AdmiralCochrane

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

Always one of the top contenders. When you are that far ahead, you don't need much push

Only on different memory storage channels. Each memory storage channel can have only 1 frequency. If you only program in one frequency 30 times, it can have 30 different PL's. 30 PL tones on one frequency if you wish.

On the MXT400, you can program all 30 memory channels to the same frequency with 30 different PL's if you wish

Yes water could have compromised the coax

Local terrain makes or breaks GMRS and other UHF. 2 hills and tall buildings between me and the nearest repeater at about 2 miles, I can hardly get in with a MXT400 on full power with my antenna at 40 feet elevation. Flat terrain with a tall antenna (or your base on top of a hill) for direct line of sight is a winner

I picked up an antenna from a pile of demo stuff not knowing what it was. It turned out to be labeled as a 2gig unit. It was enclosed in a plastic case so I cracked it open to measure the actual element to see if it might have some use for me on VHF or UHF ... the more I thought about it, the more I decided the only way to tell would be to hook it up with the swr meter key the mic and find out. I might have to add or subtract one element or it might be completely useless, but only the swr meter will tell in the end.

Hams also use "contact"

Half way up a hill and no one behind you? I don't understand what the practical application of a yagi would be with a repeater??

A long running thread on this exact subject on radio reference.com https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/part-95-gmrs-radio-list.275040/

A point to remember, even though Part 90 radios are normally illegal to TRANSMIT on the GMRS band/channels, there is the emergency use exception when human life and limb are in danger; sort of a Good Samaritan rule. The ability to do this in disaster situations is a valuable asset. As scanners and receivers, they are 100% legal to RECEIVE GMRS transmissions at all times.

That doesn't mean the selectivity is sufficient enough to reject closer noise that makes weak on-frequency transmissions readable.

They could still have legal use. Just because they are illegal to transmit on GMRS doesn't mean they are illegal to use to receive GMRS, '

Didn't appear rude or condesending to me, you simply asked a valid question and I honestly answered. I agree about VHF but drawback on this forum is inablity to monitor GMRS channels that would be possible on many UHF and dual band radios. Even if there are 200 possible used radios, I still wish there was a pro/con comparison thread.

Only my ignorance. I'm getting a lot of Elmering here. I wish there was a thread specifically for this subject with the pros and cons of the various radios mentioned.

Thanks for all the responses, you guys have been very helpful and I appreciate the guidence. I found tons of info on the 1225's and tons of them on eBay for varying prices. Am I correct that there was a UHF version, a VHF version and a dual band version? I looked at 30 or 40 web search results other than eBay and could only be certain of identifying the single band units and the LS and another version that were obviously unsuitable. If I could figure out which model of the 1225s is dual band and can find a dual bander for less than $60 I'll get one to try. I don't know which radio or model it was, but in one of the things I found, there was mention that the programming software wasn't compatible with newer operating systems. This is my example of though there may be "better radios" out there at the same price point of CCR's, availability of such is limited to those who have specific knowledge of specific radio models or an Elmer to guide them.