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If they're any kind of good BN's they'll also take credit for the idea!!!

Pretty much how it is here. Of course since it's mostly me and mine, how can it not be? Other than a small group of friends nearby that I talk with occasionally at home, I don't use GMRS unless I'm out of town up where there's no cell service.

I've never been asked to produce a copy of either my Amateur or GMRS licenses. I've heard tell of a couple instances of SH's asking to see someone's license before they let them key up their precious Hams radio, but only as hearsay...

GMRS etiquette - almost as prevalent as FCC enforcement!

Every 15 minutes and at the end of your conversation. As far as the other etiquette issues, pretty much what the previous replies have noted. As far as calling other users, Callsign or name or nickname, whatever gets their attention if they're listening. Some areas have active simplex and repeaters in use, but for the most part GMRS is a "bring your own" type of service. In my case it's my wife and son using it when up north away from cell phone service, around the large city lot at home and with a small number of friends near home we chat with occasionally. I rarely use repeaters. Have fun however you use it, and don't overthink it or take too much umbrage if some self appointed radio cop gives you grief if you do "something wrong."

I've only ever seen one other site that's close at all, and a very distant second at that. So distant that I can't even recall it's name or the URL. I'm here mostly as I'm into all facets of the radio world, but I do generally only use GMRS radios when out doing things, barely, if ever use a repeater. But interesting to see what else is going on out there and this is the best place to find that for GMRS.

Good thing CostCo has those 35 packs - 29 for y'all and a six pack for me.

I'm good with things as is, no need to ignore.

What and miss all the fun?

Never post those vacation details on FB until after the the fact!

CW = Continous Wave, or morse code. And yes, if the letters can be construed as an expletive, DMV might balk. Althought my buddy's amateur call that ended in FKU was no problem with DVS here in MN.

Piqued my interest after having seen the review. But I'm also allocating funds for a new handgun, so may have to watch for the giveaway video!!!

As Steve Shannon mentioned, yes, but at an additional $35. In what way is your call sign ridiculous to where you'd want a change? I can't see that with the sequential assignment system. Maybe in the Amateur world where you get a tongue twister or very bad on cw maybe...

Pull out your pen and say "Open Channel D."

It absolutely is. The FCC will not issue a waiver to regain an old GMRS callsign. Ran into this when I for got to renew a few years back. Tried the waiver application on the website, got nowhere. Called CORES and a quick chat with very helpful person there got me steered into a new license. "You're not attached to that call like your amateur one, are you?"

Call FCC on the phone, they are pretty good to work with. Best to just apply for a new license, you will not be able to get the old call sign issued to you. (been there done that when I forgot to renew mine a few years back!)

Plus if it's near an urban area or downtown, Parking Lot for extra income!

For shame, making poor Granny come out of retirement and be a windows installer!

Quick check on Temu today and all the BooFwangs listed have a "LOCAL" disclaimer under them - Tarriff beaters! A couple years ago I found a website that had UV5R's for $6.12 per unit, shipping and customs duties included. Minimum lot of 1,000. But I didn't see the need to have 1,000 of them. Maybe I shoulda bit on that!

95.1763 (d) 467 MHz interstitial channels. Only hand-held portable units may transmit on these 7 channels. The channel center frequencies are: 467.5625, 467.5875, 467.6125, 467.6375, 467.6625, 467.6875, and 467.7125 MHz.

Company slogan - :Money back if not satisfied" Company to customer - "we would give you your money back, but we're satisfied with it, so we'll be keeping it!"

I hear this near my work. Local metal processing Co. uses a lot of FRS radios, and in the morning, the lead foreman calls out channel assignments quite often; "Main Office is on 14 today, Receiving on 12, Production is on 5, QA on 3." But if you're talking using 2 simplex channels to work "split", also legal AFAIK. But you will need a dual watch radio or two radios to accomplish that!

Be a gas to ragchew with U OM! I did some of the WPX last weekend. I know I'll never have a massive score, but mine do help the Club which consistently does very well in most. During the CQWW DX this last time, got to hear one of the premier contest station's operators say "shit, shit, shit..." on the air when his logging software took a dump on him mid pileup. I contest to help the club score big, work that rare DX, aometimes just to operate a mode I don't normally get a chance to. RTTY for one as it's been a favorite since my Army days, but no one wants to QSO on rtty anymore it seems!

You forgot meeee! Up here in the ultra rare grid square of EN34lx 73 de N0TXW

Gary from Grindr?