OffRoaderX

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

Radios seems to attract a certain type of person, often with similar personalty defects... 

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.

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.

The final days of our "Delta" repeater were pretty pathetic.. After we shut it down a couple of the jammers and troublemakers moved over to the other high-level repeaters in the area.  
These people are absolute losers at life.  i'm not just saying that - I know who they are, and they truly are pathetic nothings.

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.

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

"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

"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

Its not.. i've caught 2 people jamming our local repeater in the last few month.. Turned out that both were supposed 'friends' ...
It seems that radios just attract a certain kind of assholery.

Speak for yourself.

Fixed that for you.

Fixed that for you.

As Mr. @Sshannon already said, NO .

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!

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

On page 34 of the hand book It says "(Channels 8-14 are only authorized for very low output power and are listen only.)"
Channels 1-7 should work.

Yes, i have ideas all the time.

Yes, i have ideas all the time.

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.

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.

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.

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.