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I use the Abbree 42.5" folding tactical antenna. I have one permenately attached to my radio back pack with a 3ft jumper cable SMA to BNC for quick changes in the field. At home I use the same antenna attached to a tripod rising 8ft in the air. Same setup SMA to BNC. I use the Baofeng UV-5R 8W as my go to radio's and those antenna's work exceptionally well for me.

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Stir the Pot!

Outstanding!

You know, I didn't know that having a GMRS license would get this convoluted! Wow!

With that in mind, and there is no law, just regulations, how does the FCC justify issuing fines and levies? And moreover, how is that legal then?

Well, not everyone! You have a few that would like to silence you!

I agree with your thought process Randy. I guess the point that I'm try to make is that when the "Rule of Law" is out the window, you must look into your personal preferences to determine what's right and wrong. Governments cannot dictate this any any way shape or form. We must do so. By the way - I love your video's!

Honestly, not many people care about doing the right thing nowadays. I view this stance about like religion. Everybody knows what's right but don't care until they have to answer to the almighty. Then and only then do they ask for forgiveness. Well, not everybody follows the FCC GUIDELINES until they show up at your door, (if they even show up), wanting their pound of flesh. It's only then we ask for forgiveness. We all know what the right thing is. Whether we choose do do the right thing is a matter of personal preference. The same applies to government. Stay above it!

I bought a Microsoft surface that handles this. It works well with chirp and fairly inexpensive. I use for other things as well but mainly radio programming.

This is way over my paygrade! Right now I'm just learning about radio waves, antennas, and how things work. That being said, I'm not adverse to getting a tech license in the ham radio world. However, I have so much more to learn before I open that can of worms!

Thank You Steve for saving me going down a rabbit hole! It looked complicated and I was thinking that maybe it could be using for sharing text messages when the grid goes down. I haven't spent a whole lot of time looking at it, just watched some video's that peaked my curiosity. I don't even know what CAT layer control is. Just a fleeting thought..... Thanks for keeping me grounded and realize it's not what I thought!

I misspelled the title. It's actually called FlDigi

Has anyone had any exposure to this product? I think you can use it to send data through your radio but I'm unsure. Don't want to waste time if it's something that has no value!

I'm new to this so please bear with me. I don't understand exactly what that means. Are we talking about a GMRS transceiver transmitting on Amateur frequencies and vice versa here?

I got a set as an Xmas present, so I'm just going by what Notarubicon (Randy) has told me, because I'm his favorite subscriber! He told me that!

Why the Baofeng UV-5R of course! Everybody knows that!

That is an excellent suggestion and one that I will certainly pay attention to. I thought that I had uploaded from the radio (which I did) but made changes. I did not save as a new image and overwrote the default. That's a hard lesson learned but a very valuable one. I'm so glad to be on this site with people whom are not afraid to share knowledge and guidance.

Well some good news folks! I was able to make contact on the repeater designated as Alamo NW 462.625 with an operator about 35 miles from my location. So I know the radio works. It was very clear without any noise. The other two repeaters - no contact. I'll keep trying on those frequencies. I appreciate your insight and help on this matter Jim. Thank You!

I know the feeling. Just started myself and nothing........ But welcome!

Okay let's try this programming:

I guess I wiped out all that stuff in chirp. It was there in the beginning. This is on me. I flashed the radio and inputted the channels back but did not put the offsets back into the program. Thank You Jim! I get confused easily.....

Thank You Steve! I will definitely give that a try. That is probably what is happening because I can hear their transmissions clearly, but I can't get a response from a radio check.

Okay everyone, I'm dense and I can't figure this out. I'm asking for assistance to access a certain repeater. Here's the particulars: 1. Using a Baofeng UV-5r Gmrs radio. One of my HAM friends told me that I cannot use this radio for GMRS. I think that I can. 2. I'm using CHIRP software and have attached screen shot of my program 3. Trying to link to repeater LV650 on mygmrs.com. I receiver permission from owner to use this repeater. I can't figure out why I can't reach this repeater. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's frustrating when you know hardly nothing about how this works!

What a wealth of information this has become for me in understanding how things work and what is authorized in accordance § 95.1763 GMRS channels. Sometimes you have to slow down to speed up, if that makes any sense to you. Thank you, all of you for this help!