MichaelLAX

"Absolutely incorrect:" the manual is not skimpy at 20 pages?!? ? You should see the original manual for the Anytone AT-779UV if you want to see skimpy!

DMR: that explains one component of their much higher prices. I would prefer a mobile without DMR at a savings...

I should have been more specific: both VHF and UHF. How do you know the Alinco DR-MD500T and Anytone AT-D578 can be "opened up" to transmit beyond ham bands? I see that the D578 is DMR, too; nice!

Let us know if you find a 50 watt GMRS mobile capable of being unlocked (or ham radio capable of being extended to GMRS frequencies.). The best I have been able to do is the Anytone AT-779UV a/k/a Radioddity DB20-G 20 watt VHF/18 watt UHF mobile.

Congratulations! What happens next year when you will be 73?!? ?

Let's "end" this thread of humor!

Back in the days when Motorola's trademark for "Private Line" was still active, I used PL to mean: "Please Leave" instead! ?

I seem to recall that there was a Linux laptop setup in those days that would break WEP "protection."

2008; a few short years ago - what year do you think it is?!? ?

It was a "play" on the word "end" i.e.: a humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word:

What if the water entered the coax at the beginning? ?

WELCOME! Join the TexasGMRS.net I am going to post some repeaters and tones for their repeaters surrounding Houston, in the vicinity of Cypress, so please acknowledge that you have written them down and I will delete the tones from this message going forward: Magnolia 625 xxx DPL Conroe 700 xxx.x Northwest 550 xxx DPL Sugarland 600 xxx DPL Montgomery 600 xxx DPL Memorial Park 725 xxx DPL Good luck! UPDATE: Try this other repeater as well: SW Tomball 575 [edited out tones - sent by PM]

Exactly my question as well. I use a "mobile" in my home, the Radioddity DB20-G and I have a Jetstream JTPS32MAB power supply that I had purchased some years ago to power my Yeasu FT-857d ham radio. Since it has Anderson Powerpoles on the front, I was able to easily add a cigarette lighter type connector to it to power the DB20-g. But again in your RAM, just have it connected directly to its battery. I looked up that Alinco and it sure looks sweet! But I have no direct experience with it.

There is an underlying rule of legal interpretation that where there is ambiguity, the law does not support an unreasonable interpretation. It is unreasonable and unrealistic to expect that the FCC in Part 95e would allow handheld GMRS radios to have an unlimited power limit (irrespective of what the exposure limits might be). A more reasonable interpretation of Section 95.1767(a) is that handhelds are limited to 5 watts, as specifically mentioned in subsections (b) and (c) of that rule. So if you operated a 60 watt homemade handheld GMRS radio, and were charged with violating Section 95.1767, you could not defend yourself on the basis that the Rule is silent on the wattage limit for handhelds. See, United States of America, Ex Rel. Phalp, et al. v. Lincare Holdings, Inc. et al., Case No. 16-10532, 2017 WL 2296878 (11th Cir. May 26, 2017) Do you still think I am wrong in my interpretation?

What do you need in the meantime?

Ok, so if I am wrong in my interpretation, what is your conclusion of the power limitation on HTs? 50 watts?

TRUE: but no one else knows why it's funny!!! ?

Perhaps, but I will posit this question: If the Regs do not prohibit HTs above 5 watts for GMRS, how come no one is selling them?!? I'll rest with my interpretation that the power limit for HTs on GMRS is 5 watts

Wrong in my interpretation that the power limit for HTs on GMRS is 5 watts?

The Rule was inartfully drafted. Under your approach to interpreting this rule, hand-helds would have no ability to transmit on the 462/467 main channels, since they are not mentioned in subsections (1) or (2); but we clearly know this is not the case. We know explicitly that hand-helds cannot transmit move than 0.5 watts on the 467 interstitials nor more than 5 watts on the 462 interstitials. and The only radios allowed to transmit up to 50 watts are the mobile, repeater and base stations transmitting on the 462/467 main channels and hand-helds are not given that explicit permission. Hence hand-helds are limited to 5 watts on the 462/467 main channels.

My mistake for relying on my memory and not looking it up but yes aircraft are around 118-121 MHz. However, IMHO when saying "most all" is a much higher proportion than just saying "most" and hence the massive preponderance of aircraft communication on AM is not compatible with the suggestion of "most" let alone, "most all." Someone pointed out elsewhere that they use AM for aircraft so that the "capture effect" of FM does not overwhelm an important transmission.

Isn't that a tri-band HT? I have the UV-5Rx3 and I read in BTECH posts that the new UV-5x3 has more features and versatility than the earlier UV-5Rs, including the UV-5Rx3. When did you purchase yours?

That's BUL, and you of all people should know that! (KQ4BUL, that is...)?

Check out the highlighted in Red text in each case: I believe the absence of the term "hand-held" in the 50 watt subparagraph (a)(1) limits hand-helds to the 5 watt limitation in subsection (b) or 0.5 watts for 467 interstitial channels in (c).

The xs29g or the xs20g??? For you, what justifies the almost double cost compared to the DB20-g?