TrikeRadio

LOL... pretty fake looking photoshop work with it floating in front of the hands. I don't think there is any relationship of actual scale between the radio and hands.

The "Ham version" and the "GMRS version" are EXACTLY the same radio. They only sell them as Ham or GMRS so as to include appropriately tuned antennas with them (which you can replace with anything anyway). either "Ham" or "GMRS" radios can be switched into either Ham or GMRS or "Normal" (unlocked) modes and then will obey rules for Ham or GMRS as far as transmit power levels and allowed frequencies for transmitting. GMRS will also adhere to the +5 offset for repeaters that are setup properly (at least under channel 55 it seems)

The "ham version" and the "GMRS version" are EXACTLY the same radio. They only sell them as ham or gmrs so as to include appropriately tuned antennas with them (which you can replace with anything anyway). either "ham" or "gmrs" radios can be switched into either HAM or GMRS or "Normal" (unlocked) modes and then will obey rules for Ham or GMRS as far as transmit power levels and allowed frequencies for tranimitting. GMRS will also adhere to the +5 offset for repeaters that are setup properly (at least under channel 55 it seems) You may not have the offset + - or whatever set right for the HAM repeaters? a guess.

Ooo.. I like that idea need to do that one. Great idea.

Yep, I have a pair of H3's and they work great. Love the ease of programming, the duel frequency watch, e display that shows the channel custom name, Channel number, as well as the frequency! Also like the size - easy to stash in a pocket or strap to a bike handle (one thing I use them for). And their range always surprises me (the stock antennas are surprisingly better than one might expect... but I like to put the 771G on them and they perform much better.

so... all this time when you bag on the Tidradio units ... and you've never even tried one? How do you have an opinion on them?

That would be good if we can get the Charlie and tumbleweed repeater coverage maps!

Agree.. I personally have two TD-H3s (and I bought them off amazon) for over 8 months, never had a problem with them, in fact they have surpassed my expectations for them. several other friends have bought them... for a total of 8 radios. Of all of those one had a problem and like you said it was quickly replaced no questioned asked.

I use CHIRP to program my Radioddity DB25-G without any problems. What are you having trouble with? .. just connecting and reading the radio... or have you been able to read it into CHIRP but not update it? define your problem with a bit more for us to go on.

You all need to stop rag-chewing and chatting about this subject here on the forums because that is not covered in Part 95 and is not allowed you know.

So... if three out of five do not open the repeater... and you think it might be a PL tone issue... it kinda sounds more like a problem with your setup than the radios themselves. Or maybe you are actually hitting the repeater but just not hearing the squelch back. or you are "testing" by listening to the repeater with one H3 and transmitting to the repeater with the other, but the two radios are too close together so they are de-sensing each other. too many variables to give you a single answer without more information. But for you to just say it is the radio's problem seems a bit more like your frustration speaking than what the actual issue is. 1. how do you know that they all are "transmitting"? just because the screen shows the bar going across or do you know they are transmitting? 2. do you know if they are all transmitting at the same output power levels? 3. have you cloned the working radios to the "not working" radios (using the wireless cloning feature) to assure they are all setup exactly the same? 4. are you using the same antennas on all of them? 5. are you using stock antennas that came with the radios? (In my experience the stock antennas are ok... but not best... )

I created and 3d printed a holder to go on the vertical bar on my ride... also made a wooden box to keep some of my radios, antennas, and other junk in.

I like how you have the batteries stored right there but not connected to the radios.

I always use GMRS properly. I Never, never never put the antenna in my mouth when I push the transmit button.

I had trouble trying to get an Arcshell AR-5 (which I assumed was just setup as an FRS radio because it was supposedly a "no license required" radio that a friend bought on Amazon) to communicate with my GMRS radio on simplex. the big assumption was that the channels 1,2,3,4... up to 16 I think were FRS/GRMS channels/frequencies. but when I downloaded the programming in CHIRP... they were frequencies all over the place (NOT FRS or GMRS at all) So, while you may have checked or turned off all the CTCSS or DTS codes... you might want to connect it to CHIRP or it's propitiatory programming software and download it's programming. Confirm that the frequencies assigned to channels actually are FRS frequencies.