Socalgmrs

I’m so glad to see this site has people even more rude and condescending than me. What a pointless thread that helps no one. No we are not family and we do t all respect eachother. And yes we disagree A LOT.

Personally I’d say the intervention is needed when you have to ask strangers if one is needed by showing them all your different set ups.

Wow so many years in radios. I’ve got you beat however, if we are measuring. I’ve been using radios for over 40years. But 32? That makes you the expert baby sitter we all wished we had. Please tell us more about what we didn’t know we needed to re learn. Since you have been into radios that long have you also had a drivers license for that long? I’d love for you to post v.c for each state so we can all be reminded of the driving laws. Please be like the gobermint and tell us what we need to be reminded of. IF you had hung around and read some posts first, you would know that fcc rules are talked about endlessly here. People know how to find information all by them selves like big boys and girls. Many people here even know how to use the interweb. And the ones that don’t get schooled.

This has zero to do with racism. Hello. Do wrong get caught suffer the consequences. That’s it. It’s about doing the right thing and being half accountable. Geesh. Everything has to turn into something. If some one hates ccr radios is he/she racist? Sick of everything being turned into something it’s not.

If you’re just using it in a park do you really need a repeater? An ht does 3-5 miles minimum, some times up to 60plus. Why would you need a repeater in a park.

Yup. Any ht cheap or expensive will all tx about the same distance so I’d start with a couple cheap hts with 771 antennas. See how that works out. Then upgrade from there. Ideally you would have a 20-50w base station at home with a big tall antenna such as a comet 712 efc up as high as you could go. 30, 40, 50’…. Then a good 20-50w in the car/truck with a good antenna such as an mxt26 or comet 2x4 installed correctly But you may not need that much to start out.

Umm. Never had an issue even remotely like this. Imagine something like this happens when you need your radio to work?

Such dirty talk in the thread.

I just don’t see the issue. Criminals do not look up fcc call signs. Everyone else already has your info.

That’s a ground plane antenna so you’re gonna need 12-18” of steel/aluminum in all directions. If you can’t do that you’re gonna need to find a no ground plane antenna for a lip mount.

Doesn’t matter at all. Some people even mix them up.

I guarantee that was off a repeater. There is zero simplex in the Victor valley. It was either crestline or mesa crest. Both cover from Barstow to Huntington Beach and up into Beverly Hills. This is my home I listen and use gmrs every day and I promise there is no simplex traffic in the Victor valley.

Try pressing and holding the star key. also the best easiest way is to program in a computer.

Of coarse this had to be a woxoun issue. this is how I solve this issue. $3 and solves the problem and the mic will never come out no matter how rugged the ride is. Same solution has been around for 50years No need to make gimmicky stuff that has to be modified out of the box

From what I see (1705-d-2&3) there is no provision against using a random repeater without permission. However there is a provision about not using one if the owner has told you specifically you can not use it. Or they may limit who can use specificly can use it. It seams like to be in any violation a specific person would have to be told by the repeater owner they could not use the repeater.

The internet has loads of strangers you can chat with. But what do you do with people you already know while doing an activity. Thats what gmrs is for. Anything else just goobers up the limited frequencies for people that actually use it correctly

Wow. A hidden gem. It’s not every day you find some rando repeater that isn’t listed in this, king of all listings, repeater site. Oh wait yes yes I use repeaters each and every day that are not listed on This site.

Might want to consult the manual. It has info you need to know. Then you may want to consult the interweb. It also has info you need to know. If your programming in a computer this will alll be 10000000xs easier and make more sense to you. You will always need a plus5 off set for gmrs repeaters and usually tones.

Message the owner? Listen on simplex. That will tell you if it’s active.

Does it transmit where you need it to? How does it sound at 100miles? 200miles? I’d like to see actual frequencies used in this test. Seems fishy it works that well for all those bands. But remember gmrs is uhf and murs is in vhf. Need more and better info gathered by some one that understands radio bands. Where was it measured? What radio, coax and antenna are you using? In the end I’m going to go out on the limb I live on and say I’d bet no It’s not a good antenna

Umm my mother taught me to look stuff up first then ask intelligent questions. My mother told me to help my self first before asking the most basic questions. I’d have to actually get out books, look over manuals, might even have to go to the library. THEN and only then could I go down to the local shop and ask questions. Some times I was told by the old guys to go back home and read some more. Id have to try things out first myself. Many failures later and I’d have it down pat. Now we have the interwebby thingy and we have the most uneducated lazy generation ever in history. Imagine how good it would feel to use the internet information available to one’s self to gain knowledge your self before asking questions.

Might want to read the regs before making a statement that isn’t true. Look it up and tell everyone why you’re wrong.

Sounds like it’s time for a trip down owners manual lane.

See. I’m not ALWAYS totally out of line.

IF, you are using gmrs for what is is ment for you would know if you are getting out since you would be using your radio with friends and family while going an activity. Gmrs really isn’t for chatting with randos. Might wanna try ham for that.