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Stating the fact that there are not droves of GMRS users across the country staring at their radios every-night waiting to chit-chat with strangers is not dissuading anyone from doing anything. Its simply stating a fact.
If this makes you sad, I have just the cure to ease your pain and itching.
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8 minutes ago, WRYS709 said:
Do you have the so-called Wouxun "Red" cable? I do not think they use the older Prolific chip and my recollection is that Randy @OffRoaderX posted a comment somewhere here on this Forum about his getting his Wouxun Red Cable to work in Windows 11. Randy?
Yes, but I am using Windows 11 on ARM, so it might not be the same.
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1 hour ago, WRYS709 said:
What does that mean?
It means he was paid to say that... You gotta watch those video guys.. They're all just shills hawking that cheap chinese junk and they will say anything the company instructs them to say. I know this because "some people" proclaim this, so it must always be true in every instance..
But seriously, any time someone is paid to review a product, you do have to take it with a bag of salt unless that person has shown their trustworthiness by doing things like calling-out junk when they see it, even if it makes the manufacturer sad. -
GMRS is not really intended to find anonymous men to chat with for "action". For that kind of "action" you might want to look into H.A.M. radio or the Grindr app for your phone. GMRS is primarily intended for things like communicating with your group while off-roading, hiking, caravanning, etc. so in many/most places it is very quiet.
- gortex2, SteveC7010 and Raybestos
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7 hours ago, Guest NewGuest said:
Should I say my call sign as 'ninety one-one'
I've been over-thinking this all afternoon and I just realized you could just say it 'Niner One One'
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22 minutes ago, WRZT933 said:
Easy thing to do is just do a Amazon return
This is why I always recommend buying from Amazon instead of direct from the manufacturer website, even if it costs 6 more dollars, because of how easy Amazon makes it to do returns.. Not so much when you buy direct.
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Send it back and tell them to send you one that isnt defective or give you back your money.
- SteveShannon and WRXB215
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3 hours ago, WRXB215 said:
As far as compliance goes, as long as you meet all the other requirements i.e. <= 50 watts, proper frequency, etc. you probably will not have an issue.
- According to the CDC, since 2012, about 400 people have been struck by lightning.
- According to the FCC, since 2012, less than 10 people have gotten into trouble for transmitting on GMRS at over 50watts, not using a callsign, etc.
To me, it would seem that @WRXB215 MIGHT be exaggerating or fear mongering..
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8 minutes ago, jchrist said:
How can I join a net if I can't connect to a repeater?
You can't.
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Contrary to the lies that "some people" will try and tell you it would be unheard of for the FCC to fine you or confiscate anything. At worst you would get a letter asking you to stop breaking any rules.(source: FCC public enforcement database). That said, it is always a good idea to follow the rules.
There is no FCC rule prohibiting connection your repeater to Zello (MY repeater is connected to Zello) (Source, FCC Part 95).. You just have to ensure that everyone using your repeater is licensed, uses their callsign, etc.
There is a rule regarding not connecting your radio to the "public switched telephone network", which "some people" misinterpret to mean "the internet", but this is not my (or most people's) interpretation.
When in doubt, do not listen to what I, or anyone else on the internet says, read the rules for yourself.
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The XTL5000s in my Jeep and in my wife's, both work in water and on land.
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For one radio I use a Midland MXTA26 on a cookie-sheet in the window, connected to a KG1000G. My repeater AND my XTL5000 are both connected to a Tram 1486 on the roof.
Both get me ~75-80 miles of farz which is about my limit because of the geography, but the 1486 on the roof can pick up a LOT more/much weaker signals.
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Many people have reported this with other manufacturers software and it has always been a false-positive, but I don't recall seeing this mentioned with the 935G software..
Where did you download it from? The only safe/trusted source would be from BuyTwoWayRadios.com . -
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Many, many photos and video clips of soldiers over there using Baofeng UV-5R radios.
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1 hour ago, JoCoBrian said:
Portable CB's are bulky, and the antennas need to be large to be the least bit effective
The KG-S72C CB radio is roughly the size of a UV-5R.. Not bulky by any measure..
But yah, you do need a very big antenna for it to work well...
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Just now, tcp2525 said:
I'll stick with a nickel plated brass one from the south side of China for a quarter of the price. I don't think either of us will be able to pick out the Amphenol 100% of the time in a double blind test.
As an unlicensed H.A.M. for over 40 years, I can tell you that you are 100% correct.
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You can listen to it on Channel 16, but to transmit through the repeater you will need to get the tone(s) and configure your radio to use Repeater Channel 16. I'm sure there are probably some Youtube videos explaining how it all works.
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4 minutes ago, WRKC935 said:
Well, news flash, YOU have been lied to. There are indeed dumbass ham operators that believe this crap and a number of GMRS guys that fall into this as well. The biggest believer in this BS about SWR by far is CB operators.
I have also come across the ones that think that any amount of cable loss that's not an absolute necessity is sinking an installation and the radio system will never talk without more than X dB of cable loss. And these moron's will die on that hill as well with their beliefs.
There was a time that being a ham operator actually meant that you had some level of technical ability and knowledge. In fact it was a requirement to prove that knowledge during testing for a ham license. That's not been the case in years. Once the FOIA became a thing and the question pool for the tests were made into study guides for passing the test, there was no longer a need to have specific knowledge of radio, you just had to be able to memorize enough of the questions and answers to pass the test. And these folks that get licensed now did just that and then through a total lack of any real knowledge, listen to wives tails of Whoa when it comes to cable loss and SWR and treat those lies as gospel and preach them to all that will listen. And the reason they believe? Because the dolt that is preaching the good word of SWR has been licensed for 6 weeks longer than they have.
I don't understand the 'importance' of the length of time that someone has walked around with a ham license in their pocket. Old people have had drivers licenses for far longer in some instances, it doesn't mean that grandma should still be driving when she has run over 12 curbs, 4 dogs and a shrub or two in the front yard.
Does it mean that you are some how a master of bating when you have been playing with yourself for 30 years? No, it just means your old and lonely. And not much different mentally than most teenage boys. Other than they might get some at some point down the road.
The guys that had to actually construct a radio at the testing office to get their ham license (yes it was a thing once) are about 3 days older than the dirt that they will be buried in any day now, if they haven't been already.
I will have been a ham operator for 30 years in April or 24. And that don't mean crap. Other than I got a ham license long ago. It doesn't prove anything past my ability to fill out a forum every 10 years and send some money to the FCC with that forum and renew my license. It's the same method used to renew a GMRS license, a commercial radio license or many other certificates that someone might have.
What does prove out that I know something about radio and electronics? Two years of electronics in high school with a state certificate of completion. Three years of college with a degree in electronic repair and a degree in industrial electronics. Fourteen years as a communications field technician designing, installing and repairing public safety communications system and 911 phone systems. That would be a good starting point. But, any skill that you are being paid to use, and have been paid to use for more than 2 years typically means you must know something about it, because most employers would have fired you in that time frame if you weren't any good at what you are being paid to do.
Again, just my personal opinion.
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It sounds like its tuned just fine, and I wouldn't mess with it .. But how you actually tune it depends on what kind of antenna it is.