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They've had free reign over us for 40 years because of that bad decision in '84. I think even though the decision was unconstitutional it would have been best for the people who knew better to make the decisions instead of a court that really didn't have the knowledge/experience to make those decisions. Unfortunately we are talking about bureaucrats who love power and would do anything to have more and more. And herein lies the problem with giving agencies power like that which they aren't authorized to have. They make decisions that give them more power and continue to do so and then make rules/regulations with the power of law behind them without any congressional oversight or even input. The courts got lazy and either didn't want to do their jobs or outright refused to do the job and deferred all authority to power hungry bureaucrats that only had their own interests in hand. This took way too long to get rid of. But at least now we are on our way to slowing new things way down because of overloaded courts. And we won't have bureaucrats making decisions that give them power over the people to expand the govt to give themselves more power. Yes, I'm one of those.

I have the TD-H3 with the OEM the Smiley Rubber Duck 5/8ths wave and the Nagoya 771G. The 771G is king. Both for transmit and receive on simplex and duplex. Of the 3 antennas I have it works the best for all purposes. That being said it is tall. It gets in the way. People might look at you funny LOL. The Smiley 5/8th wave is a very good antenna. It is at least as good as the OEM and better in most circumstance. Best thing is it is small. It is convenient to use. Makes the H3 compact. When I was playing repeater with it setup in my truck at ground level, through hills and trees I was able to get about 1.3 miles with the Smiley and 1.8 miles with the Nagoya.

Really? I actually find that odd. If I heard someone calling out my callsign I would likely answer them. Why not? Get to know your neighbors and maybe make a new friend. If they asked to stop by the house, that would be another thing. But to just talk on the radio would be fine.

Digital will need it's own bandwidth and frequencies. We can't have all that crappy digital noise on the analog channels. Digital changed TV for the better. But it was a hard battle and the switch over was brutal.

Well I don't want a reprimand on my membership....

You don't trust Mwaaa?

A GMRS radio is restricted to GMRS frequencies by design. You can't get around it. You can very likely listen to any frequency that the radio will allow you to input. But as for transmitting you are only allowed to put GMRS specific channels. On an open radio you can transmit willy nilly but it's likely not legal if you aren't licensed to do so. My Tidradio has an open mode and you can input whatever you want and transmit if it's in the range of the radio.

Freddy's the guy on one of my semi local repeaters that likes to hear himself talk. If no one answers him he'll just continue on. It comical at times.

You know Freddy?

So in the relay delay it's OFF, 1-9. When I turn it off the repeater doesn't respond at all. And when I set it to 1 through 9 there isn't much of a difference. Does anyone know the timing of the different levels, because it's certainly not seconds.

Temp mounting And I got my call sign on the radio

Never mind... I guess I had the screen scrolled down and couldn't see the options at the top. I found it. I haven't wrote it to the radio yet though.

Anybody been able to do this with the XS20G Plus?

Wife is a couple states away with the grand children. She won't know for a while.

This is the what the program looks like

Plus it looks like I'll have some extra time. I am painting cabinets and I'll run out of paint before my supplier will be able to mix up a new batch for me. So after this round I am free to roam about the airplane.

Not exactly. Right now I'm still thinking temporary. Might take a longer board and put another shorter on an angle to mount the radio on and slip the long board under the armrest between the seats. Don't really want to drill any holes into the truck yet. It's only 17 years old ya know. Glad I got the programming cable. I think it'll be a lot easier to put the info into the machine, especially naming repeater channels. The program works in the computer. I haven't interfaced with the radio yet. I think I have to put the driver for the cord into my computer before I plug anything in. I've already got the programming software setup and ready to write to the radio as soon as I know it works. I know, read first to make sure it's working right.

I don't know what happened. It snuck out of it's box and it's hiding in my truck

If I have to suffer... you have to suffer....

It's here.... Now all I have to do is wait until after work

I didn't think about GMRS in the 60s. I was pushed into this life in '62

Ya, I know that. Wasn't sure if it would be advantageous to have it. And if I did need/want it I didn't want to have to wait for it to arrive after I already had the radio. Can't hurt to have it.

So did you ever return his money?

Not a problem at all. Honesty is the best policy as long as you don't really go overboard.