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No it is the toy, you see a display behind the case lit up but nothing visible after a few seconds It's pretty small, next to my bug here, which one do you have?

Miklor had info on how to make your own - I did it for 2 radios, the COTRE CO04d DMR toy radio and one for the UV5G that work great. Get some UART's and cut an old usb cable, it's easy......

WHY? Rule breaking is rule breaking (maybe you can get hit by the bus while using a part 90 baofeng too) Then again, I guess you don't get out much

Waiting for your answer!

Breaking the rules? I guess it's "OK to jaywalk" - until you get hit by the bus. The FCC isn't going to offer you a refund either so get rid of your radios or learn how to use them. Oh, WHY did you get a license anyway?

They hang up fast when I answer with "sheriff's dept., deputy dawg............" What I hate most and report to the FTC any time I get one, is a ringless voice mail. (phone never rings yet you have a 'new' voice mail message)

The only "dark side" of amateur radio is operating with NO license. Don't bash something you know nothing about.

Any unlinked repeater drama?

ooops wrong thread

"Read the manual" Is it not a man's right to not read the manual, figure it out for himself, if not, then by failing to read any part of it, get on a forum and complain about the crappy radio??? surely I jest!

That 'rubicon' doesn't know what he's talking about --- you have dumb down pretty far to interpret his logic I can't ---- thank you 'ignore' feature

Good luck with the test!!

I think radio club nets are boring, especially if you are not a member, but they do let you and others know about your signal strength and audio quality which you really need to know if ever there is a need for serious comms. It depends on why there is a net - A CERT net -- an event or drill will need a net control to keep things organized. Different types of nets have their purposes, and you don't have to check in to it if it's not your thing. (doesn't mean you can sit there and jam it) They should be local - not the whole state My 2.3 cents (inflation adjusted)

But....but...but isn't that what dead horses are for??

Maybe the "legacy" version of CHIRP will do it......I still use it for UV5R, UV6R and UV5G - I don't have win 10 so I'm out of luck with the UV21 and GM21's - Fedora wkstn won't let me use CHIRP either.

3 years later --- now that's a quick response

I only use PL for input frequencies.......putting PL on receive limits what you can hear and is only necessary if there's more than one repeater on that channel.

incomplete sentence there? Let it go.......you can't do anything about it anyway. QSL?

On topic: You have to discover this for yourself - What I like, you may not - bell's and whistle's all seem to be the same in all of em. Off topic: Bill's Place in San Francisco has the best hamburgers I've ever had. Off the wall: What the heck does "H.A.M." stand for ???? Amateur radio ops are called "hams" (so are actors) so how about telling me what it means even if it's demeaning - 6 keystrokes for a 3 letter word? If you use the word 'sad' I will send gremlins to get ya.

The only skip I can think of is either moon bounce or multipathing

You do have the option of "roger dodger or 10-4 Eleanor"

Skip on UHF??

Awww! being sober is no fun! "but ossifer, I only had tee martoonies"

It used to be true, in amateur radio, now the rules are lax - the call sign you started out with will be the one associated with your location - then you can use it anywhere in the US or change it with a 'vanity call' like I did. I started with WB6 call in CA but here in PA I now have a K3 prefix