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TrikeRadio last won the day on September 26 2024

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    TrikeRadio
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    Orange County, California
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    Cycling, Sci-fi watching/reading/writing, Computer gaming, Radios and other tech, Photography

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  1. Yeah, it was just a joke. sorry. I was just visualizing a mag mount flying off a plane... must have been late last night when I was posting.
  2. No need to update firmware for your uses. You can if you want but not likely to change anything for you that is important. Just a note... since you say you are new to GMRS and Radio... Unless the other coaches are your family relatives, each one of you legally should get your own individual GMRS licenses. If they are family you can share, if not each person is licensed, not the radios. Another alternative, if the others use FRS radios (which use the same frequencies/channels as GMRS) but are lower power), they would not have to be licensed (FRS is a no license required service). You would be able to use your GMRS radio to communicate with FRS radios, and your family could use your GMRS radios with your callsign. Besides this, if you are only communicating from one side of the athletic field to the other, you probably don't need anything more powerful than FRS.
  3. Uh... if you are transmitting on GMRS at the altitudes that planes fly... I would say you are not going to get a "somewhat private conversation"... every GMRS user 100 miles around is going to hear you.
  4. I just wonder how well that cheap magmount antenna sticks to the airplane.
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  6. I have an H-8 and have noticed this too... I set to a "N" DCS code for the TX... and it shows on the display as an "I" !! But it seems like it is still working properly. ( it is still activating the repeater and working anyway ) so.. maybe it is just a display bug?
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    You haev to first go to the REPEATERS section of the website (for whatever reason the shared user account is kind of - separated between the forums area and the repeaters section) Click the Repeaters menu at the top menu. find the Edit Profile menu on the right under your profile log in (if you are not logged in in the repeaters area .. log in first.) In that Edit Profile edit screen you can change your username and then hit the Save Profile button at the bottom of the screen.
  8. That's cool that you had a fun experience on that net. I love that radio can bring people together for fun - people who would otherwise never meet. And just for the record I do not (yet?) have a "HAM" license... before I say this... I understand the meaning of the term "Appliance Operator" - someone who knows how to use their radio but does not know how to build, fix or explain the inner workings of radio... fine but I wonder if you can really say that someone licensed with an Amateur Radio License is either an Appliance Operator or a HAM. it sounds like "yeah you have an Amateur Radio License but ... you are not really a HAM. which also feels very "Sad ham" to me. But that is just me maybe.
  9. There is now an H-8 version 3 out there now that has airband and bluetooth programming like the H3. I recently bought one. It is nice to have the extra power, and the larger kepad is nice at times. But the H-8 still does not have a usb-c programming connection like the H3. It also does not have the two PTT buttons like the H3 has. Sometimes I like the larger design and sometimes the smaller H3 is more convenient. So I like and find both to be useful. Oh and I was also able to wireless transfer my codeplug in the H-3 into the H-8 very quickly and easily.
  10. Just watched the second video on the meshtastic device. Wondering if there is a practical distance on them. I have family in central California and I am in southern Cal... I saw that Randy had to do 7 or so node hops to get 30 miles.
  11. saw your first video on it... looking forward to seeing a bit more as your get to show off the way it works!
  12. As @Jaay already mentioned above... a topo map can give you the elevation if you know the location or general location. If you know something about the locaiton and the repeater is on a mountain top or something (as apposed to a building or tower) you can use this line of sight tool to see where you would get good line on a repeater. https://www.scadacore.com/tools/rf-path/rf-line-of-sight/ But yeah, like some have already said, if they don't tell you the elevation or don't want to... there is no reason they have to.
  13. Wow, good to hear you and your friends are safe.
  14. With a wrist lanyard strap!
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