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I had the BTech GMRS version of this radio and...yeah. That matches up with my experiences pretty well. Tho mine stopped receiving anything. I really wanted to like the 'everything in the handset' concept. And, as a concept, I do. But this implementation is trash, unfortunately, for so many reasons.

Many FRS (and heck even some GMRS) radios have pre-set tones on every channel (cough cough Retevis...). They likely don't know they're there or care, because all their radios talk to each other and they can't hear other people stepping on them.

Woah, they're using 50 watt radios? Impressive! ...or are they on 2 watt FRS radios and just happen to be close to you

Yeah, you broke rule #1: don't be an asshole. What purpose would that serve? So you like it now? One minute you're trying to scare them off their radios, the next it's fun to listen to them?

I normally wouldn't say anything, but since this is a 'recommend a radio' thread: This looks to be the same hardware as the BTech GMRS-20V2. I had one for about a week... one of the worst experiences I've had with a radio. I hope yours is better than mine, but even if it didn't stop receiving entirely within a week (which mine did), the interface on the mic is not great. Having to open squelch to change the volume, at least on the BTech, was really annoying. And even at near full volume the speaker was no good. Maybe mine was a one off and others love theirs, but I can't recommend this one at all.

If meth's illegal, how's my local drug dealer still in business?

I didn't even address that, but man...what? Legitimately one of the dumber things I've read on here, and that's saying something.

This may be difficult to read, but other people ARE allowed to make choices that are different from the ones you'd make. No one's ever bought the right radio for you. Now someone's bought the wrong vehicle? C'mon man.

He is a master baiter.

Yeah, I think we're talking past each other. My understanding is that it would time out, then you'd have to come off of the PTT for a few seconds, then key back down. Not that it would pick back up transmitting if you never took your finger off the button. Your experience is what I'd expect it to do.

-Are you trying it with a USB-C cable, or the K1 connector? -Are you running it in Administrator mode?

Narrator: it did.

Yep, exactly. These days they're scientific curiosities to blow kids' (and dorky adults like myself) minds in museums (like round hallways where you can hear a whisper from the other side) or those little cones you stand under in front of a TV so that the TV isn't blaring out sound making noise through the rest of the museum, but underneath the cone you can hear the audio clear as a bell), but the concept is the same. Make all the sound bounce to the focus point of the 'mirror' and you can hear something from a lot further away than you could with the 'naked' ear.

I can't remember the last time I keyed down long enough to run out the transmission timeout haha That said, I've also never really screwed with it too much. Would it not come back after a few seconds? It shouldn't stop transmitting until the radio's reset, I imagine. Or @Elbowmac are you maybe resetting it before it's giving you 'permission' to transmit again?

Yup, this. And they tried lots of different designs. They're called "Acoustic Mirrors". Basically: point them in the general direction the Luftwaffe was likely coming from, and plonk some plucky private in the seat to yell out when they heard airplanes coming. The invention (and operational deployment) of radar made them obsolete pretty quickly. But it was a pretty good idea at the time.

Oh thank goodness some pioneering spirit came along and thought of this topic. It's about time! I'm shocked. SHOCKED. that no one's ever discussed this before! Now, I have some new and unique thoughts on Linked Repeaters I'd like to share with the class

lolwut

Remember that the repeater outputs are the same as simplex channels 15-22. If you have your radio set to, say, Repeater 16, and it's listening for tone 67.0. If someone is nearby is transmitting on simplex 16 and transmitting the same tone, your will hear that transmission. IE: they're almost certainly not actually using the repeater. (also, a side tone and privacy tones / codes are different things) (edited for clarity because even I couldn't figure out wtf I had written... I knew what I was trying to say, but what I wrote was nonsense )

I must not have had enough coffee yet. Is today April 1st?

The DB-20G and the DB-25G are different radios, FYI. Pretty different features sets and form factor. The 20G is based on the AnyTone AT779uv. The DB25G (and amateur DB25) seem to be their own thing.

North GA Repeater Network strikes again

100%. I don't know why it's not advertised (a lot of other radios will say "22 GMRS channels + 8 repeater channels + 8 (or however many) DIY channels". Which is just as annoying, but at least they say it up front. Not that I'm aware of. My KG-905Gs let you put whatever GRMS frequency you want in whatever memory slot you want, and the radios enforce the rules from there.

Ah. I'd forgotten about those. The only GMRS HTs with more disrespectful pricing than Midland So, 1 (very expensive) example.