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As was pointed out redundancy. I have both in my vehicles as well as my work truck. My inreach is on the entire time I'm out and about. My starlink may or may not be on. If I have my truck off at a mountaintop site my starlink isn't on, but my inreach is. Thats just my setup. Also while I have starlink I can't hike down the road with it easily or down a trail. In the SAR world we always have backup stuff, compass, maps, gps, etc. I even carry a backup radio for SAR stuff. For work I carry 2 phones on different networks as well. For waht the op is spending on the trip I wouldn't worry about another $25.00 a month. For 3 of my jeeps I have the emergency plan thats $5.00 a month. My inreach is now $14.99 a month. Yes I can spend more on better plans but as a safety tool thats pretty cheap insurance.
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Garmin Inreach and Starlink Mini is what you need. Radio is not what you need.
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Rigblaster used to have what you want but as said you would need to make an adapter to go from 4pin to 8pin. With that said you will pay more for a rigblaster than your radio..
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I would recommend 2 zones. One for wideband and one for narrow. Use the High Low power button o nthe control head (youll ned to assighn) for power.
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Phelps Dodge was a good duplexer built in the US. With that said I think they are asking a bit too much for that one. I have 3 or 4 in the garage collecting dust that I picked up for $25.00 each.
- tcp2525, PACNWComms and WRUE951
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The issue with this site and others is many folks add repeaters who may or may not ever install them, then if they do they find out it doesn't do what the www told them and they loose interest and leave and its gone. However with that said there are many repeaters out there that dont get used or get used very radomly. Ones that charge fees may charge for a reason, one may be to pay tower rent, power bill or something similar. While not a fan of fees I can see where it would help offset a users cost to maintain a proper repeater setup for other to use.
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The ICOM V86 is like $125. The Yaseu FT65 is about the same price. If you think these are high dollar radios not sure why your investing in HAM radio. Spending a few dollars more on a quality radio will make your experience much more enjoayable.
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From one who has used GMRS for over 40 years yes. Before bubble packs and CCR GRMS was a great service for those who wanted a repeater or channels to talk to family. Rarely did it get used for friends but sometimes local farmers would share a resource. Repeaters were still costly, equipment was still costly but it was as close to a private service as you could get without the process to get a business license. For us living in the NE over line a this was the only feasable service you could pay the FCC and get a license quickly. We only had 2 frequencies on our license but lets face it our first radios were xstal and those cost.
Luckily where I am now is not super busy on GMRS but I still hear hunters every now and then. Most of them are still on the ham bads so with any luck they stay there.
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I purchased my wife a ICOM 2M portable when she got her license. She used it for a month then decided on her commercial gear for ham. We still have it but it sits in a go box if needed.
A quality built 2M handheld from Icom, Yaseu or Kenwood is not much more than the CCR market. Get whats in use in your area.
- RoadApple and SteveShannon
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My wife uses GMRS on all our jeep events. Ever think many dont really care and use the radio as a tool ? My parent have GMRS and use our family repeater. Contrary to popular belif GMRS is not ham lite even though more and more want it to be.
- WRHS218, SteveShannon, kirk5056 and 2 others
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Just use the RICK. No need for a controller. Just ID normally. You'll need a DOS PC and Serial port to program the radios. Did you verify they are UHF
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If your going to do as asked you would terminate the TX port on the duplexer with a dummy load.
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Drilling a hole casues the least damage to a vehicle. In the end a proper install will outlast the vehicle, look cleaner and perform better. I see a mag mount as a short term solution. Like when I use my parents camper I drop a mag mount on the door so i can talk to thecar behind me. Thats about it.
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SOmeone may answer. If I hear you I most likely wont. I use GMRS for specifically keeping track of family. On a off road event I would answer as thats the tool for the job. I use ham if I want social meda presence.
- kirk5056, amaff and SteveShannon
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Very few are ghoing to share licensed Motorola Software. IF you take your time you can find it online but those of us that have it are not going to get jammed up by distributing it freely. As Kennhy said many of us signed agreements when we worked with or for Motorola.
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As I normally tell people "It depends". The only advantage is it should notch out the TX frequency from the receiver, but will only do this if tuned correctly. Without the prpoper test equipment its only try it and see what happens. In real LMR we use receive multicouplers that do what you are trying to do. Most have either window filters to filter only a certain block of channels or notch to block TX only. Most are pass and only pass the stuff we want (465-470) mhz for examble and all other frequencies are essentially blocked. Alot of TX sites have similar on the TX side but not all. My SAR UHF stuff has 3 repeates on a multicoupler, with 2 sets of window filters. All TX goes to individual antenna's, not because I needed them but the combiner was a bit more than we could spend. I have the luxery at this site to have them on seperate antenna;s.
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Id love a tire machine. I have 10 tires to M&B and will spend almost as much as getting a used one. Some day.
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You can't as you have found. They are a pick list only. I havea few sitting on my shelf.
- SteveShannon and PACNWComms
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Again in amateuer radio rules. Not public safety part 90.
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On 12/19/2025 at 9:18 PM, WRTC928 said:
Cell phone is my go-to, and so far, I haven't needed anything else. I have MURS capability in my vehicles for the same reason I have a fire extinguisher -- by the time you know you need it, it's too late to get it. Belt and suspenders. I didn't live this long by leaving stuff to chance.
The FCC regulations specify (IIRC) that anyone may transmit on almost any frequency when life or property is in imminent danger and other means of communication are not available. You're exactly right -- that isn't "anything goes" but it does provide a reasonable (IMO) degree of latitude for emergencies. I have public safety mutual aid frequencies in some of my radios, but I sure as heck ain't gonna play around on them. On the other hand, I'd have no problem keying up if I were truly desperate. They probably wouldn't charge me, and even if they did, I'd have to be alive to be charged, so there's that.
I'd love to see this rule. It doesn't exist. The only rule is in the ham regulations about using anotheer band that your not approved to , not public safety channels. But keep spewing the info out there so wackers add all the public safety stuff to there $20 radios.
97.403 (Safety of life and protection of property): Permits amateur stations to use any means of radio communication to provide essential communication for immediate safety when normal systems are down, allowing licensed operators to help unlicensed individuals in distress.
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I use 6M simplex around my house. Its dead quiet as said. If I'm too far to reach my base via VHF P25, I switch to 6M FM. There is a repeater about 70 miles from me but its really quiet.
GMRS with marine Tx
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Just grab a cheap marine radio. They aren't too expensive and the KISS method is handy when switching channels. Most handhelds can be dropped in the lake and be fine. Some even float.