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  1. I can second the Retevis RT76 as a good option for family use, but like was stated, it's a dual GMRS/FRS radio. The price point is not too bad, and it's definitely better than anything coming out of a bubble pack in my opinion. I bought one recently as my main portable unit, and it's definitely easy to use and would be great for secondary radios to hand to family members. It doesn't have any programming that can be done with the unit, only on the computer, so that eliminates a lot of the issues with complexity once computer setup is done. You will definitely need a standard Kenwood-style programming cable, as a lot of the pre-programmed channels on the RT76 come with codes put on them so it won't work right out of the box. The software Retevis provides is the only software I can find as it's not programmable with CHIRP. That being said, it works, and is easy enough to figure out. You can't mess with the channel frequencies, so it's probably a bit more usable than something like a HAM radio user is using on CHIRP. Personally, I would get your GMRS license, and get a few of the RT76 or similar radios if you are needing to use repeaters. The radio is also FRS capable and GMRS simplex, so you can use these as needed with a base station or your own handheld.
  2. Perfect. Thank you Jones, appreciate you looking over my questions. Looking forward to apply this knowledge to my new radio being shipped in this week as well.
  3. Hello everyone! Had a quick question to see if I'm programming my repeater in correctly via CHIRP. I'm currently trying to input data for a local repeater that has the data listed as output frequency of 462.675 MHz and input frequency of 467.675. Tone in and out both are 141.3 Hz. In Chirp, I currently have the frequency entered as 462.675, tone mode set to TSQL, and "tonesql" set to 141.3 along with an offset of + 5. I've included a snip from CHIRP below as well to visualize. Does this sound like the correct data input for Chirp? My main confusion was on the Tone settings. I was under the understanding that you would use "tone" as tone mode and 141.3 under tone if you wanted to listen to all traffic, and use the TSQL if you wanted to filter only traffic from the repeater. Thanks for help in advance. -WRJB989
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