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I bought one when work couldn't/wouldn't get me a new h-t I liked that I could use regular or rechargeable AA's in it [2200 mA rechargeables from Harbor Freight worked well for me]

I wonder if it's the Polk County 725 https://mygmrs.com/repeater/335 located in Bartow, southeast of Lakeland It is an open repeater, when the band is open, I have hit it from here in North Clearwater/Dunedin in Pinellas County The ops there said that the antenna is on a tower on the Polk County Public Safety Building You probably had a one-way band opening where you could hear the repeater, but not be able to hit it from your location, I've had that happen to me, having a QSO, & then I drop out on my end, but I can still copy the repeater When the band permits, that repeater can get really good coverage, the first time that I hit it, one of the ops I spoke with said that he was north of Orlando International Airport Hope this info helps 73 Greg WRCZ387 North Clearwater

Yes, the V-1 comes from the factory with preset frequencies, it will only transmit on FRS & GMRS frequencies, but you can enter receive frequencies on VHF & UHF, I think the receive ranges are 136-174 MHz & 400-470 MHz It looks like there are two different models of the GMRS V-1 One model has 22 factory set receive/transmit channels, the other one has 30 receive/transmit channels, so the 22 channel model will not transmit on the 467.5625-467.7125 MHz half-watt frequencies Any channel above either 22 or 30 (depending on the model you have) is going to be receive only, plus, you can't change the frequency on any of the factory set ones I have the 22 channel model I looked at the CHIRP recovery files for both models to reference On the 22 channel model, physical channel 17 is 462.600 REPT 17 On the 30 channel model, physical channel 17 is 462.600 GMRS 17 I'm presuming that there are mixed models of V-1's being used, so on the 22 channel model, 462.600 GMRS 17 is physical channel 9 So, depending on whether your group is talking on the direct channel or through a repeater, all your radios need to say "GMRS 17" or "REPT 17", or whatever channel your group intends to use, all your radios need to match what the display says, then if you're going to use CTCSS codes or not, obviously those all need to match also I hope that I understand the problem correctly, & I hope that this will help get things sorted out 73

Operating practices vary from area to area There are 6+ repeaters here in the Tampa Bay area (3 of which I can reach) Everyone that I've copied or talked to has used their call sign, whether they're mobile, portable, unit 1 to unit 2, etc During band openings I've chatted with users up towards the Panhandle & in Central Florida, & they use their call signs Evidently where you're staying, the users are unaware of the rules or just don't care It's not like that everywhere

My first GMRS antenna was a home-made quarter wave ground plane, my present antenna is a copper j-pole I've had both antennas connected to my scanner & both work well on the civil (118-137 MHz) & military (225-380 MHz) air bands, plus the local rail freqs (160-161 MHz) Considering that both antennas are tuned to 465 MHz, I've been happy with my air band reception I'm going to connect an inexpensive discone to the scanner so I don't have to keep switching back & forth when I want to use GMRS I'm also going to check the GMRS performance of the discone, just to satisfy my curiosity

There are two repeaters in downtown Tampa .575 antenna height is 500' .700 is at 400' I'm in North Clearwater which is about 25 miles away .575 has covered up into Pasco County to the north, & into Polk County to the east, I don't know how far south that it's reached I don't know how far .700 has reached I can hit both repeaters from my location with an h-t, so they both cover more than 10 miles

When the weather permits, you can get band openings on UHF I live in North Clearwater, FL In February & March, I have hit a repeater 57 miles away from me in Bartow/Polk County with my h-t when the band was open One of the ops I spoke with was in Orlando, 10 miles north of the airport, which placed him 75 miles away from Bartow On that night for only a minute before the conditions changed I spoke with an op from Perry, FL, in North Taylor County, that repeater is on the same frequency & tone as Bartow North Clearwater to Perry is 153 miles as the crow flies It can happen I check the NOAA frequencies, when I start hearing out-of-town NOAA broadcasts, that's a good sign that the bands are opening up Edit/addition: WRMC383, I looked your location up just to see where you are Just a few nights ago, a gent in Grand Island which is in your neck of the woods made it into the Tampa .575 repeater, that's about 78 miles from him I spoke with him just before midnight & conversed for about 20 minutes before he said goodnight, I forgot which day it was, but it was earlier this week If Mother Nature is in a good mood, it can be a good thing for us radio ops

The 105 isn't repeater capable, it operates on the simplex channels only The 115, 275, & 400 can go on the repeater channels They are more expensive, but you gain the repeater channels & higher power output

Got the e-mail notification,I just placed my order I've been happy with the 771G so far, getting more so each h-t has one They're now offering BNC & SMA-M connector models also I'm hoping that the NA-701G comes back in soon, I'd like to try one of those I ordered one of the NA-701C (commercial tuning) from myGMRS to test out in the meantime

Are you asking about just Part 95 radios or any radio that can do the group scan? I'm asking before I answer, so I don't open the usual can of worms

The NA-771 is tuned to the amateur frequencies, not GMRS, that's why the SWR was so high 440-450 MHz compared to 462-467 MHz, that's a 20+ MHz difference The stock antennas are usually very broad-banded & inefficient I just looked at mine & it's labeled 136-174/400-520 That's probably the antenna from the UV-82 radios The least expensive quarter-wave for GMRS [that I know of] is a Nagoya NA-701C, which is tuned to the VHF/UHF commercial frequencies [so it would also cover MURS on VHF] and is way closer to GMRS It's sold in the mygmrs.com store for $14.99 https://shop.mygmrs.com/collections/antennas/products/nagoya-na-701c-antenna You spent $7.79 & some time to get an antenna that will perform on the GMRS frequencies I'd say that you broke even

It will be easier to use channel mode instead For example: Say your repeater is on 462.600 Arrow to REPT17 Say the CTCSS on both input & output is 100.0 Press Menu, then up arrow until you see R-CTCS OFF, press menu again, up arrow until you see 100.0 HZ, press menu to confirm Up arrow to T-CTCS OFF, press menu again, up arrow until you see 100.0 HZ, press menu to confirm You should now be set up to use the repeater The radio will automatically know the receive & transmit frequencies and you have manually entered the CTCS tones If the the repeater uses split different tones for input & output, the steps are the same, just select the tones that you need

Good Afternoon jas, I'm in North Clearwater/Dunedin & I have heard the signal on .700 also It's often enough that I locked out .700 on my scanner, as I usually have the repeater outputs scanning continuously 73 Greg

I have a Nagoya NA-771G half-wave and it has performed well for me so far I have a TYT branded SW-102 meter and I tested the 771G on 5 radios, 2 Baofeng, 1 BTech, & 2 Alincos SWR ran from 1.03 to 1.20 depending on which radio & which end of the band I will order more when they're back in stock I will order a NA-701G quarter-wave when they're available just to see how that one works vs the 771G 73

From the specs, this user has a slightly different model of Tram antenna, but hopefully the tuning method is the same, or at least similar http://pascogmrs.us/tram-1486/ If not, I would do a web search for the instructions for your particular model I hope that this helps 73 Greg

If I'm wrong, I know someone will have the correct info Blue & Green are 154 MHz & use wide-band which some ops say will give you better audio quality The other three are 151 MHz & use narrow-band which some ops say lessens your audio a bit If you do go the MURS route, you're limited to two watts, but you can use an external antenna like replacing the stock antenna on hand-helds, or connecting a base or mobile antenna to them, depending on where you're using the radio GMRS lets you use more power, but MURS may work better for your situation, being VHF not UHF sending your two watts into a better antenna may level the playing field so to speak It's a situation where you may have to try both & see which works out better 73 Greg

From Western NY originally, I do miss a White Christmas

Merry Christmas to all I hope Santa is good to everyone 73

Here is a link to a free log sheet https://www.businessformtemplate.com/preview/Amateur_Radio_Station_Log They offer both .pdf & .doc formats If you download the .doc version, you can customize or tweak it to your needs I remember the Radio Shack log book I also was into CB in the mid-70s, loved operating on SSB, both local QSOs & shooting skip

You're welcome 73 Greg WRCZ387 Clearwater, FL

gman1971: There is an http://anytone.us/ website that I found They state that they have stopped selling Wouxun radios and now sell Anytone instead http://www.wouxun.us/category.php?category_id=94 is the link to AT-D578UV firmware and programming software updating The 1.06 is the most recent version listed, but it's a spot to check for newer updates It's NOT anytone.net (they only had v1.05) or anytonetech.com (no software at all) Maybe this will help if you decide to give the Anytone rig another try 73 Greg WRCZ387 Clearwater, FL

I found these links I don't own this radio, never used any Wouxuns CHIRP doesn't support this radio Maybe these will help https://www.buytwowayradios.com/downloads/dl/file/id/64/product/3094/wouxun_kg_uv899_software.zip http://wouxun.com/download.aspx?flid=1088 73

They added a slightly longer version of the video on the 28th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZiSC4sgKYw

Good Morning; Have you considered Alinco? They offer a Part 90 200 channel UHF mobile with 45 watt - 25 watt - 10 watt transmit, the DR-438 is UHF, the DR-138 is VHF http://www.alinco.com/Products/ham/mbl/DR-138HT/ http://www.alinco.com/Products/ham/mbl/DR-138HT/DR-138_438brochure.pdf Remtronix is the USA distributor for Alinco, I did need set-up support for my first h-t and they were great, both over the phone and via e-mail https://remtronix.com/land-mobile-radio/analog-radios/dr-438t/ The list price is $249.99, but shop around on the pricing Remtronix is selling it through Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/alinco-dr-438t-two-way-radio/p/16Y-0031-00004?Description=dr-438&cm_re=dr-438-_-9SIA5RC1W26967-_-Product Programming software and cable package: https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/DR-138-programming-software-and-USB-cable-s/2266.htm I almost purchased a new-in-package Midland mobile for $50.00 at a pawn shop last year (I don't remember which model) I passed on it and after reading all the posts here, I'm glad that I did I have not read any negatives about Alinco radios I have two different Alinco Part 90 h-t's, I intend to get a 3rd model h-t, and then I will probably buy the DR-438 and a ¼ wave NMO GMRS activity here around Clearwater, FL is starting to get off the ground, so I haven't gotten much use out of my radios yet, but I did use one of the h-t's on vacation in East TN in June, and I was told that it sounded really good, I'm going to stay with Alinco Just my two cents Merry Christmas and Happy New Year