Bogieboy01

Dang.... that woulda been soooooo much better than mine....LOL WSHS666 Here...

Ameteur bands typically, due to the ionosphere being able to propogate the longer wavelength bands better than the UHF frequencies....with the right antennas and equipment you can communicate around the world on 5w with the 11m band.... *edit* can you tell i am studying to get a ham license?

I dont recall anyone talking about giving a false address? Dont exactly feel like reading back thru the entire thread to look either.... are you referring to those of us who choose to use (or are forced to use by landlords like myself, whose landlord refused to allow mail delivery to my apartment complex, because the local post office will "give you a free box") My legal mailing address is my po box, and it wouldnt matter what address is listed for my "station" since 99.9% of the time i am transmitting either mobile from my vehicle, or at work on a handheld, as i live right on the edge of the reach for the local repeater....

Did you have either an antenna or dummy load on the power meter? If not, that could "in theory" fry them...."some people" say it will, and some say it wont....

If i had to guess if you ordered that radio, it would show up as a uv or ar 5rm.... if it says anything for 70cm, 1.25m etc, i would put money on it being the rm, not the 5g+, further more under the item spec i would dare say it very plainly lays out the rx and tx frequencies... just because it says gmrs in the title is not "false advertising".... a 5rm radio is capable of transmitting on gmrs... it may not be type approved, and it may not have a legit fcc part whatever cert.... but it will do it... LOL

"Some people" seem to read between the lines too much, and miss the bigger picture....

Not familiar with that particular radio, but have you looked for an option in the menu labeled TXP? On my ar5rm its option 02 on the menu.

so now i am curious.... what exactly did yo....er....your friend get assigned as a callsign? better or worse than mine at WSHS666 which was assigned march 29th of this year....LOL half the guys on the local repeater call me triple inverted nine because they are too superstitious to call out 666...

i probably would have been the joker posting this.... https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=ctcss+code+to+code+number+chart&l=1

not prohibited at all....they ask for a mailing address, not physical address when you apply for a GMRS license... try checking my callsign, WSHS666 (gotta love that callsign, half the guys on the local repeater call me triple inverted nine instead of 666 or triple 6)

i agree with the others, 15+ for any period of time is too high, and indicates an issue with either your battery or charging system. ( i am a small engine mechanic by trade, but car charging systems are not that terribly different than lawn mower/compact utility tractor charging systems, all are 12v based, and anytime anything over 14.6-14/8 occurs, it may indicate an issue somewhere in the charging system ) probably gonna want to sort that out before installing the new radio.