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Sorry if no one likes my point of view -- I have experienced the crap I was describing. I really want to hear both sides of an argument (as long as it civil and respectful) No one wants to hear a lame argument being reduced to the lowest common denominator. If the topic is politics, so be it. Like my dad said "don't argue with a moron, he'll bring you down to his level and beat you with experience"

I agree about foul language and general nasty stuff......but have you forgotten which country you live in? I will speak on any subject I want - politics included. A good and thoughtful argument should not be censored. I will not 'walk on eggs' to satisfy some big headed 'repeater' owner. Don't like it, turn yours off and I will turn mine on.

I guess there's no chirp in Morris Code -- just Meows?

I have some RT27V's and the right programming software....not much there but you can shut off the startup voice and kill the beeps, also add pl tones -- It is just the 5 MURS channels so no extra programmable channels The same cable for baofeng programming works with them. (so do speaker-mics) Small, very easy to use. (they work with any other radio on those frequencies, why wouldn't they?). I learned the hard way not to use the RT27 FRS software, it bricks the radio. I like them. This is an old thread, and the OP has probably already made his mind up

That's an old "504 set", one of the first "combined" set. No separate ringer box. (Those things were loud!) (I was one of "Ma Bell's kids) As stated before, practice sending too.......a 'dash' (dah) is 3 times longer than a 'dot' (dit) and a bit longer between words.......don't worry about speed - it just comes with practice - don't give up

Interesting, it was not like that in DC 10 years ago - I guess things have picked up since I left Arlington, VA

What difference does it make anyway?

This is what I see when I click on it:

Hmm, no problem for me. You're not on my ignore list or I wouldn't see your post..... Maybe I'm on yours and you chose to read that post (?) Maybe that link was on an earlier post when I couldn't figure out how to place my avatar...... Maybe it's too early and I not fully coffied up yet

Not with mine, my GM21 works just fine - it does what it should -- so does my UV21. Your problem description is a bit vague......what are you trying to do??

Moe: Oh, look a microphonie Curley: and a phony at the mic (nyuk nyuk nyuk)

Or maybe some outriggers

Good for speeds up to 5 mph!

I had a UV5-G that had no xmit on ch 15 - I contacted the seller and he sent me a firmware fix that corrected it......xmit and rcv on ch 15 now ok. I like those lil uv5s, I have both amateur and gmrs versions with large batteries, I use them for extended scanning times. I have both the amateur and gmrs uv21s and use them more now, and have access to another dead ham band (1.25m).

Was it the signal strength? Or, was it not talking where the mic input is? That would make for low audio and a bad signal reception. Don't hold it like it is a phone, you may not be getting to the mic loud enough.

Hey, I was 'jus messin' witcha' man I didn't even think of the 2 way radios that may have been used --- some of them are dirt cheap and so easy to get

So where's this going?

Duh!

What's that got to do with elections? FCC positions are appointed are they not? I am so sick of election coverage and all the baloney from both sides on the air and other 'news stations'. 2 year presidential election campaigns make me want to puke and in the end it's all lies anyway. I have election fatigue and wish it was all over and done with. I'm not 'picking sides' here and what I do is my business in the voting booth. Trying not to be political here, but really, enough is enough!

I was in SF during the Loma Prieta earthquake in '89. Working for the telco, at the time, I had some repair jobs on Treasure Island. The Bay Bridge collapse was on the Oakland side and although the bridge was closed to through traffic, the suspension span was open to Yerba Buena and Treasure Island. Only the far right lane was open and when I went over it, my telco van was the only vehicle on it.....going and coming back into the City. That felt a little strange since it was usually very busy. Pac Bell never went down, only too many people trying to get dial tone caused people to think the systems were down. Afterwords we had dozens of no dial tone tickets that were 'found ok'. There was a strong one in SF in '57 too --- I was 5yrs old........I wonder if Jerry Lee Lewis' "whole lotta shakin goin on" was inspired by that since it was written at that time.

Both eyes open now......and I see a typo on my last post here. Win 7 will not run the latest version of CHIRP for me...... On topic, I sure hope all those folks affected by them hurricanes can get back to some form of normal life soon. Being from CA, I would rather deal with an earthquake any day over a tornado or hurricane.

Hey, I have 4 Fender Stratocasters, and all of them blow away any baofeng (or moto)

My two GMRS bao's have this in the menu: UV5G - Menu #14 -- Voice - selections --- "ENG" "CHI" "OFF" UV21G Menu #18 -- Language - same prompts except "CHI" is written in chinese I turn those 'voices' off in all my radios ---- You can just scroll through the menu options to find it

I had this problem a year ago.......and didn't see this thread MY UV5G had that issue too.....I was able to get some firmware that corrected the CH15 issue for it.

No need for a how-to book......just read your translated chinese user manuals.