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The few who had too many beers before hand likely didn’t make it to the prom I’m guessing. It’s hard to leave the house when you can’t find the door.

I'm guessing before the rule changes GMRS licenses could be assigned to businesses. That would have been the attraction for the dual 90/95 certification. Now with the new rules it's only for individual users, unless the business has a grandfathered license they kept current.

Thanks for the link. That's the very first radio I've seen that covers the full Ham band, 400-470 MHz split, with a Part 95 certification. Now that's way cool. I have a collection of various Kenwood HT's, with the same split, but NONE have Part 95. The exact same model with the typical commercial frequency split, 450-490/520 MHz, do have it. I had always assumed if the radio covered 400-470 the FCC would not grant Part 95 certification. I guess my assumption was wrong. Yeah the MARS/CAP mod at times isn't all that great if you can't get crap for power out. I ran across some power tests done on a Icom IC-706MKIIG with similar results, sort of sucked on GMRS. IC-706MKIIG Freqequency Mod Power Output.pdf

I want to check on that. I had a total knee joint replacement done a year ago last August. Wore out the joint, it messed up when I was on the leg press machine doing my usual full weight stack setting, meniscus was half gone per the doctor when I finally went in. I get around OK now and do about 30 minutes on the exercise bike 3 times a week, and weight lifting. The trike might be a good option in case the knee gets a bit stiff and less likely to take a spill.

"Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycles." Funny as heck to see people try to park as close to the gym entrance as possible to avoid walking more than necessary to get in. Then get inside and run for an hour on the treadmill like a hamster in a wheel for an hour. Never could figure that out.

How much did the trike cost you? Looks much more comfortable to ride than a standard 2 wheeler. More room to mount stuff too.

If the G6, 400-470 split, has Part 95, it will be the first one I’ve seen.

You can, BUT Ham band specific radios MAY experience a significant power output and receive sensitivity loss outside of the official Ham bands. That's due to the internal band pass filters. For example my old original Yeasu FT-817 QRP rig is modified. It's a nominal 5 watt radio on the Ham VHF/UHF bands. I'm lucky to get maybe a watt or so out of it on the 467 MHz GMRS repeater input frequencies. Hardly worth the trouble. I'm way better off using one of my 4/5 watt commercial HT's designed for either 400-470 or 450-490/520 MHz band split operation. With the 400-470 MHz band split I can at least use it on the full Ham 70cm band and GMRS. Some of the older commercial grade radios are certified for Part 95, the 450-490/520 MHz band split, so they are legal to use with proper programming. I'm not familiar with the commercial grade base/mobile radios, I use mostly HT's. https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/468-tk-370gjpg/?context=new https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/263-tk-3170jpg/?context=new https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/254-tk-5320-1jpg/?context=new The commercial grade radios with the 400-470 MHz band split are not Part 95 certified from my experience, just Part 90, at least I've never seen one that was.

Many Many years ago I had a buddy who got a speeding ticket on his 15 speed bike for exceeding 25 MPH on a residential street. Yeah, it really happened.

When I ran my IC-706MKIIG in a van I used a single sided head set with a boom mic for the exact above reason. The radio was setup for VOX for "Hands Free" operation.

Yes you can. Go to the FCC Manager Help page and scroll down a bit to the "Contact Information" section: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/helpfiles/licensemanager/commonQuestions.html

Nothing prohibits it. Some people dislike the idea of GMRS turning into a sort of "Ham Lite" service, but if nobody is breaking the rules so who really cares?

I'll look into those. Heil Sound is well regarded. The price isn't bad either. Thanks.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/ It was a decent movie except for the cheesy rubber suited monster.

This is more along what I was thinking. I was considering the use of a Comet CA-2x4SR wide-band antenna if I can get enough of a ground plane for an acceptable match. Otherwise I would have to go with a 1/2 wave design, which likely would be limited to just the Ham bands. The radio would very likely be an HT. The high gain antenna would help mitigate the power issue. I do have a couple of Mirage dual band FM amps and power it off a LFP battery pack if I need the power. The radio would stay securely in a utility vest. The extra pockets can be used for spare battery packs. I was thinking of using a short pigtail coax from the radio terminating in a BNC connector. That would connect to the coax running to the antenna mount. That leaves just one quick simple connection to when getting on or off the bike without having to mess with antenna port on the radio itself. Some of the radios I have feature a voice announcement function. Once I get use to what’s programed in each zone/memory slot I wouldn’t need to pull the radio out to look at the display. Of course being on a bike I could just stop if it’s really necessary to look. I’ve looked at some headphones, signal sided, and a throat mic to cutout wind and road noise. The radio would use VOX operation for hands free use. The sets I’ve seen are rather expensive.