OffRoaderX

That is because they don't make GMRS radios - You might find some Motorola GMRS or FRS radios, but those are the cheap/low quality type radios, not the high-quality non-GMRS radios he is referring to. Basically, just ignore him because he is rheet-hard-ed.

Because you dont have the exact same equipment/antenna/power/whatever going both ways?

Maybe? It would probably help if you told us the name of this particular group.

Because sometimes that's just how radio-waves work. Not sure what other answer your looking for.

Looks like you answered your own question. There are only two possibilities: You have a setting wrong Its out of range/out of LOS

I'm not seeing "Premium Member" or a Premium Badge below your avatar....

Step(KHz) stands for how much of a Step the radio takes when manually tuning to the next frequency. Ie; .5khz, 25khz, etc.. It does not really apply much to GMRS unless you are using your radio to manually tune-around to find non-GMRS frequencies to listen to. My guess is you will not need to change it.

I use mine for transmitting on both simplex and to repeaters, but it primarily functions as a repeater antenna, so I cut it for something like 464Mhz - but because of the design of the antenna the SWR is virtually the same on 462 as it is on 467, IIRC its something like 1.03:1 .. The antenna is very forgiving..

Yes it has to be cut, as indicated on the instructions in the box.. Those same instructions also very clearly explain what the frequency cuts are, and which sections to cut, and how to cut them. Its almost as if the instructions answer all of your questions. SOURCE: I have a 1486 on my roof.. and, i read the instructions ...

you "hear a call from our repeater, no problem" - so, the radios are receiving the repeater, but then when someone replies, which is no different from "a call", you dont hear it? This makes no sense to me as explained - please elaborate, and remove the RX tone and tell us what happens.

Can confirm.

Now try actually reading his post, then try again.

Simple: The FCC does not care if anyone transmits data over GMRS repeaters, as evidenced by the fact that they have never, ever, not even once enforced this rule (in the context of your post). "Some People" are going to leave comments whining and howling and calling-names over the fact that people do it, and cry even louder that the FCC does not care, but thems just the facts.

Nobody here said it was. You brought up the whole subject in an obvious attempt to try to impress us with how smart you think you are and to try and justify your refusal or inability to purchase a newer vehicle. Nobody cares what you drive.

Get dragged out to the closest pavement and call AAA.

As mentioned, none. HOWEVER -- Midland is based in the United States, unlike most of the other low-cost GMRS radio companies.

This was also my interpretation.

His post says he has them both on "GMRS R5" which I interpret as "Repeater 5" - if this is correct, there is no need for him to know about/think about offsets.. Hopefully he will find his way back with an update.

How far apart are the two radios when you test? If they are closer than 50 feet, get at least 100 feet away and try again. PS: Welcome to the forum.

He's been hearing that his entire life yet he's still not smart enough to figure out why nobody (here or in real life) likes him. Sure, there are those that pretend to like him (probably some family members, maybe some co-workers) but deep down he knows he's broken. Jeezus, at least i HOPE he knows because it would be even more tragic if he still doesn't get it. But the really sad part is that he's probably not used to getting any attention either, so he loves the attention he gets here, even if its 100% negative, because at least people are acknowledging him. (except for those of us that put him on IGNORE).

Available from U.S. owned companies? (another attribute that matters a lot to many) - and remember, the key feature of this radio is the LACK of features (and complications) - So I am curious which you would recommend in its place?

I was told by a (former) Midland Marketing person that this is by design - the entire chassis is a heat sink so a fan is not needed, but yes, you feel the heat. Also, beware that "some people" are going to leave ssstupid comments in this thread declaring that this radio "sucks", "is junk", it's too expensive, it's gimmicky, etc, etc, because it does not have the features that THEY think are important. So bear in mind that Midland did not design this radio for them, they designed it for normal people such as yourself that just need to talk to people while driving. Midland did not design this radio for losers that sit in the basement searching for anonymous men to chat with over the radio to brag about how many buttons or knobs their radio has.

Hearing them talk a channel number between 15 and 22? If so, my guess, based on 1,000 other people asking the exact same question, is that you are hearing people talking on a repeater. They will not hear you until you configure your radio to transmit on the repeater. If not and you are hearing them on channels 1-14, then either they are using tones/codes so they cant hear you or, they just dont want to talk to you. Hope this helps!

I have a REAL Jeep- hand crank powered windows and a stick-shift.. /mic drop

You will see zero difference.