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Everything posted by amaff
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Bingo, exactly that. I wanted to store them upright so they didn't take up a ton of room, with the batteries 'nested' with the bodies where I could (but not installed), so that they'd not all fall over every time I looked at the radio shelf haha
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The reason I have a pile of them is that they're short and flexible and work well enough. If we're out backpacking, I always have a Signal Stick wrapped up in my pack in case I need to get out a bit further. Depending on terrain it won't make a TON of difference, but depending on terrain it might and it weighs nothing, so it comes with. And in testing it's made a decent bit of difference in clarity when working at the edge of a handheld's performance.
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Why?
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There's no rule against using names on GMRS. So long as someone IDs every 15 minutes, use your names, use a nickname. Hell, give each other trucker or Top Gun call signs lol The ONLY thing the FCC requires is that someone talking under that callsign IDs every 15 minutes
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that checks out
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I have the 905G, but voice prompts is like the 1st thing I turned off on it, so I don't actually remember if it does or doesn't announce channels
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Yup, that's what we do when out and about.
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It's not quite that simple. You can still get stepped on with tones. And you could end up interfering with other communication that you can't hear.
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It's not just some overlap. The simplex channels are *the same* frequencies. And 8 of the simplex channels are repeater outputs. So, yeah it can get a bit messy when little Timmy is using his $20 FRS radio to make animal noises at his little sister, the road crew down the road doing traffic management, and people talking on repeaters are potentially on the same frequency.
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That was the biggest driver of this project for me, honestly. The batteries were friggin impossible to stack neatly without coming down like the end of a Jenga game every couple hours haha I'm really happy with how I was able to 'nest' the radio bodies & batteries for the TD-H3. Unfortunately that wasn't really a viable option for the KG-905Gs because the belt clip is on the body of the radio. In practice, I like that mounting of the belt clip better than it being on the battery, but for storage, it's fractionally more difficult.
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Some folks are as predictable as the sunrise
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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...
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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.
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I bite down on the radio to press the button with my teeth. Gets my mouth NIIIICE and close to the mic.
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Or a car stereo installed properly...
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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
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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.