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Some folks are as predictable as the sunrise

Spent a little time last night making a better solution looking for a problem

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I got sick of all my radios and batteries falling over every time someone sneezed nearby, so I did some light CAD work and 3D printing this afternoon. I think I might re-do this one to have antenna storage on board as well...

Agreed. Could definitely be a battery monitoring system that shuts things down before it gets too low if it's a newer car, or it could be a battery on the way out.

I bite down on the radio to press the button with my teeth. Gets my mouth NIIIICE and close to the mic.

Update: I did not succeed

Or a car stereo installed properly...

That question gave me work PTSD The customers I've worked with have never once in recorded history made a change to their equipment before it started working improperly. Sometimes, they never made a change even after we hold their hand and show them the evidence of the change they made

There's no menu option on the radio to change the language, I believe it can only be done through the programming software. My guess is you mis-clicked an option. Should be easy enough to switch it back.

Marine Band VHF is between 156 and 174 MHz, so not those either, and IIRC there's some HF frequencies as well for longer range comms.

Europe's GMRS / FRS equivalent is PMR446 (which uses 446 MHz...), and Australia's UHF CB uses 476-477 MHz, so it's not that either. That's a fun one. And they're all labeled "GMRS" as well haha

That's the beauty of it. I hear it. No one else has to.

I like having some audible indication that the transmission has stopped, but I also find the roger beeps on my radios pretty unpleasant. What I've done on my gear is disabled the Squelch Tail Elimination option (tho it goes by a couple names...repeater tail elimination...even tho it works on simplex channels), which lets through a really brief burst (really, just a click) of static after the transmitter comes off the button, on the receiving radio. So, just another option that you can control on the receiving end, if you want that feedback, without adding a bunch of noise to your transmissions to those who might not want it.

I only use it on Marine Radio

GOBBLESS BORTHER

"need" is such a strong word...

Would a handheld with a good antenna and a shoulder-mic in a backpack or hydration rig work?

Wait until Gary finds out about license plates...

Some of the sketchiest electrical connections I've ever seen have come out of those shops. Them, and trailer builders, I swear

The FCC disagrees with you. EDIT: To @SteveShannon's point above, it's Part 95E authorized (GMRS), but not Part 95J (MURS)

Yep, same. Did a big road trip this summer with a bunch of family in the western US. There's LOTS of area with zero cell coverage.

Around here at least, you don't have to ask. They'll tell you

Ain't that the truth. Unless it's someone with an emergency trying to reach out, if some rando comes on the frequency we're on when we're out doing something using the radios for comms, we're switching to another channel lol Momma always told me not to talk to strangers Tho most of the time, we wouldn't even hear them. WHen it's just us, we usually have tones set so we're not hearing extraneous chat

I guess I do. Primarily we use them for hiking, on road trips, and at the race track. I'm heading to Vegas this week for a Time Trial with 1 of hte kids coming down to spot for me, so he'll be up in the tower with a headset on. I'll try to avoid doing too much off roading (not that it'd be the first time...)