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I think you spelled "Part 95" wrong. Part 90 rules do NOT apply to GMRS, any more than Part 97 rules do (or vice-versa). Part 95 has its own definition section (95.303) where we find: Base station. A station at a fixed location that communicates directly with mobile stations and other base stations. Control station. A station at a fixed location that communicates with mobile stations and other control stations through repeater stations, and may also be used to control the operation of repeater stations. Mobile station. A station, intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified locations, that communicates directly with base stations and other mobile stations, and with control stations and other mobile stations through repeater stations. So as defined by Part 95 (which covers GMRS), if you have a radio at home connected to a power supply and antenna on your roof and are talking simplex to either a mobile (which includes HT) radio or to another 'fixed' installation, that's considered a base station. If you are using that same radio to talk through a repeater, that's a control station. The fact that some think those definitions are "dumb", or don't make sense is not relevant, nor is what Part 90 might say since Part 90 doesn't apply to GMRS. Not sure how this relates to the horrible suffering of those who must bear the burden of hearing people use their callsigns, but whatever.

The "Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005" mandated that TELEVISION move from Analog to Digital, to free up space for public safety. It did not mandate that public safety move to digital. Either you misunderstood your friend or he is misinformed. Federal grants for new communications systems mandate P25. That doesn't mean a new DMR, NXDN or analog system can't be set up, it just means that system won't qualify for those grants. There is nothing "illegal" about analog or non-P25 digital public safetey radio systems.

Yes, except the FCC regs require use of call signs, not "numerical IDs". Apparently the owners of those repeaters don't care, unless you are saying these IDs are used along with the call signs, not instead of. For whatever reason, the "cool thing" around here seems to be using just the numeric part of the call sign. "123 this is 456". Not sure I would find memorizing a three-digit number any easier than memorizing an alphanumeric call sign.

There is no need to ID after each transmission on either GMRS or amateur radio. Periodically (15 minutes on GMRS, 10 on amateur radio) and at the end of a conversation. The point of IDing at the beginning of a conversation is just that ... identification. "Joe this is Bill do you hear me" is not as specific as "This is <callsign1>. Callsign2 do you hear me? Sure, if it's a private repeater and only you and other members of your family are using it then just names works fine. But in the general case, not so much.

Having a plan to "just call anyone" isn't really a plan. As has been mentioned, that's the flaw in "I got my GMRS (or technician) license and bought a radio that I store in a box in case of emergencies but have never actually used it". Rumor has it that there is a TLA agency that monitors "the full spectrum of radio communications" but they are looking for particular types of radio traffic and are not going to send help, no matter what the disaster. There is no way for local authorities to listen everywhere all the time. Chances are they don't have the resources to even listen to a few frequencies. Back in the day, CB 9 *was* monitored in a lot of places, but those days are long gone.

8-14 are for HT (hand-held) use only. 467 MHz interstitial channels. Only hand-held portable units may transmit on these 7 channels. The channel center frequencies are: 467.5625, 467.5875, 467.6125, 467.6375, 467.6625, 467.6875, and 467.7125 MHz.

I had a pair of GXT1000 radios back before the 2017 rule changes. They *were* GMRS/FRS 'combo' radios, and in the owner's manual it told you that you were only allowed to use it on channels 8-14 unless you had a GMRS license. As can be expected, 99.9% of owners either never read the manual or ignored that rule, and used them as high-power FRS radios. As part of the 2017 changes, all of those combo radios were reclassified as either FRS or GMRS, based on the power output. A lot of them are now FRS, but the GXT1000 is considered a GMRS radio BUT it is not repeater-capable, just as it wasn't back in 2015.

Yes. The GM-30 Plus has 10 banks of 100 channels, and you can use any channel for either a GMRS frequency (that you can transmit on) or a VHF or UHF channel you want to monitor only. The one restriction to note is that the radio can only use one bank at a time. As long as you have 100 or fewer repeaters you want to program (which I'm going to guess is the case) you can put them all in one bank; if you have 101 or more you will have to change banks at some point ... but still easier than reprogramming!

Exactly ... but you shouldn't have to do that.

The Wouxon KG-805M has 128 slots and looks like you can program the same MURS frequency as many times as you want. I would have included that in my ealier reply but I had to charge mine first ... some of the Wouxun radios (including the KG-805M) are notorious for having a parasitic battery drain when stored. I think the Baofeng Tech MURS-V2 will let you do what you want as well, but I don't seem to have the programming software installed, the download from the BTech site is broken and won't install, and I don't feel like installing CHIRP so I cannot test on the one I have.

The Radioddity MU-5 has 20 slots so you can definitely have with and without tones. One thing to note is that slots 6-20 are just the five MURS frequencies repeated three times so you can't (for example) have 151.820 with 8 different tones, but you could have each frequency with no tone and then three more times (each) with a CTCSS or DCS tone.

The difference between 136.5 and 141.3 is what? About 5%? Probably within the tolerance of that Retevis repeater's tone detect circuit. I would try setting the repeater to a PL of something like 203.5 and see if that fixes the issue.

OMG you don't even know me ... yet you KNOW me!

467 MHz interstitial channels. Only hand-held portable units may transmit on these 7 channels. The channel center frequencies are: 467.5625, 467.5875, 467.6125, 467.6375, 467.6625, 467.6875, and 467.7125 MHz. If you want to follow the rules, lock them out.

You might want to do a bit of Internet research before you buy one of the "new" ones from China (if that is your plan). They are probably counterfeit.