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Hello all, Mat here, normally a C.B. Junkie who's been into GMRS since 2018, first post on this Forum. Honestly I don't know if it's just my particular area or what, but all I ever seem to hear on my Rig is kids with Walkie-Talkies, usually very young, jibbering away on them, and what I call 'beeping off', trying to all talk at the same time...apart from maybe 4 individuals who actually talk Simplex. And then come to find out, in my immediate vicinity I'm the ONLY ONE who's licensed (WRAQ431). I have to guess the beepers aren't licensed, Mom & Dad got the kids Walkie Talkies for Christmas or something, and the 'talkers' maybe got them for camping/outdoor stuff, as these GMRS radios are readily available at our local WalMart. Does anyone else put up with this kind of thing, or is it just me? Not so much 'putting up' with the people that actually hold a discussion, but those danged kids...ok, rant over...

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One owner of a repeater has spoken to me plenty of times.
Several owners have responded to my request via email.

I tried a handheld in my house as a receiver then went out to my car and my wife tried and I only got the break.

Unfortunately many of these devices are likely to be chinese made and the companies won't respond or react to any FCC violations but rather change marketing names as to continue selling in the US. E-bay doesn't help the situation much either.

I have seen several devices from chinese manufacturers ranging from monitors to two-way intercoms which look to operate in the 462/467 range and as you mentioned above, they all operate on a DCS code. Some even advertise that they will work with two way radios, giving the frequency and DCS code in the ad.

In the end, the end user is the one responsible for use and operation of non-certified transmitters. Most times simple education and assistance is all that is needed to get companies in the right direction (Many don't wish to receive a fine, but many more do not want to face the legal ramifications should private personal info be released into unsecured airwaves)

This is awful. Keep us posted as to what you find. It is amazing what junk gets imported and sold.

Here in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento regions we have started hearing a "baby monitor" type devices using GMRS 462 and 467 MHz primary repeater frequencies, in nursing home settings (given the message content).  We are aware of about twenty incidents of this over the past three months, but the rate of occurrence is rising.  The most recent was strong enough to interfere with a CERT/Fire Council repeater out here. 
 
These typically operate during daylight periods, and appear to be continuously keyed for up to 12-16 hours at a time, although background noise, such as televisions, could be keeping them transmitting if set for VOX.  They do not have time-out timers enabled.  These change channels occasionally, but usually end up on 462.625, 462.725, 467.625 and 467.725 MHz.   They use a D754 or a D734 DCS code.
 
This kind of device was explicitly mentioned in past FCC GMRS rulings as it was feared that manufacturer's might use these channels for such things.
 
Given most repeaters here in California are on 1500-4000 ft. mountains, continuous destructive interference will occur to our repeater inputs.   
 
I tried to DF the source of one of these last week, but it was found to be in San Francisco and we ran out of time.  SF is a particularly difficult place to do this due to the density, hills and other sources.  Thankfully these are constantly keyed.  The device I was looking for was horizontally polarized, making it about 10-20 dB weaker when received on a vertical vehicle antenna.   A Yagi in horizontal worked best.  
 
My goal was not to go after the user (they don't know better), but instead get a picture of the device, determine its manufacturer and model number, and establish who is selling it.  As these may be used in nursing care facilities, they will likely have to bring the device out to us to be safe. 
 
Please let us know here if you hear these as we are trying to keep a list of the channels and codes in use so we can identify the specific radio model. 
 
This is clearly in violation of §95.1733(a)(10) and §95.1763© for GMRS, and §95.587(3) for FRS.  It also appears to violate §95.533.  

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