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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...)

Biggest thing you can do is, at a minimum is don't go alone. InReach and other satelite devices are great. I do carry a radio with me "just in case", but I let people know where I'm going to be, when they should expect me back (or at least be able to hear from me that I'm out of the woods, as it were), and if I'm later than expected and can't be reached and they end up sending someone to look for me, I've let them know that I have a GMRS / FRS radio and what channels I'll be listening on. Other than when we're on a peak that puts us within eye-shot of one of our repeater antennas or overlooks the valley, GMRS ain't getting out too far when you're in the mountains. But it can be useful if you build it into your system. What you should NOT do is go alone, go without having someone waiting for word / checking in, and expect that you can pull out a handheld radio and dial 911. Because that's not now this works.

Exactly how I was thinking of it. It's not too much different than listening in on a ham (or really any other analog, think Fire / EMS) frequency.

That's actually a good question. Would being able to monitor it remotely count as remote control, and not communication? You aren't talking out through it that way.

If you say so. I'm glad you seem to have their decoder ring because that is some word salad

Maybe they hope the Walgreens truck driver is on myGMRS

Does your brother have receive tones programmed in his radio? If not, he'll hear everything on that frequency

"Sir, we're not falling for that one again."

Right, just like when using any other channel.