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