OffRoaderX

Done that one! With a 5W handheld and 50W mobile! (spoiler: after several minutes of TXing, nothing happened to either other than getting hot)

On GMRS all phonetics are funny because they aren't necessary and many people laugh at them.

If you have ever been told lies or heard myths about radios that you would like to see tested, please post it in this thread. Good/common ones will be featured on the interwebz largest and most beloved GMRS Related YouTube channel. Some examples that have already been debunked are: If you transmit on any radio, for any length of time without an antenna, your radio will vaporize If you coil your coax you will get a high SWR and your radio will vaporize If your SWR is higher than 1.x:1, nobody will hear you...and your radio will vaporize Ghost antennas do not work and are nothing more than a dummy load Any radio not costing $300+ and not made in 'Merica or Japan is "junk" If you press the PTT button without a license the FCC will fine you or put you in jail "Sad Hams" do not exist Feel free to keep this thread going as long as necessary. I will not rest until all myths/lies have either been debunked or proven true.

Probably something digital being transmitted.

Please don't.

My cable.

I cant hit this repeater from my house even though I'm not that far because there is a mountain between me and the repeater, but when I go up to the desert I can hear it all the way up to Randsburg/Ridgecrest.. That thing has quite the footprint.

Yes.. I got a very gently used one for $500.

As @Sshannon said I too experienced desense with my KG1000 repeater build, but after separating the radios and adding some shielding i was getting 15+ miles of farz. But switching to a VXR7000 repeater more than doubled my farz even though it outputs about half the power.

The 935G is a tough one!

CHIRP runs on MacoOS and I believe you can use CHIRP with the UV-9G, but not with the Midland. You can download CHIRP here: https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download Search Youtube for videos on how to program the UV-9G - if they exist, they will be there, but once you get CHIRP running, its much easier to do it that way.

Welcome to the exciting and dynamic GMRS lifestyle! The GM-15 Pro is a decent, low-cost radio. It has just as many farz as any other 5W handheld radio and dollar for dollar it's not a bad choice for a beginner The antenna that comes with it is fine, and based on the (much) testing I have done, it is doubtful that replacing it would make any difference that you would ever be able to notice, but definitely get the programming cable in you plan to program in a lot of repeaters or frequencies for monitoring.

I was going to start answering the questions, but jeezus.. I have to be in bed in 3 hours. Good luck.

Did it come with the tiny mag-mount antenna? If so, that antenna works surprisingly well IF you can mount it on the roof of your vehicle. If you are mounting the antenna anywhere else the larger MXTA26 works great - Yesterday was at Fremont Peak Rd near Hwy 395 in So.Cal, and was talking to a guy on his mobile radio on a hill above Silverwood Lake in So. Cal, exactly 63 miles away, and he was coming in loud and clear. You could use any "UHF" antenna, but you would have to cut/trim/tune it before you use it. If you buy a "GMRS" antenna like the MXTA26, you just take it out of the sack and put it on your car, no need for tuning or cutting.

I think that just because two ham guys were talking about it does not mean it is true or accurate, but assuming it is, just because the FCC is considering it does not mean it will ever happen, and if it does ever happen, it will likely take years before it is approved.

The KG-UV3X, like most of the Wouxun radios, are not unlockable. But, why would you need it unlocked for RDF? Isnt that all receive-only? PS - he's more than just a "jeep guy".. He is a human being with feelings... and a Nissan.

You're still getting it wrong. According to the FCC's public enforcement database, its not that they do not take actions quickly, it is that statistically, they do not take action at all.. With about 6 enforcements for the things you are referring to, in the last 11 or 12 years.

In your world are there unicorns too? Is the FCC in the room with us now?

The newer ones with the USB-C connector can be set to Wide-Band.. Older ones cannot.

So.. You're not going to tell us what will happen?

If i recall correctly (i have given my 5X away to someone) there is no NOAA "mode", you simply select the NOAA channel you want to listen to in channel mode.

You know, for someone that proclaims that NO ONE cares what I say, you sure do seem to care a lot.

99.99% of hams i have met in person were very pleasant and are not sad-hams. It's when you go online that the sad-hams thrive, and thats where the young people go to learn, and often the first thing they run into is a sad-ham. That is what happened to me - I went online and had the audacity to ask questions about the test or electrical theory or something that I didnt understand, and it was quickly made clear to me that people asking such questions were not welcome in this exclusive club. Not just once, but multiple times, in multiple places. I see it here every day, and have even seen it a few times already in this thread. HUNDREDS of my viewers have also commented on my videos that the exact same thing happened to them, so the impact of sad-hams cannot be denied.. I am actually thankful because when the sad-hams turned me off from ham I found GMRS and realized that I dont want/need a "hobby", I just needed a better way to communicate on the trail - and GMRS does that perfectly for me. The sad part is that most sad-hams dont realize that they are the ones giving a bad name to their hobby, and also giving me more material to make fun of.

162,000 people disagree with you, but I'm sure you're probably right because you seem to be a real "expert".

Now try actually reading what I wrote: The amateur hobby is killing off POTENTIAL NEW members - if you don't believe this to be true then either your head is buried in the sand or you are part of the problem. I dont give a sh!t one way or another, they already killed me off as a potential member long ago, i just think it's humorous when sad-hams try to pretend this is not an issue.