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  2. Radios For Forestry Work

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    I was also going to suggest a Business (LMR) license - If you pay a service to do the application for you it is actually a very simple process and most only charge a couple hundred $$ - I just go my own LMR/Business license and 5 authorized frequencies from a place called Kemp Wireless in Oregon (yes, I paid full price) - I all needed was a credit card, 15-minutes on the phone with them, and I had to sign one form.  But many radio-resellers can do it for you.

    With the Business/LMR license, you just use the radios on your assigned frequency(s) - no need for callsigns or anything.

  11. XLT Duplexer

    in Technical Discussion

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    1 hour ago, nokones said:

    You may need to check the plastic inserts in each antenna/cavity port. I believe the XLT Duplexer is one of those cheap duplexers that are susceptible to the insert being burned out easily by RF.

    Indeed it is - i have burned out a couple of them even though i was transmitting well below the rated wattage.

  12. GM-15 Pro Question

    in Technical Discussion

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    1) your actual power output depends on what frequency you transmit on, and the luck of the draw - but no, there is no way to  fix/change anything to get more out of it.
    2) "Best in class" depends on what is important to you and how you define "best" - but generally speaking Baofeng radios are not on that list

    Dont make the mistake of getting overly hung-up on whether or not a radio is transmitting 5W or 3W - In most cases, usually, most of the time, on average, you will not notice any difference in FARS when comparing 5W to 3W - what you will notice however is that 5W will suck down your battery much faster.

  14. On Radioddity GM-30, what is the purpose of tone settings on a repeater frequency (ex: 467.675) in VFO mode?

    in Technical Discussion

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    These are vestigial settings left-over from being a ham radio. Most GMRS radios are not designed as GMRS radios from the ground-up. Instead, they are repurposed ham-radios, and usually a lot gets lost (or remains) in the translation.

    Look through the menus of most of these radios and you will find options that make no sense on a GMRS radio, they do nothing, or, both.

  19. Tx on one channel and Rx on different channel.

    in Technical Discussion

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    13 minutes ago, WRZE995 said:

    its very likely that 'channel 23' is programmed or intended to be a repeater channel, and the Recieve frequency programed into that channel (memory slot) is the same as whatever channel you are hearing the response back from.

    On the UV-5G-Plus, channel 23 is Repeater Channel #1 (aka 467/462.5500) and channel 21 is GMRS channel 21 (aka 462.700).  Because the OP says he has not made any programming changes to the radio, your made-up scenario is... made up.. and therefore should be ignored.  

  24. What's with the repeater drama?

    in General Discussion

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    5 minutes ago, CALO50 said:

    some repeaters around Los Angeles are a free-for-all jungle

    The final days of our "Delta" repeater were pretty pathetic.. After we shut it down a couple of the jammers and troublemakers moved over to the other high-level repeaters in the area.  
    These people are absolute losers at life.  i'm not just saying that - I know who they are, and they truly are pathetic nothings.

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