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You can only use one channel at a time.

No doubt, the HLN9073 is the more elegant of the two designs.  JJHXSM-like mic holders came with my Wouxuns mobiles. They are a little bendy, but useable.  However, to use one in my particular car, it would require me to screw it to the dash or center console and suffer an awkward reach or create interference with other stuff. None of which are acceptable to me. The magnet solution, while imperfect, allows me to secure the mic to the radio's mounting bracket without effort or precision.
 
Thanks for the information!

I enjoy working solutions like 703 did. Finding something that works for your needs on your budget. Sure there are other ways to do things but he got it done. I can see a use case for a simplex repeater like he put together. 

I have a 35 year old Fluke 27 that has never let me down.
I had a supervisor that wanted some measurements taken inside of a 72 KV switchyard. The two operators on duty refused to perform the task and reminded the supervisor (who had been an operator and went through the high voltage training) that measuring tapes were not allowed inside of a live switchyard. He got mad and went in the switchyard to get the measurements anyway. He lived but will never fully recover from what it did to his body. That was in a very specific professional setting, but the lessons apply to anyone working with any voltages.

I have a 35 year old Fluke 27 that has never let me down.
I had a supervisor that wanted some measurements taken inside of a 72 KV switchyard. The two operators on duty refused to perform the task and reminded the supervisor (who had been an operator and went through the high voltage training) that measuring tapes were not allowed inside of a live switchyard. He got mad and went in the switchyard to get the measurements anyway. He lived but will never fully recover from what it did to his body. That was in a very specific professional setting, but the lessons apply to anyone working with any voltages.

Seen this picture before. It is bird crap on the windshield.

Seen this picture before. It is bird crap on the windshield.

Seen this picture before. It is bird crap on the windshield.

Seen this picture before. It is bird crap on the windshield.

Seen this picture before. It is bird crap on the windshield.

Yes, just click on the map option and zoom in to where you are.

Correctly? You can use it to talk to anyone who will listen & respond.

Personally, i don't care what language is used.. A lot of people do for whatever reason but i find this is why the ch knob was invented.  

No offense intended, but if you had started your first post with this information you probably would have received a different reaction to your first post on this site. I hope your group can get the funds to get you back on the air.

Last week we got 8-10 inches. The highlands are still solid white, as is the continental divide about a mile east of me. Rivers went out a month ago. Two pictures to demonstrate how quickly things change. 

That was mine as well!

I just spoke with a large radio importer/reseller based here in the U.S. (i cant say who) - He said his tariff fees are based on the wholesale price (not 'calculated value' at the port of entry, as I thought/read about) - because the new fees would nearly double the retail price, and he knows he cant sell any at those prices, he has halted all new radio shipments..  
i dont like it but I am willing to feel a little short-term pain for longer-term trade equity...

What is "warranty"? I've never heard of it.

About the only way to do that would be to carve off 8-10 frequencies from the 440 band, and hams would completely lose their s*** over that. I understand why. Once the camel's nose is under the tent, the rest will soon follow, and hams don't want to lose anything they have. I don't think there's any way the FCC will authorize new channels for GMRS. In this particular instance, it's not something they will consider at all, because the goal is to simplify rules, save money, and reduce regulatory burdens, and reallocating frequencies to GMRS won't do any of that.
My prediction is that changes to amateur and GMRS regulations will be few or none. My reasoning is that ham and GMRS are already pretty lightly regulated and there's not much to be gained by changing anything. The only thing I could see happening is that other users could pressure the FCC to reallocate part of the amateur radio spectrum to give them more bandwidth, but again, at present that won't accomplish any of the FCCs goals. Indeed, it would make things more complicated since they'd have to write a whole new set of regulations. It may happen someday, but probably not under the present administration.

Do you have a GMRS radio?
If so, set it to scan channels 1-22 with no privacy tones. If people are using GMRS and they’re within range, you’ll hear them. 

Sure. You can tune GMRS from 462.550 to 462.725 mhz.

The Texas GMRS Network has quite a few repeaters listed in the Houston area. Do a search for them. You have to be a member to use their repeaters. I have family in Beaumont and joined their group to access a Repeater in that area. 
Edit: You must have a GMRS license to use their repeaters.

I've heard that story before, but the Harvard Radio Club history says nothing of it: http://w1af.harvard.edu/php/history.php
Wikipedia has an interesting page on the etymology of "ham". A couple different versions of that story appear there, but nothing truly definitive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio

Thats why the CORRECT way to write it is:  H.A.M.
Anyone that thinks otherwise obviously does not even have a H.A.M. radio license.

When the radio is set in VFO mode, and you turn the knob on the right, it will move up or down through its frequency range. Step is how far it jumps with each click. If you set up the radio for GMRS, you probably wouldn't use this setting much. But it's there in case you want to move around through the frequencies to listen to things, such as in the 70cm amateur band.