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I do not have one, but according to the website it uses an SMA-Male Antenna (so it has a standard SMA female connector on the radio). The Btech radios have SMA male connectors and use SMA female antennas, I'm pretty sure.

It's definitely a zip archive (look at the URL) so anyone downloaading it on Windows has to open the archive to get to the folder with the installer in it. Yes, you can configure your browser to automatically do that, but not recommended. Sometimes nasty things come in zip horses.

You must be seeing a different download than I am then. The whole thing is a zip archive. ?

What error message are you seeing? Is Windows complaining that it is an unsafe app and won't run the installer? I've loaded it on both Windows 10 and 11 recently without any issue. Did you download it from here? https://radioddity.s3.amazonaws.com/Radioddity_GM-30_Firmware 20210615 %26 Software_V2.06_20210615.zip Inside the zip archive is a "CPS V2.06" folder. Run the installer inside that folder. You may get a "Windows protected your PC" pop-up. Click "More info" and then "Run anyway".

Actually I wasn't aware of that either; I've been a premium subscriber forever so didn't ever notice!

Sorry but this made me laugh. Have you ever read the QRZ forums? Or the ones here? ? Actually now that I think about it, I *have* ignored a number of users on RR so maybe I don't notice as much.

Most GMRS repeaters seem to use both transmit and receive squelch tones, but that is certainly a possibility so taking the receive tone off would be a reasonable testing step.

It's absolutely worth it *for me*, since I use the database download feature on a regular basis. If that's not something you will use, then off the top of my head I can't think of a reason it would be worth it for you.

It's quite possible that you aren't doing anything wrong. What were you expecting to hear? Some repeaters will ID when keyed up (if they haven't done so recently) and some will have an audible squelch tail, but hearing nothing is not unusual. Did you ID with your call sign and ask for a signal report? Have you left your radio on and monitoring that repeater to see if you hear anyone else?

OK please lay out your plan for making it more accurate. I'm sure the owner/founder would be happy to hear it. Submissions are accepted from people who have first-hand knowledge of the frequency in question. There is no way for some central authority to verify everything. Just because there is a reference to an expired license doesn't mean the frequency isn't still in use. Your initial post made it pretty clear that you don't feel it's worth the money, so why did you even ask? There are lots of other folks (including me) who use it on a regular basis who feel it IS worth the few bucks a month it costs.

The RR database is crowd sourced. Everything in it is [supposed to be] based on a submission from someone who has actually monitored that frequency and can positively identify who is using it. Are there errors? Sure. Another issue is that unless someone is directly involved with a system it's hard to tell if the use of a frequency has actually been discontinued or if it's been kept as a backup to a new system. As far as expired licenses, do you really think that there aren't any entities out there still using a frequency that was allocated on a license that has expired? ? It is worth pointing out that the RR database is NOT fed from the FCC license database. There are tons of licenses out there that are not in use, or where someone has licensed analog plus DMR or NXDN (or both) but are only using analog. The premium subscription gives you the ability to download from the database into scanner programming software. AFAIK just looking at the database on the web site is free.

I think that explains why there are no current radios that are both 90 and 95E certified.

Please post a reference to the section of Part 90 that forbids that. Once you do, you might want to let Alinco and HRO know that they cannot sell this radio any more: https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-013120 That's one of many, of course.

@WRVE426 Glad you are all set with you Linux box. Don't have a good explanation for why the driver didn't load for you on Windows. You *are* running Windows 10 or 11, right? And using the red Wouxun cable? Works fine for me on both Windows 10 and 11, I plug it in and the driver loads. One other thing to try is to delete the device (with the cable plugged in) and see if it loads the correct driver. (You might have to do "check for hardware changes" from the Device Manager menu.) If you are running Windows 7, then you DO need to download the driver from the Wouxun cable page. That way you don't need the driver CD.

Windows 10, right? Unplug the cable from the PC. Open Device Manager (under Control Panel) and expand "Ports (COM and LPT)". Plug cable into the PC. If it's working OK, a new COM port should appear.

$2 ? ? The Wouxun cable uses a Silicon Labs serial-to-USB chip, the other uses a FTDI chip. They should both work just fine with Windows 10 and 11. Either one would be a better alternative to one of the cheap "Baofeng" cables, many of which use conterfeit Prolific chips that won't work with the modern Prolific driver (by design).

Did you get the Wouxun programming cable? If so, throw away the CD since it doesn't have a Windows 10 driver on it. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-pco-001.html NOTE: Windows 10 should automatically detect and install the cable driver when it is first plugged into the PC. For older versions of Microsoft Windows, the cable driver can be downloaded from the Downloads tab above. The programming software and manual are available on the "Downloads" tab for the radio. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-935g.html

As @Lscott said, they learned the lesson of mixing licensed and unlicensed in one radio and don't want to make the same mistake again. Even more importantly, it doesn't matter what you or I or anyone else thinks should be OK; what matters is what the FCC has determined and published. There are plenty of radios out there that will do MURS and GMRS (and 2m and 70cm ham) but they aren't type-accepted for either GMRS or MURS. ?

Read my latest post. MURS is not allowed to be combined with any other part except 15. As @Sshannon stated, *GMRS* can be combined with other radio types that require type-acceptance (such as Part 80). MURS cannot. Says so right in 95J.

Actually, it IS accurate. ? You are correct, the wording in Part 95e calls out amateur radio specifically. But, 95j says: § 95.2761 MURS transmitter certification. (a) Each MURS transmitter (a transmitter that operates or is intended to operate in MURS) must be certified in accordance with this subpart and part 2 of this chapter. (b) A grant of equipment certification will not be issued for any MURS transmitter type that fails to comply with all of the applicable rules in this subpart. (c) A grant of equipment certification will not be issued for MURS transmitters capable of operating under both this subpart (MURS) and under any other subparts of this chapter (except part 15). In other words, you cannot have a radio that is certified for MURS and GMRS. "This chapter" refers to Title 47 Chapter 1, which includes not only Parts 95, 97, and 90 but also part 15.

You cannot combine GMRS or MURS with any other service and have the radio be type-accepted. Good or bad as they might be otherwise, Wouxun seem to care about selling radios that are type-accepted under part 95E or 95J. As far as split-tones, I'm sure the KG1000M shares most of it's firmware with the KG1000G, which is probably why. In theory you could use split tones for simplex communication as long as there are only two radios in use. Things would get confusing if there were three or more radios involved. You *could* set things up with a base using one transmit tone and HTs with a second and the reverse for receive, then all the HTs could hear the base, and the base could hear all of the HTs, but the HTs could not hear each other.

Gee, which major commercial radio vendor does THAT make me think of?

It came with a manual? Didn't notice. That's what the Internet is for.

No need to cozy up to a dealer. The cable is a standard USB mini, and the software is downloadable from Remtronix (the US distributor). RT Systems also sells programming software for the MD500/MD520. (The DR-MD520T adds 220 but at lower power.) Pretty sure both packages will allow you to change the mode.

TYT TH-9800D. Quad band (10m/6m/2m/70cm) but can also be unlocked to full VHF and UHF ranges. 50W VHF and 40W UHF. I've never met one in person, but they are about half the cost of the two DMR radios. Is it a *great* radio? Probably not. But it meets the requirement.