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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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

saw your first video on it... looking forward to seeing a bit more as your get to show off the way it works!

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.

Wow, good to hear you and your friends are safe.

With a wrist lanyard strap!

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I have had two H3's for a year now. Never had any problems with transmit power on either. But I have also NEVER charged them using the cradle charger... and always charge the batteries while they are disconnected from the radios. (I bought an extra battery for each radio and charge them off radio and swap in the fully charged battery. )

That sounds like a bit of a problem... since fire departments tend to be surrounded by a lot of heat and water.

I just thought they could at least provide a link in the app to the forums in the menu (that could take you to the browser / site... but I guess you would have to re-log in again anyway. oh well.

If you are using GMRS to communicate between multiple vehicles in your group, or have any local GMRS repeaters, then using during storm chasing might be useful... but if you are looking for locals reporting on the storms, more likely to find it on HAM frequencies or MAYBE CB -- I would guess.

Maybe I am missing something... I rarely use the phone app for MyGMRS but had a need to check it today, and it seems like there is no way to get to, browse, or post to the FORUMS via the phone App. Is that true or am I just missing it? Seems like you can only access the repeaters on the phone app.

I would say that is much better than a radio anyway!

Happy Father's Day to those out there who are. Did you get (or get yourself) any gifts related to your radio life?

I don't think there is any reason or even memory chips to retain GPS history in them is there? I would think it generates the GPS coordinates as needed when sending them as needed. But maybe some could store a limited history. anyone know?

I don't know a lot about the 2-way radios that have GPS built in. I know that they can transmit their coordinates to another radio (that has authorization? ) in some manner. No idea if they retain a history with timestamps.

Yeah, depends on what they are using to try to locate a cell or radio. I understand it is possible (for those authorized) to tell what cell tower is receiving the original cell phone signal which gets you in the area. I suppose with proper authorization they could figure out the photo and narrow the location down further by GPS. Two way Radios on the other hand would require triangulation by antennas near the transmitter and would still only give a general area location. plus, a phone (or phone network) probably retains locations and timestamps that can be used afterwards to establish where someone was at a particular time after the fact. so... there is that.

Oh... oops. Yeah that makes more sense. I only looked at the original poster's text and they typoed it like: "6/1/1/25" (extra dash in there between the ones! )

I knew there was at least a few day delay for the FCC site data getting to the myGMRS site ... but he said his callsign was issued on the first of the month... 15 days? that seems like there is a data feed problem on MyGMRS. I would suggest contacting the site help here to see if they can check that their callsign update is working properly.

Did that actually stop the people who were not authorized to use it? I would think most interfering users would figure out what the new tones / codes were pretty easily, unless they just got the tones and had no idea they were not authorized.