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I was able to use the h3 on chirp to program my h9. There is a firmware update and cps from tid that works better.

This is my point to all of this. There is nothing that will stop anyone from using your repeater. Literally nothing will be done. No amount of quoting fcc will change this. I think I made it pretty clear to use repeaters maturely. But if people don't, again, the fcc will do nothing.

That is a false equivalence. Repeaters in GMRS are more communal than private. If you want a truely private radio experience then GMRS is not for you.

Cooperative use is huge in this case. The ops repeater owner is not acting cooperative. May disallow would only be acceptable if op was harmfully interfering with the repeater It shouldn't have to be any kind of debate. Repeaters are open to use until you abuse it. Even then it is extremely unlikely the fcc will do anything about it.

Regardless of the "legality" the guy op posted about is being an a hole. If you put up a repeater anyone can use it. With using it responsibly theres no criminal consequences even if some people want there to be. The police won't come knocking on your door. If you dont want people using your repeater dont post about it. Add in multiple tones. Only have it operating at certain times for your team. If you leave it on 24/7 thats on you. You opened the door for everyone to use it.

The guy wants power. He's a pos is all.

Stoked to hear you have a plan. It all depends on the situation. Currently there's better options than GMRS for emergency. If something happens, shtf, power outage, riots, etc, you should have your comms planned before that. My group has our own plan. Everyone monitors channel A incase someone needs a hand while using channel B, C, D, for whatever other needs.

The go to channel for a mayday is not anything on GMRS. If you have a real emergency you should be using 911, an sos device like an inreach, or if you're capable a radio that has ability to transmit on an emergency frequency.