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It's a tiny town near Smugglers Notch

Makes sense. Again not a theory I'd like to test. But the temptation for the "better newer" is tough to overcome. Look at the gadgets for cars and firearms the don't really do much but look cool.

Pardon my newbie question. What would the benefit/goal of changing the firmware? I have no intention of doing this. I don't have the experience to even consider it.

After 22yrs of Army commo this might be a fun challenge for me.

I stay away from Kaliphornia as much as possible.

So the civilian version of what I'm used to. That was one of the other questions I had. How often to ID. I'll wing it and mimic what I hear till I have more experience.

There are no repeaters near me. And I don't know anyone in the area who uses these freqs. So I'll just scan and monitor for now

While I have loads of military radio experience, I have little to no experience with GMRS. I have 2 GM-15Pro radios, as a start. I tried looking up this topic but nothing was found. So I'll ask the newbie questions. Where do I find(does it exist) a guide to radio etiquette? I have some of the FCC rules downloaded. Will look those over tomorrow night at work. I guess the question that sticks out would be, when getting on the net what is generally accepted as the script? Obviously if I'm calling someone specific, it's by license. But what if I'm just seeing if anyone is hearing me?

Newbie to GMRS, but boat loads of radio experience from the Army. Not sure how much will be relevant. But I'm just in it for fun. After buying a pair of radios, I realized that there are ZERO repeaters near me.