OffRoaderX

My guess is that you will be making a call to Baofeng support.. But maybe someone has a better idea. PRO TIP: When setting a password..for anything.. write it down, or save it in your Password Manager.

There's your problem, right there..

That sounds serious! What happens if someone uses one of these amps on their GMRS radio??

if I have learned anything from "some people", it's that if you aren't using $65 connectors, your radio "will work like garbage" ...

Seems like nobody you know keeps much of anything.. Based on your posts, everyone you know has also dumped their Midland radios and their Revevis radios. Do you guys get together every month and build a big bonfire out of all the things you dump?

Probably because its only an issue in the dirt, so not a lot of people complaining. You might notice it on i10 just west of the Red Cloud Mine Road exit, but it doesnt kill your radio... and its not even a problem as far east as the Red Cloud Mine or even the opening of the canyon.. But just west of there, for mile or two south/south-west, is where it wipes-out all the GMRS frequencies.

If there was supposed to be a point in there, you failed in addition to being wrong.

The thing is that its only a problem when you are directly south of the site... drive-by on the freeway, slightly north, and even though you can still see the towers, its not an issue... But drive 1 mile south, and you have to turn off your (cheap) radios. Go another mile or two south-east or south-west, and it goes away.

No, that actually sounds cool.. It sounds like a digital (P25/DMR/NXDN) carrier, but with much more static mixed-in.

Next time i'm out there I'll record it and necropost the recording here.

You know those are H.A.M. radios and not GMRS radios, right? Unless you UNLocked the UV-82 and got the UV-5R "GMRS Edition" ?

Jeezus, Kripes.. SDRs are not allowed when off-roading.. It actually sounds like a digital (P25/DMR/NXDN) carrier, but with much more static mixed-in.

This is a "question", not a regular forum-post.. Upvoted answers to the question rise to the top, stupid/downoted answers float to the bottom. There is no 'switch' to change it. EDIT: I stood corrected - there IS a switch!

Mine as well - i guess the real question is does the FCC regulate what the Fly-boys do? No way that you, me, or any company could blast-through all GMRS channels like that without at least getting a mean letter.

Since it's been going on for several years, I doubt it.

Yes - been going on for several years.

There is a radio/tower site in the desert (right HERE, exactly) that blankets everything south of the mountain for several miles, in static/digital noise across pretty much all GMRS channels. It renders radios like UV-5R/other SOC radios useless and depending on where you are/how close you are it is very annoying on SuperHet radios, but you may be able to squelch it out. My XTL5000 doesn't hear any of it. What kind of transmissions would cause so much interference across such a wide range of frequencies? The site is in direct view of the Chocolate Mountain Gunnery Range and my guess is that it is something of theirs, but that's a pure guess.

If the FCC doesn't even care (based on their contacts/enforcements), then why would I care?

What exactly do you mean by "add my repeater" ? IIRC, there is no "response" anywhere in the process.. What, exactly, are you trying to do, what exact steps are you taking, and what, exactly, happens?

Why?

I used the USB-C Port on the radio (not on the battery) and i could not get it to work with one of my own USB-C cables, only with the cable that came with it.

If your UV-82 is locked, which it sounds like it is, it will not transmit on GMRS frequencies (or any non-H.A.M. frequencies), and yes, it can still receive and listen to those frequenices. If your UV-82 is not locked, then it will also transmit on GMRS and other non-H.A.M. frequencies. The DB20G is a mobile GMRS radio so of the box it will transmit on all of the standard GMRS channels EXCEPT for channels 8-14, so because channel 7 is not between 8 and 14, it should also transmit on channel 7. If it does not, then you are either doing it wrong, you screwed up the programming, or its defective - and i doubt it is defective. ANY hand-held GMRS radio will talk back and forth with FRS radios. Any mobile GMRS radio will talk back and forth with FRS radios on channels 1-7 and channels 15-22 .

The UV-82 is a ham radio, so it will not transmit on GMRS frequencies.. To fix this, buy a GMRS radio OR buy a radio that can be 'unlocked' to transmit outside of the intended frequency range. The DB20G is a GMRS mobile radio and per the FCCs rules, only hand-held GMRS radios my transmit on channels 8-14, however the DB20G should transmit on channel 7, so you may want to re-check that one.

You have made it abundantly clear, many times, in many posts, that there are many things you cannot understand.

My DB40-G did not come with a programming cable. Has anyone purchased a DB40-G and if so did yours come with the cable? And, what type of cable is it?