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  1. radiozip
    That poor repeater can’t catch a break!
  2. radiozip
    I'll add to the anecdotal Wouxon thread here. No PL issues with these Wouxon radios I've had, KG-UV3D bought new at the Dayton hamfest 12+ years ago. Charger base croaked after 5 years though. KG-805G bought new around 5 years ago, everything going great even with a cracked screen. KG-935G bought new around 2 years ago, no issues.
  3. radiozip
    Six months with mine, favorite GMRS radio. Considering the new 935H as well.
  4. radiozip
    Not quite MURS, but Canada has VHF LADD mainly for logging truckers. 35 channels, same frequency range. https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/VHF_LADD
  5. radiozip
    Crazy that GMRS advice 10 years ago was buy old commercial radios and software. Today so many off the shelf, errr order online, GMRS options to just turn on and go.
  6. radiozip
    I thought main indicated the area you're currently using, so it can toggle between A and B? Whereas the green phone shows what area was just active, either last received a signal or you transmitted.
  7. radiozip
    Isn't that icon for the last active area? So either the last area you transmitted, or received something. Helpful if you hear something and just miss what frequency it was on (A or B area). Not sure if it can be turned off, probably not.
  8. radiozip
    Before the coffee hit I thought the 5ft CB antenna was used INSIDE the cab! Hopefully the vehicle had a sunroof
  9. radiozip
    Repeater is open to use. https://www.howardcountyreact.org/gmrs PL tone looks good on the screenshot.
  10. radiozip
    If I'm not mistaken it's just the Q10H that can do that? It's cross band repeat, like a VHF to UHF repeater. Would be quite impressive, if not impossible, to have GMRS repeater in a single handheld.
  11. radiozip
    Looking at your location, is this the N3KZ repeater network? That system has been on and off from trolling for as long as I can remember. Usually a coin toss if it's active.
  12. radiozip
    Just got my email of repeater updates.
  13. radiozip
    How about retired Navy satellites acting as abandoned repeaters? Coverage is hard to beat! https://vapor95.com/blogs/darknet/satcom-pirates
  14. radiozip
    Oh gotcha, thanks. I'm in that group but I must've missed all that.
  15. radiozip
    I'm a more casual GMRS user in the area, but have noticed the drop in repeater activity. Sorry to hear about Roland, remember talking to him once. I like the occasional "rag chew" on open repeaters to know they're still working. Is talking on radio considered "ham" now? I'm not in the group where this discussion took place.
  16. radiozip
    I'm the typical radio dork, my family is not. Wanted simple radio communication just in case. Though FRS probably accomplishes 90% of what we need it's nice to have the GMRS power/repeater bump should we need it.
  17. radiozip
    Check to see if maybe your local weather station is off-air right now? https://www.weather.gov/nwr/outages
  18. radiozip
    There was a Pasadena repeater testing there, pl-103.5. I haven’t heard that in a few weeks though.
  19. radiozip
    myGMRS lists these 3, Middletown DE - 462.55 Open, ~5 mile coverage southern New Castle county Dover DE - 462.7 Open, ~10 mile coverage central Kent County Tyaskin MD - 462.675 Open, ~10 mile coverage western Wicomico and southeast Dorchester counties Any other repeaters usable in the region, hopefully open? Shout out to Towson, MD's repeater (462.6) which covers the Bay Bridge; and western Queen Anne's and Kent counties.
  20. radiozip
    141.3 is a popular tone, worth a try to see if you can bring it up.
  21. radiozip
    My 805G and 935G+ have no tone issues at all. Nor have any of my 2-way thinking about it.
  22. radiozip
    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.
  23. radiozip
    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.
  24. radiozip
    That long product description must add $100 to the price.
  25. radiozip
    Only existing example I can think of is PMR446 in the EU.
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