[GMRS national linking]

On 12/17/2022 at 9:19 AM, WRUL417 said:

I submitted a request via email to access the closest repeater to me a few weeks ago and no response. So here I sit, high on a hill in Indiana, just listening to rag chews on my Wouxon KG 916 HT. I don’t want to hassle the repeater owner but I will just continue to monitor the repeater being fairly new to GMRS so I can pick up on protocols and etiquette. Not sure if I want to set up a repeater myself so the focus will be on simplex and mastering the functions on my HT.

Glad to know that others are having the same frustrations on repeater access. 

You could put your own backyard repeater up and link it to the network.

https://www.retevis.com/rt97s-full-duplex-portable-gmrs-repeater-bundle-us

[How many people really use the VHF radio MURS service?]

On 7/30/2020 at 12:22 AM, Lscott said:

IMO business use should be prohibited. That's done for GMRS currently.

 

While GMRS licenses are not issued to business entities, using GMRS for business is perfectly legal as long as everyone transmitting is covered by a GMRS license.