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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.
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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
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So where's this going?
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3 hours ago, BoxCar said:
The party controlling the White House selects the Commissioner and the majority of the other members. they used to be engineers but that changed to lawyers 40 or more years ago.
Duh!
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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!
- TrikeRadio, Raybestos, WRUQ357 and 3 others
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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No need for a how-to book......just read your translated chinese user manuals.
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Can you bring the repeater up? If so, you can 'duplex' by using two radios -- one to key it up and another to listen to the output.
If you can hear your transmission that means you are hitting it (you can tell by the signal if you are strong enough
by the level of quieting your signal has.)
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Not familiar with any of the 8-10 watt HTs --- Do the batteries last long? Does it get too hot after using it a while?
Just curious - I'm not planning on getting one though
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I have Mint loaded on a HD, but my favorite is Fedora wkstn 40 now -- for basic use and a few music apps
My laptop has multiple personality syndrome.......
I have a few different Linux distros to mess around with, each on it's own HD. I never got CHIRP to see my cables
so I have to use Win7 to use a variety of programming utilities. It will run the latest version of CHIRP
so I have to settle for the 'legacy' version which still works for most part.
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OK -- I still use win7 - I'd have to put one of my Linux distro hard drives in to see it -
I still us win7 for my MS flight sims --- where I can fly/crash my virtual helicopters at my heart's content
thanks
- SteveShannon and LeeBo
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I only see this - nothing else:
I can scroll to the bottom of the page with no options
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I only see a 'cover' page with no options
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35 dollars for a 10 year license for either service - not bad --- cell service can also be iffy at times.....but there is no monthly bill for using the radios.
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It still has to connect to the usb - do you know the pin configuration of the 'rj45' connector --- in telco pins 4 and 5 are for line 1 but I forget the
data pins - I usually follow the color code for cat 5 on them.
Yes it is a "miklor" the input/output should be the same - gnd, tx, rx
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You can always make your own.....this one had a counterfeit chip so I got some UART's and made this.....I am using Win 7 no problems
This one shows up on com port 4 and works great.
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Speaking from experience, make sure you use the CORRECT software......I bricked one of my Retevis RT27V's by not doing that
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On 9/18/2024 at 8:45 AM, LeoG said:
I think the only thing that might not be legal would be to give a police officers position to help others evade an operation such as a speed trap.
CBers started that - personally I think that's not bad......revenue generation IS NOT what I call law enforcement, although driving like an idiot should be
controlled.
Is the btech gmrs v2 a decent upgrade?
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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).