AdmiralCochrane

The assertion that there is equipment that licensed hams cannot use to transmit on ham bands within their licensure is just silly lack of reading comprehension by both the FCC and the public. ARRL has been trying to convince the FCC of this technical mistake in the 2018 advisory about Baofengs for 2 years. Pointless debate will exist forever, much like some of the ATF regulation confusion that has been raging for decades.

Excellent news. You may be correct about the repeater

Not a matter of courtesy/custom, more than likely, there is no one close enough to hear your signal at the moment you send

People need to see comparisons to understand. Can you show us a Japanese radio as well?

Select, copy, paste. Thanks G!

Yeah, if he is very close to one of the Galveston TV transmitters or police/ems or private com towers, the interference becomes likely. In my area we have occaisional harmonic problems

I was approximately 1km from the base. I did notice greater desense of the AM signal about twice as far away, but nothing 3 times as far or farther. My real question isn't about the scientific measurement, but about the practical application. Theory is great, but when it lacks in the real world, its use diminishes.

Messaged you about the Kenwood TH-F6a

gman, can you explain this to me? This morning I had the opportunity to park adjacent to the local RF firebreathing angry 1000 foot towers, actually 2 of them adjacent to each other. One hosts multiple local PD transmitters, business transmitters and I know not what else. the other has the local UHF TV on top. Close enough that my vehicle's AM radio desensed. Obvious signal suppression. Both my CCR and my Icom 880H functioned with the same reception clarity. What did I do wrong in this experiment?

I can't recall the exact language, but isn't there an exception for hams selling their personal equipment along the lines of the conversation being directly related to operation of ham radios? That and ARRL employees may transmit as a course of their employment; I think that is an artifact from the time when ARRL was the only training and testing agency.

The problem is our free open society where each individual is expected to abide by the rules/laws. As such, at least at the present, for individuals, OWNING or MAKING an all band transceiver or transmitter is legal, the crime is transmitting on a frequency which you are not licensed to use or in the restricted bands, transmitting with non-type approved transmitters. A second problem comes with enforcement, foxhunting a transmitter is not difficult, but actually witnessing illegal transmitting could become harder on the FCC if someone appeals it high enough. In my mind it might be part of the reason for lax enforcement

When the radios were physically limited and you had to take them apart and physically remove a blocking diode it was clear that the manufacturer had actually manufactured the radio in compliance. Compliant firmware is a major shortcut and shortcoming.

Pretty high premium for a detachable face and receiving UHF outside of GMRS. I thought the Midland was expensive at $250 and $300. The Midland MDX400 can also be programmed to receive UHF outside of GMRS, so all this really gives is the detachable face. The above not withstanding, excellent market timing, they will sell like hotcakes.

Business use BETWEEN LICENSED stations

Gotta get more people to understand this concept. This is the reason I am not putting up a repeater, my location is weak - and with UHF, its all about height over all terrain within sight.

I agree, looks like an adapter to me. Just because it has male threads and the radio has female, doesn't mean its not an adapter

GMRS is UHF. You will probably get much more range with ham VHF for voice too, not just digital equipment

Excellent explantion of why a higher end radio will recieve a good signal 20 miles away when a CCR only gets it 16 miles away. Too bad everyone inside the 15 mile circle will never know the difference.

I don't think having both licenses technically allows you to use a ham radio on GMRS even if the radio is fully within FCC parameters for GMRS. The regulation says you are only allowed to transmit using part approved radios in the band. Its probably the most frequent subject on any GMRS forum

Family members have the full license privilege. They can talk to any other GMRS license holder

In my year of using 70cm, I have never heard any ducting on UHF vs every 4 to 6 weeks with 2 meters as weather fronts passed

Yes, a magnet mount will collect iron dust and it will become impregnated into your car's finish. I used to keep a few magnets inside the back door of my work van ... the pattern of the magnets is still showing in the back of that door, whereever it is now

Sometimes the reason the manual sucks in English its because the original manual in the original language sucked because the engineer who wrote it was not a good technical writer. I discovered this when I obtained a better translation of a refrigeration controller made in Italy. I don't think the guy could write nontechnical Italian, much less technical.

Great function if the repeater is using in and out tones

As well, I confirm that they can receive 70cm UHF ham