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Just need to drive one, especially one that's a bit on the old side to know why they call them Freight Shakers...

"Is that a new (guitar - gun radio - RTR tape deck) ???" No, I've had it a while now. Assuming she asks the day after I 've bought it, a true statement! In point of fact though, really don't have issues in that area. I spend on my hobbies within the budget, and she spends on hers likewise...

My son does it the impolite way mostly!

An exception here is the third party traffic regs. If there is no third party traffic agreement with the (DX) station's government, only the licensees can converse.

They may want to log it on Cue Are Zed? I don't know that I know close to half of the callsigns of few people outside my group of family/friends that I've spoke to on GMRS in passing. Their first names, sure, but I also don't see why I need to know their calls. The only one I need to remember is mine, so I can remind the wife to say it when she's done talking (on the radio...)

**********Google is my friend People also ask What is Zello used for? Zello makes a free push-to-talk (PTT) walkie-talkie app for personal use. Users interact one-on-one with other users, join a variety of public channels, and create private group conversations. It allows users to share their locations, pictures, and conversations with Contacts or within Channels. ************ An app for cell phones (and PC's) - there are many Ham based groups on Zello linked to repeaters world-wide, so in that regard, similar to how EchoLink works. But it's more used by regular folks as a POC type of app. There are some GMRS based links on there as well, but I've never used them. And with the current confusion as to legality, don't plan to for now. I used Zello very briefly to try it out, but went back to EchoLink as I use that to get on friends in TN and FL repeaters. ORX did a video on the Zello HT radios.

Congrats on the long run. We've been at it for 33 years now ourselves. Married later on in life, don't know if that helped us, but that's how it goes. Learned years back to "pay my self first" and basically busted my butt early in my post army days so that I now can work because I want to, not because I need to. And like you it's always been our money, even though the majority of it is mine as my wife has not been able to work for close to 20 years now. Oh, yeah, I've been a Ham for 32 years now, LOL!!!! (just in case the Great Randolpho cares to be reading this thread...

Haven't seen that word in a while! Harpy and Harridan used to be very common when talking about the distaff side of the equation...

Still do, and I've yet to have to clear any of them with Wifeypoo first!

I buy radios, guns, guitars and off-road accessories when I want, as long as I have the money and it doesn't take away from another part of the budget. And I've yet to have to ask permission or otherwise "run it by" my wife. Same for her and her hobbies, most of which, except the guns, she doesn't share with me. Am I the exception or the rule here? I can't see having to ask if it's okay to do something like that. Buying a house, or a new car for the wife, maybe, but not any of the above!

Do Radio Geeks bite the heads off of Baofengs?

This is a great source of information. If you're looking for repeaters, check out the repeaters section on the site here, you can look for repeaters near you, or, if travelling, in the area you're going to.

Once in a while I surprise myself! You should see the awesome answers I give out on the FB Page - a group where we all pretend to be elmer's. A fun page where being wrong is highly valued!

Welcome to the world of GMRS. The transmit frequency of the Repeater will be 5 MHz lower than the receive frequency. You transmit 5 MHz higher and receive 5MHz lower. Example is a repeater on 462.600/467.600 you transmit on 467.600 and the repeater receives that and simultaneuosly retransmits it on 462.600. Now if you're talking about the rx/tx CTCSS or DCS tones. That's up to the repeater owner to set, they can be the same or different. Many repeaters only use tones on the input, meaning you need to transmit the tone (100.0 for example) for the repeater to hear you. Many do use an output tone, but you don't need to set that if you don't want to, but is convenient if you only want to hear the repeater, and not other users on the frequency using simplex.

Pretty much also describes how my friends at the Infernal Revenue Service write their regs. They go a step further in having the Internal Revenue Code and a separate, much larger book of Internal Revenue. Regulations...

At least it's many people and not "some people". Have seen the Company based "reviews" of these radios, nice to see a more objective version!

I only have them for my Amateur Callsign - suppose I could cross that out and write in the GMRS one. So rarely talk to random people that there'd be no reason to do so I think. Besides, the Fridge here is for putting up those Grandkid drawings and photos!

Think your best best then is an Excel or Google Numbers type spreadsheet. Easy enough to whip up with fields like Date_Time_Callsign_Name_Location etc then with the call lookup here on the website, can fill in most the details...

Thought that too. Looking like "please don't ask me to say anything..."

Hereabouts on group runs we've been using both CH. 7 and 16. But also, as you do, scan all the channels plus the repeaters within range.

Back when I got my Tech. license, morse wasn't for me a hold back point; I was taught to receive up to 8 wpm in my ASA days and had retained that into the early 90's. When I went for Tech+, it was about a week of sending practice to get my 5 wpm solid. Back side of the solar cycle, so 10m was still hopping, and I kludged along on CW down on the lower bands as well. Life intervened, as it does, and I was out of the hobby for a number of years. Got back into it 4 years ago and ended my 28 year run as a Tech+ (admin changed to Tech. when they dropped the code) by getting General then a year and a half later upgraded to AE. Elmer's goaded me as "all the really good DX is in the Extra Bands"... Used CB back in my army days and for a spell thereafter, but only mobile and really never worked any Skip. It was my love of HF listening on the SW and Ham Bands that finally hooked me for the ARS. Far more into the non phonne/cw modes like RTTY, PSK, Hellschreiber, VarAC, etc. (even, yes FT#) but do enjoy a good phone ragchew and a half-hearted contest run with the Mic.

In my case, originally, strictly and only to provide mobile and marine mobile (not maritime) to base communications in far northern MN where we had no cellphone service. Wife has never had any interest in amateur radio , so figured GMRS was the way to go. Thought about FRS, but then figured it wouldn't give us the range we'd need out on the lake. While Cell service has improved, it's still not 100% all over the lake. Later on, got to using it more back in town as have a few friends who, also being hams, are involved in one of the better GMRS repeaters in my area. As well as using it around our slightly larger than most city lots to talk to my wife and son when there or out mobile. Although I don't seek them out, if I hear a callsign being thrown out on one of the repeaters or GMRS simplex channels, I will reply and engage in conversation, even if it's just a short "radio check" type contact.

If you'd have stuff delivered to work, you'd be checking this out on your break/lunch....

Very nice! One club I'm in will be at their usual spot, a private airport and they run the full 24 hours, beams and dipoles and EFHW's galore, all modes. The other club I'm in does a City Park and they have to set up and tear down both days as the park is closed overnight!. Both pretty good groups, But if I get any time away to visit, it'll be at the airport - better food, and cold adult beverages allowed...

Pretty good album!