I'm not going to explain my motivation for this or anything here. It's usually pointless to try to change anyone's mind, especially on the internet.
We have 7 channels at 5W, and 8 channels at 50W for simplex. I don't monitor 1-7 regularly because it's mostly FRSers.
Repeater use dominates those 8 50W simplex frequencies. And I have to set a separate tone if I want to block hearing repeater traffic. FCC screwed up by not having repeater output separate from simplex.
I'm not going to get into issues with specific repeaters. But almost all recently updated or new repeaters are either permission required or members only. They're turning this public spectrum into something more like business radio.
