Davichko5650

This rule, as far as I know, harkens back to the good old days when GMRS was in its infancy; Basically prohibiting the use of Autopatches which were prevalent on many 2m Ham Repeaters. Used them myself on occasion back in the day - cue "I've been a Ham for 30 years" speech. The now ubiquitous cell phone pretty much killed them off, although there are a couple in my area still out there...

Seems to be close to all they're doing these days! Pages and pages or Pirate notices. Most seem to be FM. The Roger Wahl thing though....

Forgot to ask where you hang your Mic? I do as Dan mentions, monitor Ch 20, but usually listening on Metro 4 and Falcon Hgts machines. Not a lot of traffic, but get an occasional chat in there! Dave WRJG283

Good to see you on here Dan. Have to bend yer ear at the next Hams in the Park, looking for recommends for upgrading my mobile GMRS radio - outgrowing the limitations of the MXT275. It's okay, but need split tones and more repeater programmability. Pretty much replied already to this thread on FB, so won't repeat that here. Dave WRJG283/N0TXW

Getting into using it here in the Metro more myself. Have a couple of the repeaters in. BUt looking to upgrade beyond the MXT275 as I need split tones and more than the 8 repeater channels!. Mostly have been using GMRS up north out of cell phone range for mobile to base and marine mobile to base comms with Wifeypoo, and a bit of commo at home when in various parts of the slightly bigger than normal city lot. Hope to "see you on the radio" Dave WRJG283 (ex WQUR589 - long story...)