Socalgmrs

Meh not needed for anything I’ve ever done. Meh. went to the web site. Zero information on this. No one on chat at all and no response to email. Scam? Or just bad customer service?

It would have helped to research before buying the radio. A gmrs radio will not need programming for basic channels 1-22 only for inputting repeater tones. So at this point you’re gonna need to read the manual, watch you tube videos, personally I much prefer to program with a cable and a computer. It’s 1million times easier. Or just keep that one for scanning and buy some already programmed gmrs radios. I know that since you read all the information before agreed to it with the fcc you know you really should have a gmrs radio to use on Gmrs frequencies?

A problem with a radioditty? And an Ed fong? Really? I’ve NEVER heard of that. I’d day send the Ed fong back and while you’re at it send the db-40 back also. The all the notes problems on this very site on a weekly basis with radioddity radios why would any one buy one.

Oh ok. I don’t wonder what people say I take words for what they mean not what they meant to say. Talking on a repeater is not being linked to a repeater

What is linked to a Repeater mean?

Yes this comes up a few times a week at least. Like clock work. Having this post here will be great for those that read and it’s full of good info but unfortunately most people don’t read. They just run to the net and start asking other people to solve a problem for them. If people did read they wouldn’t need a post like this. I do have to say I’ve never seen a gmrs radio that didn’t support tones and repeaters. FRS radios don’t support repeaters and still have tones.

Get a programming cable and use chirp.

Well I’d leave the mag mount and mxta26 or a comet 2x4 on the truck and get a proper antenna for the jeep. People will tell you to get some junker salt shaker ground plane or other ground plane antenna and mount it with out a ground plane but in reality if you want to tx and rx more then a few miles and in all directions get a non ground plane antenna such as the midland off road antenna for your jeep. I would then try and swing a new radio as soon as you can so you’re not swapping the radio all the time. And if you really don’t care about getting more then a few miles then an ht would have worked fine so why bother.

It’s your antenna. The antenna is everything. You do t need more power you need more radiated watts leaving the antenna in a usable pattern. A 712efc is a great place to start. With a 5w ht hooked to it it will easily do 150miles AND hit all the valleys and peaks Or something like a 9nc will do even better.

What?

Most people really do over think antennas and radios in general. terrain, height, line of sight has MUCH more effect then antenna, radio, watts…. A $20 5w in the open with a rubber duck can easily do 20miles or more. A $450 50w radio with a big powerful antenna in the woods or city may only do 3 miles. That’s why especially in gmrs 460 MHz money will never equal miles. BUT the one thing I didn’t see but maybe I missed, you didn’t test swr. An antenna may sound fine but if the swr sneaks up to far you can and for sure will kill your radio. How fast and how bad all depends on the radio and the antenna and the swr but eventually a bad match will hurt your radio. But I agree and use dual band 771 antennas on all my ht radios and they do great with gmrs and murs.

Omg. If you have a gmrs radio then it’s pre set to +5. Gmrs is always +5. It will never be anything else. If it is anything else it is not a gmrs repeater. If you study the gmrs pairs on 15-22 you will notice they are exactly +5 from eachother. If you’re not using a gmrs radio then you will have to program the +5 in manually. IF you had took the time to read the rules you already said you fully understand when you got your license you would already know this. People people when you sign up for your license you’re telling the gobermint people at the fcc that you have fully read AND understand the rules. please read the rules BEFORE you say you have.

I’ve never noticed any difference in brand of 771 antenna. I would like to say your stated your talking to some one 25miles away through a repeater. You’re gonna have to learn it doesn’t matter how far away the other peeps on is. Your joy actually talking to them. Your talking and listening to the repeater so it only matters where the repeater is not the other person.

What you believe has no bearing on reality. In reality rag chew is not what gmrs is for. It is for communication while doing an activity. Gmrs is not the activity like ham is. Ham is the activity gmrs is a tool to use while doing something. Rag chew on ham or chat rooms. You can meet people on chat rooms.

I’m sorry but this is just…. I dont even know… I waste of time? A solution looking for a problem? I’m blown away at the pointlessness of this test. I’m pretty sure no one ever cared before this post about ptt buttons. This site is usually totally out of hand with useless endless comparisons but this takes it to a whooooole new level of “so what”. Maybe the queen (jester) randalpho can start testing ptt buttons in addition to all the other useless things she tests

This whole post is so stupid.

A strange issue with an h3? No really? That neeevvveeer happens! Why any one would buy a tid radio is beyond me

I would imagine this is still a big giant pile of garbage. Espewheb you can get a good Motorola for less then 1/3 the price.

Why? I’ve had litterally 100s of radios of all types over 20 years never once ever have I ever updated firmware. Most people I see that try and do it ruin the radio. I mean really what’s the point. It’s not going to change the amount of “channels” or frequencies you have. Why bother just use the radio. Get out into the world and do stuff.

Are you close enough? Do you have line of sight? Tones of coarse as well

Umm. Mine just sit in the charge cradles until I go to use them. I do t get it. Seams like a solution looming for a problem.

Wiring to the battery is always better but this sounds like an issue with the power adaptor not always being hot. Many power ports and cig lighters turn off when the key is turned off. Have you actually measured your battery or the port with a meter?

You can always look at the map display. The only reason you need to sign in is to request permissions or to see public tones. If you hit the carrot at the top right it will say map It will have its own sign in once you’re on the map page. Same credentials just different page

In my experience all the 771 antenna work pretty will and are cheap to replace. About 40ish miles for me. The slim duck costs more then my radios but does work a little better

Chirp is not good according to the people on here. It’s like a baufeng radio, it’s just no good. It works perfectly fine but is free so people hate it. You’re gonna have to upgrade to rt systems and buy a Wouxon. Whoa ocean radios are so clean if they had buts you could eat off of them. The are so advanced they receive even a 2w signal from 1000moles away since they have super duty receivers not some junk chip set. You have 1,000,000 pre programmed frequencies for shtf times. People on here say they are the best ht radios you can possibly get plus they have like 100 different antennas you can buy to try and get an extra 20’ transmit distance. They cost 3-4xs as much as an equivalent radio that works just as good or better and uses chirp but then you won’t fit in here with this group on this site. in the end all, and I mean all, gmrs ht radios work just as good and it’s up to you and only you to know what features you want to spend your money on as well as how much money you want to (waste) I mean spend.