First, Thank you for your help. I'm brand new to GMRS with no radio background. I've learned and have been able to connect to a local repeater. Before sending a message I'm leery about causing frustration to the repeater owner as well as others. The owner has a few rules to make use more enjoyable for all. These are their words and the bolded areas are the areas I don't know what it means.
1. Please use polite communications protocols (no fowl language, etc.) at all times, and ID with your GMRS callsign as required (IE: whenever keying the repeater, when making/ending a conversation and every 15 minutes during any lengthy conversations).
2. If your radio has any ANI, MDC or other transmitted tones other than PL/CTCSS (especially those "FRS" warble tones) PLEASE TURN THEM OFF! Very annoying to hear that on a repeater, as they serve no purpose whatsoever. The repeater already has a courtesy tone at the end of every transmission, so no other tones are needed or welcome.
Please teach me. I have a rugged radio hand held gmr2 plus, if that matters.
