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My 805G and 935G+ have no tone issues at all. Nor have any of my 2-way thinking about it.

Could be someone "quick keying" the repeater in DMR, thus the brief digital hash that's not a conversation. Typically a repeater ID is analog morse code, or sometimes analog voice.

VHF can do digital modes just like UHF, most clubs just opt to keep their VHF repeaters analog. UHF (ham) repeaters tend to get used less so the "experimental" digital modes get put there to boost activity.

That long product description must add $100 to the price.

Only existing example I can think of is PMR446 in the EU.

Has there been any real push from manufacturers? FM on CB happened since those radios exist in other countries, DMR on FRS and/or GMRS doesn’t seem too far fetched. That said I don’t see it happening anytime soon. I think keeping GMRS/FRS “simple” is part of the service’s charm, get a family license with 22 channels (8 repeater) to easily use.

What you don’t?

Staying a few blocks from the Emerald Isle pier I wasn’t able to bring up that GMRS repeater. I was able to bring up the Newport 462.575 ( DCS 315, not the PL tone) around 10 miles away. Hope this helps anyone going that way since this thread came up in my search.

Went on a trip to Houston a month ago, one handheld radio in my carry on. No issues to and back with TSA. In the past I've had more grief carrying a laptop than a radio, go figure.

Central Maryland, besides myself have never heard any activity on the MURS channels. Maybe if I lived closer to a Walmart.

I have a Yaesu VX-5R I got new over 20 years ago to use a local repeater. At 10 miles away using an aftermarket 3ft 6M antenna I could hit the local repeater, still a little scratchy, even though could see its tower light. 6M is not HT friendly, similar to CB.

Now I'm wondering do any two way radios offer SAME? Ham, GMRS, business or otherwise ? Google only shows me receivers, and I can't recall of any.

A reason I started this thread, actual field use of the feature! Thanks for the feedback. Does your GMRS radio do SAME, or do you listen to all alerts on the local weather radio station? Just curious. If I had all alerts on today my radio would've gone off every 2 minutes! (central Maryland, so many strong storms in the region today)

Mostly just curious since it’s a feature I see requested frequently; do you use weather radio on GMRS? Personally I may listen when I see dark skies on the horizon; otherwise I forget about it. I never enable alerts since a NOAA station can cover a 40 miles radius, so my radio alerting me every few minutes for storms 60+ miles away is pointless. Few GMRS radios offer SAME which would help; but would the average GMRS user bother programming? Maybe a feature where it's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. So any personal stories where having NOAA weather radio helped?

Was expecting a thread about tropo and repeater interference, but this is much nicer.