AdmiralCochrane

GMRS is 65cm. You are correct, there is no 2m GMRS That comment referred to ham nets, not GMRS GMRS is intended for direct personal use, not an alternate ham band. Something closer to CB

I want my n back.

Another way to put it is you can buy more range/distance with height than you can with power.

You left important steps out: 1-b your radio stops receiving 8-9 your radio returns to receiving 10- corrected. After a brief waiting period, the repeater stops sending what it hears on the sender's input frequency; the "tail" Other comment: the "repeater" is not a parrot, it is resending your transmission in live time on the output frequency

Never heard of that brand, but I looked them up and it looks like they have a lot of good product. Limited amount of 13.8v product though.

I have converted several computer server 12v power supplies. Lots of power, budget price. Some hams have worried about rf noise, but no one has demonstrated problems with the server power supplies in practice. You do have to remove a resistor, find a particular potentiometer and tweek the output voltage to 13.7 and put some kind of connector lug on the output terminals.

It's called a channel and PL tone You don't have to say anything.

Yes, on 65cm, actual contact is line of sight. Power just makes it louder/clearer.

Had to check my antenna. Nope, just 12 inches. The skinny 18 incher is in a box somewhere. Not sure I'm ready to bring my bullwanger out in public, I'm kinda shy.

There is no single answer. There is no simple answer. There is no magic bullet. I want the red dot sight with image stabilization.

with proximity door locks they don't even have to touch the remote, duh

You did it now. That really strange man is likely to comment. (Just an internet rumor.)

I didn't think so. That really confused me.

just a minor decorum note - just ham, not H.A.M. Tech license is super easy and General is worth an additional few minutes of study. May subjects and questions overlap on the tests if you are lucky. You can easily do this.

I only hear GMRS congestion complaints regarding repeaters overlapping. Maybe FCC should have set a higher bar for GMRS repeaters, but that genie has long since been released from its bottle - the tooth paste ain't goin' back in the tube.

Cool. I am not going to tell you about the Maybe, maybe not

If I ever get to Southern California ...

Ok, exactly what "information" did you get access to by having a GMRS license?

So, you only got your GMRS license to gain access to forums that restrict access to licensed users and no other reason?

Could be the antenna and not the radio

On most bands, but 60m has 5 discrete channels assigned to amateurs as secondary users

There is a lot of redundancy between the 2 tests. My advice to any newcomer would be to study for both. It is quite possible to get a test with huge overlap and only need to guess on a few. If you can score 100 on Tech, you can PASS General

Most areas don't have much 1.25m traffic. My area has ... some. Actually a fair number of repeaters, but so few people have the hardware you don't often hear anything.

A year or two ago (much later than 2018) when I purchased my 9800 both were available and after evaluating and looking at specs and reviews I decided to go with the Plus. Earlier models have trouble with one side of the radio going bad, but I haven't heard any examples of this happening with the 9800 Plus. If you have real concerns buy the cat, not the copycat: Yeasu 8900 I own an older 9800 with one side bad, a newer 9800 Plus and a Yeasu 8900 (the 9800 Plus Plus Plus, LOL)

Knowing how to use it is important. There are actually minor things that can reduce range that are simple to learn how to overcome, but people in general, think you can buy accuracy, range, performance and strength; just like those 1940's Jeeps outdoing the tricked out V-8's. Knowledge often outflanks strength and money.