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Mystery solved. I recieved this from good folks at Buy Two Way Radios this morning: "Yes, It’s a new setting that Wouxun added back in March, after the manual was printed. It allows you to turn off simultaneous RX on both areas. Unfortunately there isn’t an option at this time to do a firmware update. Wouxun has not told us if or when a firmware update could be available."

Yep! I spent some time in the Wouxun programming software and as 6045 said there is no mention of that option and no way to access firmware version. I'm assuming it is a firmware option that was added after I got my 935G in August of 2021. I have used the radio for a year without it so it isn't a big deal but I did send an email to the seller to see what they say. My inquiring mind wants to know.

Well fiddlesticks, my radio is: 52 TIMER 53 AUTOLOCK 54 PONMSG I don't have SIM-RX anywhere. I will have to dig around in software and see what I can see.

I was using the 935G as a scanner the other day listening to two different county sheriff departments during a large wild fire. It got confusing and I was thinking it sure would be nice if there was a way to scan both but not hear both at once. Sad thing is the user manual is pretty easy to read... if only I had read that far. Thanks for the heads up on #53.

To be fair, I don't experience the Sad ham behavior that often and I know there are worse things going on especially on busy repeaters in big cities. It just happens enough to discourage some folks that are new to radio. The internet experts are not limited to radio. Any forum or video comment section has them and that is fine. I have even seen "some people" behavior on a couple of cancer forums I am a member of. Air wave anonymity was a thing long before there was an "on-line". Everyone needs a hobby I guess. I don't always play well with others and I can be a lukewarm pile of sarcasm at times. I just try not to be a jack wagon to people that have genuine questions, people that make mistakes in etiquette, or kids playing on FRS radios. We are all Flawed Dogs.

I didn't want to derail the GMRS Enforcement thread, but after reading it I did a little research on the FCC website. I searched my zip code and found 83 active ham licenses and 13 active GMRS licenses. 7 people on those lists have both active ham and GMRS licenses. I don't know the Sad/Happy ratio on either list, and don't care. I'm not sure I ever cared but am sure I haven't cared in the last 20 years or so. I am amused by the Sadness that has always infected ham radio and is now spreading on GMRS but I don't get involved in the Sadness pandemic. The FCC licensed Sadducees and Pharisees live on via the internet and occasionally the air waves. No Virginia, apparently, we can't all just get along. William Romeo Hotel Sam 218

Does anybody really know watt time it is...

Are you close enough to the repeater to reach it? Can you hear traffic on the repeater at all? I don't know your radio but if the repeater requires tones make sure you have the correct TX tone selected on your radio. You might want to leave the RX tone off until you are sure you can open up the repeater. If the tones are correct do you hear a squelch tail when you transmit? If you are not opening the repeater and everything else is correct you might try moving closer to the repeater and see if you can open it. Try all this on both radios. Will the radios talk to each other on simplex? You could try the Talk Around feature if your radio has it to see if the radios will communicate to each other. try getting some distance between the radios if you can. I imagine someone else will correct me or add anything I didn't know or think of. Let us know what happens.

Welcome, Ron.

I can hit a repeater on the west side of Fresno County, California from the Sierra foothills on the east side of the valley 70 miles away, inside of a car with a 5W GMRS HT with standard antenna. While you cannot see that many fars on most days, there is an unobstructed line of site between my handheld and the repeater which is on top of a 5000 ft. peak. It is easily doable if the conditions are right and the equipment is working correctly.

That switch is rated at less than .2 dB insertion loss. We never figured the total loss. The situation we had was we were using a commercial uhf antenna and cable from a older commercial base station install at our plant. We went to a completely different setup but the antenna and cable were left in place. We bought the switch and used it to switch between two personal uhf (non-gmrs) handhelds. Later we replaced one of the HT's with a scanner and still used the switch. We could find no information on the old cable and antenna though it all worked pretty well. The switch was mounted in the control room.

Apparently, reading comprehension is not my strong suite. I read the OP's post but didn't recall it long enough to not waste everyone's time. Sorry about that.

I used one of these, MFJ-1702 2 Position Antenna Switch, for that purpose a long time ago. GigaParts has them for around $40. I am sure there are other brands and venders out there.

I just saw this when I replied. I didn't realize that when Access requested were disabled it meant the repeater was closed. I think if I were the owner and didn't want others to use it I wouldn't publish the tones, although it is easy enough to figure that out. Thanks gortex2 for learning me something.

I looked up the repeater here and the Access Requests have been Disabled By Owner. You have the tones for RX & TX. If it were me I would put the repeater in my radio and when I got in range I would ask for permission on the repeater.

Are you trying to use this radio on GMRS repeaters? I thought the QYT KT8900D only transmits on 420-450 MHz UHF.

A friend purchased us both one of these and they make a huge difference on the road. I tried it out sitting on the aluminum roof of my UTV in my yard and it allowed me to hit a repeater I couldn't hit with the HT antenna.

I think you hang around here long enough you will find OffRoaderX, in regards to the radio airwave spectrum, to be almost Hebraic in his view of HAM.?

There is some Utoob hobo that makes a similar claim so I ask, what model of couch?

The KG-935G is my favorite handheld. I have several 905Gs which are great radios, but having the ability to monitor other bands is great with the 935G.

I may not be understanding what you are asking but, GMRS uses +5 MHZ offset for repeaters. Transmit on 467.xxxx (into the repeater) and receive (monitor) on 462.xxxx. Most GMRS only radios have the offset baked in. On other radios you would need to put the offset in manually. Sean

For more information go to YouTube and do a search for NotaRubicon. I think you will find what you are looking for. He is some hobo that has a lot of videos, many dealing with that type of radio. You will occasionally find him on a GMRS forum. He seems like an alright guy no matter what Some People may say...

Klaberte, Do you already have some GRMS radios? Or are you looking to get something just for this trip? I have not used my GMRS handhelds skiing but have used them on foot and in vehicles in the mountains. If you already have them give it a try. I have been on the side of a mountain and talked to others up to a mile away without being in line of site. We were using 5w radios. I can talk to my daughter's family using the same handhelds house to house. I am at 3300 feet and they are 3.7 miles away at 2600 feet with a ridge between us blocking line of sight by about 80 feet. Sounds like a fun trip, enjoy! Sean

I don't have the 1000G but have the 905G and the 935G. I purchased the 9G Pro for my son-in-law and did some programming on it. The main reason I prefer the 935G and 905G is the can share batteries. I purchased one spare and it can be used on both handhelds. All are good radios though, IMO.

The way I read that is that he is setting the TX tone to "off". On my 935 there is no way to turn off the TX function. The firmware will do it for you if you program in a frequency out of band (GMRS). I really enjoy using the KG-935G, it is a fun and fairly simple radio.