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I have a uv5r plus, uv21 and their GMRS equivalents -- I just ordered an ar5rm to replace my now defunct uv6r which was a piece of junk.....I don't care so much about that "10 Watts" high power --5 watts has always worked good for me. My uv6 was dropped (once) and it caused the battery to cut out intermittently rendering it useless until it finally refused to power up at all. It is now landfill somewhere.

Have it your way ---

Scanning channels might increase your odds of hearing a call if that's what you want I hear you there...... I have an Extra Class amateur radio license along with a General Radio Operator License, and I'm still lazy. I don't care if you do or not have an amateur radio license

I would respond to a radio check.....(if I hear you), and talk to you if you want -- why not?

Happy New Year from No. Central PA

The worst I have owned besides the old midland bubble pack was a Baofeng uv6r I dropped it once, then the battery connection was intermittent and would shut down when keying the ptt It finally died and is no longer in production - It was a pleasure throwing it in the trash -- the only good thing about it was receive audio quality was better than the uv-5r (that still works after 12+ years) Other long term survivors are my Yaesu's -- FT530 and FT 207 -- both are working fine after all these years.

I agree, I have been retired for a while, I would have to see the whole path of that cable to be sure of what it is.

As a former Telco and cable tech, I would rip down anything that was in my workspace.....That doesn't look like power, maybe catv or telco service drops - not sure about the grey cable, but I've seen idiots use inside wire as a quick "fix".

Congrats on the tech.......EMCOMMs are ok....most of the CERT members I knew only used the radios for local nets. There is a lot more to this hobby as I'm sure you will find out. The other tests are not that hard either compared to the 'old' days.

I think radio waves are the same as audio frequencies - resonance....either you are in tune or not. Something we are all familiar with

As a musician, there are far too many bands I like to call only one a favorite I always enjoy hearing my refrigerator calling "cq fd" when it squeaks after the contest ends

I had a great time on Field Day too.....40 CW is always my favorite band

Congrats on passing the General This weekend is the Field Day contest - very easy exchanges (check ARRL rules) If you can get on HF I think you can have some fun working several stations all over the country.

ditty dum dum ditty (?) ---- Make a bigger space between characters --- or record it ---- I am primarily a CW op on the amateur bands

Decimal points are cheaper than periods, ask any woman.

One time in San Francisco there was a moron who cross banded 146.550 to the SFPD --- Their dispatcher told us to get off their channel but it was they who were on our frequency (of course we refused to budge) - that guy was caught, but believe it or not, he was eventually able to get an amateur license - but we did not want to talk to him and ignored him.

He's using a nanovna -- it has the smith chart on it.

Are you mistaking audio feedback for de-sense? I have never experienced that with a ht in each hand. That is how I verify both of them are receiving and xmiting to each other, on the same frequency/channel. Higher power can cause de-sense though. Turn down the audio gain and listen for your voice ---- I also use one to monitor the repeater to see if the other one is full quieting or in a bad spot. When the crazies got on to jam ham repeaters that was a way to see if you can get over the offending signal. That is when higher power wins, most of the morons had hts.

When I lived in the nastier parts of San Francisco, I used to leave fast food wrappers, and other junk in my car - it looked very trashed from the outside.....I never had a window broken or anything stolen from any of my cars, and I left valuable musical equipment under the trash. Radio gear, I never had anything more than a ht in the car and it always came with me.

Some cool ideas there......mine tumble like dominoes when I reach for one and bump the others. (so far 16 ham, murs & gmrs hts)

Linked to an amateur radio repeater?? (WC4PEM) You can listen to it but can't transmit there without a ham license. Is that what you mean?

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