OffRoaderX

I'm not sure why, but, I think I like this guy.

I guess i'm going to jail.. along with the thousands of other business/LMR users in my area. But @Radioguy7268 is correct -there is a rule and I stood corrected.

"Skip" means that if you enabled scanning on your radio those channels will be "skipped" during the scan. As to why it's there or who put it there: Nobody can answer that, and it does not matter

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.

Speak for yourself.

Fixed that for you.

As Mr. @Sshannon already said, NO .

Yah, that's the problem.. Right there...

I've been declared a shill and I dont even say that!

Are you sure it is channels 1-7 not working? By design and per FCCs rules, the KG-1000G will not transmit on channels 8-14. Does yours transmit on 8-14? Does it transmit on channels 15-22?

How many different times are you going to ask this same question?

Yes, i have ideas all the time.

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

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.

So do I .

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.

i have more experience and none of that makes any sense.

I've tried it both ways.. i cant do it.

What kind of trouble? Have you tried these (see pikture)?

I think we've all learned a very valuable lesson here today.

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.

If you have TDR/dual-monitoring enabled, and line-A is on Channel 23, and line B is on channel 21, then yes, this would be normal.

You can use the same one.

The antenna that comes on the Q10G is a GMRS antenna, so it does not perform optimally on the CB channels.. .To "fix" it, you may want to try an antenna better tuned for CB.

Yes.. Its a bad combination.