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The picture was taken at 2316 last night using the Night setting on my phone.

Last night at 2310 hrs my son-in-law called me and woke me up. He said he and my daughter were outside watching a wildfire on a mountain that is less than two miles from my house. I got up and went into the living room and could see the flames. I turned on my 935G+ and moved to the Cal Fire Command frequency and the County Sheriff's frequencies. We talked for a few more minutes about evac routes which would be different for both of us and chose a GMRS channel for contact in case we had to leave. I called a neighbor who lives close and let him know and heand his wife came up to our house as they didn't have a view of the incident. As we got settled in our dark living room I turned on my second 935G+ and brought up the Cal Fire tactical channels and found which two they were using. At that point We could hear the local SO as they were trying help get gates open on the dirt roads crossing private lands for Cal Fire. We could here Cal Fire setting up the Incident Command post and after units from as far as two hours away arrived we could here the fire teams talking to each other as they reached and worked the fires. My neighbors left at a 0130 and my wife went to bed at 0230. I sat in a dark room watching the fire and listening to the fire fighting activities until the sun came up a couple of hours ago. There are a lot of radios that can do what the 935G+ can do as well as and maybe better. However, I had all of the frequencies programmed into both radios in advance and they are always charged up and ready to use. As I sit here this morning looking at the burn area so close to my house and listening to the fire fighters give turn overs to the next shift I realize how important having a good radio/radios can be in emergencies. Went tend to use our radios as a fun tool or toy. We like to get on line and argue and complain about things that don't really matter, comparing the size of our antennas. Program your radios with frequencies that can help in an emergency and keep them charged up. Learn to use your equipment and have a plan. The fire was burning 1/4 mile below six towers on the mountain top that have the local amateur repeaters and a lot of commercial antennas (no GMRS repeaters). Thankfully the fire didn't go that direction. The fire went in the opposite direction from us. I can no longer see the fire so it looks like we are safe this time. At this point no lives were lost and no permanent structures were destroyed with no firefighter injuries. I now return you to the latest thread on FCC ambiguity...

As 926 said you might want to give the Wouxun software a try. My laptop is still running Windows 7 when it runs and I gave up on CHIRP because of that. I have never had a problem using the free software I downloaded from BTWR. I don't spend a lot of time programming my 935Gs but the Wouxun software works for what I do. As far as repeaters go you can start by programming in the repeater information using the Channel Wizard menu (long press the menu button) on the 935G+ and then just listen to see if you hear anything. Take it with you when you are driving and see what you hear. I thought the Channel Wizard was just a gimmick until I used it when I was away from a computer. It makes thing pretty easy it you are only adding a few repeaters at a time or even just a frequency you want to listen to that are out of the transmission band. I have local LEO and Fire frequencies on mine. Those are not digital or trunked in my area. It is a fun radio and I haven't figured out a way to mess up the programming on mine up in a way that couldn't be fixed.

I won't be a member of any club that would accept me as a member...

Late to the party... I have the HAM version of the UV9GX and two 935g+ among others. The 935G+ is my goto radio and both of mine have been used and abused. The build quality is good and heavy duty. There is a learning curve but it is fairly easy one. Sorry to hear about you medical condition. Cancer sucks (first hand knowledge). Enjoy your radio. I am off to go take care of my two grandkids for the morning.

That is a healthy approach to life in general.

That would be the one.

Welcome to the asylum.

I travel to TX several times a year to visit family. I joined a GMRS club that has repeaters in the area I visit so I can use their repeaters (I understand the repeaters are privately owned by a single licensee) when I'm there. The membership is free. You can become a paying member or donate if you want to but the basic membership, which allows you to use their repeaters, is free. Because I don't play well with others I don't care to join clubs, GMRS or HAM. I understand when a GMRS club wants to know who is using their equipment so they require membership. I did not realize that there are GMRS clubs that require you to be a paying member to use their repeaters.

From what I understand Taylor Swift tickets are more expensive than most FCC fines.

I didn't see the question either (and still don't). Great response from the people that did see it though.

There were two repeaters I occasionally use in my area that didn't start out being link but ended up that way. I don't keep up with that stuff so the way I found out was I had both repeaters up on my 935G as I came down off the mountain. I was going to meet a friend in the valley. I called out on one of the repeaters we had agreed on and lo and behold I heard the transmission on both repeaters. One of those repeaters is now offline. So, as wayoverthere stated, you can definitely be hearing yourself on a repeater that is linked using a different channel/frequency.

I so wanted to post a meme that talks about debating. However, not wanting to walk the line between humor and politics I will just supply the punchline... "Debating is a lot like riding a bike..." I now return you to your regularly scheduled dead horse thread.

Nokones is correct. None of those reach to the East side of the sierras. There was one repeater outside of Bishop that I requested and received access to and then a couple of weeks later the owner posted an update letting everyone know that the repeater had been stolen. He is in the process of replacing it now. Other than that one there re a couple of machines in Ridgecrest that reach a little bit of 395. I have not used them but the two El Paso Peak repeaters look like they 395. There isn't much north of Lone Pine except for the Bishop machine.

You don't really need a cell phone. Or a spare tire...

You are now the neighbor of the beast...

What radios do you have that you need to replace? The KG-935G+ is my favorite as well, but there other decent radios out there. Where and how you will use them as well as how much you are wanting spend will affect your search results. Let us know what you are using now and, perhaps, why they need to be replaced.

My wife and I attended a Memorial Day ceremony at the Indian Cemetery at the Wassama Round House in Ahwahnee, CA this morning. There is one WW1 veteran buried there. There was a rifle salute and the playing of Taps. It was a good reminder...

I bought a used 1973 Datsun B-210 in the early 80s. One day headed to work I hit a puddle of tallow in the middle of a sharp turn in the road going about 15mph and slid on top of the only large rock in Dallas county. I bent the unibody so much it would wouldn't drive straight.

A sense of humor is a handy thing to have on the interwebs. As the Queen of All Things GMRS, he brings information and laughs. The people that don't get that probably have a tough time going through day to day life.

Yes, as a matter of fact. And his daughter. Oh my!

I operated a power plant for over 30 years and the antenna for our UHF site radios was less than 70 feet from a 72KV transformer and transmission lines. There was no special grounding for the base station or antenna (professionally installed). We never had any problems with TX/RX. Where I live now I have a GMRS j-pole less than 100 feet from 200+KV transmission lines and have no issues.

While not totally waterproof IP66 is better than most radios out there. Luckily I haven't dropped my 935Gs in deep water yet.

I have owned the 935G and the 935G+. The 935G is a great GMRS radio. Not only for GMRS simplex and repeater use but for listening to other frequencies. I programmed mine with local LEO and Fire frequencies. I also programmed railroad frequencies to scan on trips because I enjoy that type of thing. I have used the radio in the rain and snow and have had a drop or two onto hard surfaces with no damage. I purchased the 935G+ as it was advertised as having more volume which helped me out before I got hearing aids. The stock antennas are pretty good as well. If it is in your budget for a GMRS radio I don't think you can go wrong with either.

My wife is to refer to me as El Conquistador when in public or on the air.