OffRoaderX

I stuck your comment into the AI version of me and this is what i said:
 
 

I didnt take a very big computer.

I didnt take a very big computer.

As you can see my assistant @Sshannon answered for me, and correctly - and yes, I have had a lot of people ask me..
And there is no need for an entire forum dedicated to my greatness when there already IS an AI version of me here:  https://chat.openai.com/g/g-lltaQJ8ro-learn-gmrs-with-the-notarubicon
Although to use it you have to have access to GPT+/ChatGPT4.

As you can see my assistant @Sshannon answered for me, and correctly - and yes, I have had a lot of people ask me..
And there is no need for an entire forum dedicated to my greatness when there already IS an AI version of me here:  https://chat.openai.com/g/g-lltaQJ8ro-learn-gmrs-with-the-notarubicon
Although to use it you have to have access to GPT+/ChatGPT4.

I use mine for off-roading.. any time I want to "make contacts" and find anonymous men to talk with, I use the Grindr app.

Careful.. This kind of talk will make 'some people' cry and bang on their keyboards in teeth-gnashing fits of rage.

I use mine for off-roading.. any time I want to "make contacts" and find anonymous men to talk with, I use the Grindr app.

Welcome to the exciting and dynamic world of GMRS radio!
Nobody on the repeater is going to be bothered by you making sexy-talk with your wife from your handhelds, but you will likely be bothered by them, so you may want to avoid Ch16 just so they dont upset you.
As for books, there are probably a lot, but you can probably learn everything you know by just reading through the old topics here.. and of course, by watching the Youtubes.

Walmart could, but, every person using a radio would need their own, personal GMRS license.
EDIT: Unless the business has an old, grandfathered GMRS license as @Sshannon correctly pointed out.

I use mine for off-roading.. any time I want to "make contacts" and find anonymous men to talk with, I use the Grindr app.

I know.

No, because we are all talking about something else that has nothing to do with that and veering off-topic would be rude and insulting to the person that started this topic.

Welcome to the exciting and dynamic world of GMRS radio!
Nobody on the repeater is going to be bothered by you making sexy-talk with your wife from your handhelds, but you will likely be bothered by them, so you may want to avoid Ch16 just so they dont upset you.
As for books, there are probably a lot, but you can probably learn everything you know by just reading through the old topics here.. and of course, by watching the Youtubes.

You have two choices:
1) Use a different repeater that uses the standard GMRS +5 offset
C) Become a felon and buy a ham or LMR radio, which is what 100% of the people using that repeater are using. 

I use mine for off-roading.. any time I want to "make contacts" and find anonymous men to talk with, I use the Grindr app.

There are a few repeater owners who choose not to adhere to the customary 5.000 MHz offset. This is one of them. 
That means you must be able to set a 5.075 MHz offset or independently program receive and transmit frequencies. If you independently program both frequencies, you shouldn’t enter an offset. 
Standard preprogrammed channels on commercial GMRS radios will not work with this repeater. 

No, because we are all talking about something else that has nothing to do with that and veering off-topic would be rude and insulting to the person that started this topic.

Just had someone testing my repeater with his Baofeng and stock antenna and he was hitting it from 45 miles away.  But that was with decent line of sight, your fars will vary.

Welcome to the exciting and dynamic world of GMRS radio!
Nobody on the repeater is going to be bothered by you making sexy-talk with your wife from your handhelds, but you will likely be bothered by them, so you may want to avoid Ch16 just so they dont upset you.
As for books, there are probably a lot, but you can probably learn everything you know by just reading through the old topics here.. and of course, by watching the Youtubes.

Your Baofeng and the hypothetical baofeng standing next to the repeater have 6 inch antennas, low quality components, and output only a couple of watts..
The repeater has (probably) a perfectly tuned 10-foot or larger antenna, (probably) very high-end expensive and very sensitive components, and is outputting (probably) upwards of 50 watts.. So not only can the repeater hear everything much better than your $19 Baofeng, but it can squirt it's RF electricities many more fars as well.

You could be doing any one of a bazillion things wrong, but I would start by removing the recive tone to see if that helps..
 

Your Baofeng and the hypothetical baofeng standing next to the repeater have 6 inch antennas, low quality components, and output only a couple of watts..
The repeater has (probably) a perfectly tuned 10-foot or larger antenna, (probably) very high-end expensive and very sensitive components, and is outputting (probably) upwards of 50 watts.. So not only can the repeater hear everything much better than your $19 Baofeng, but it can squirt it's RF electricities many more fars as well.

Your Baofeng and the hypothetical baofeng standing next to the repeater have 6 inch antennas, low quality components, and output only a couple of watts..
The repeater has (probably) a perfectly tuned 10-foot or larger antenna, (probably) very high-end expensive and very sensitive components, and is outputting (probably) upwards of 50 watts.. So not only can the repeater hear everything much better than your $19 Baofeng, but it can squirt it's RF electricities many more fars as well.

Welcome to the exciting and dynamic world of GMRS radio!
Nobody on the repeater is going to be bothered by you making sexy-talk with your wife from your handhelds, but you will likely be bothered by them, so you may want to avoid Ch16 just so they dont upset you.
As for books, there are probably a lot, but you can probably learn everything you know by just reading through the old topics here.. and of course, by watching the Youtubes.