MichaelLAX

Cents of Humor! ? And that’s Mr Dude to you, Kieth!

This issue was covered recently and I think the conclusion was it works. I have the TYT-88UV and I will note that LetsGetReady also sells a higher capacity battery, that I purchased, with, I believe, free shipping.

Not knowing the geography from Avila Beach, do you think there is Line of Sight to San Luis Obispo for the SLO 700 Repeater? And have you tried from different places while driving in SLO (your office building may be hindering your transmission)?

Try it with just the Transmit Tone and no Receive Tone. Be careful: some people claim that weather predictions heard on a Baofeng are unreliable! ?

Since my TYT-UV88 has TONE SCAN but does not have a REVERSE function, I have programmed all 8 repeater channels into another 8 channels in reverse, for when I take my road trips to look for repeaters and/or track down repeaters.

Give us some insight: Putin or Zelenskyy!

WELCOME! I take your joke to mean, you now operate with the proper license! The Devil's Head repeater is on 462.550 (a/k/a Channel 23 a/k/a Repeater Channel 1) and is part of the MidWest GMRS Repeater Network. You can ask for permission, and if granted, they will give you the necessary tone(s) to gain access. https://mygmrs.com/repeater/2893 https://midwestgmrs.com What radio do you use?

What if you wanted a Club Callsign for Volunteers UnLimited? ?

YaaY!!!

No, no: set your transmit tone; just leave your reception toneless.

Nightime only, Kieth? ?

I am consistently amazed at the efficiency of this $109 radio! Now if they would only come out with the DB50G! ?

Conductor? Let's refresh our memories with the Original Post:

Or if you set NO receive tone, you can hear them.

What is the difference between MURS specifically and Freeband, in general?

Thank you: I was curious how many watts @donniefitz2uses to communicate with the Tucson 650 repeater 110 miles away? I am guessing the repeater must be on Mount Lemmon. If so, its elevation is > 9,000 feet.

Some repeaters are set to have no squelch tail; so "kerchunking" them will result in silence. The only way to confirm these would be with a 2nd radio in range and set to transmit to this repeater with the proper tone.

How many watts does your radio output?

Welcome to myGMRS. GMRS communities are nothing like Ham ones: they serve two distinct purposes, with some overlap. I am on a low-salt diet! ?

Thanks! The news about the closing of Jocko's is very sad Here is the map from me shack to the KERN Double Mountain Repeater. Turns out it is only 60 miles:

How do I access that map? I am located in the flats of The San Fernando Valley and with my rooftop Comet tri-bander, I am able to consistently hit a 70 cm Ham repeater on Double Mountain about 90 miles away in the Techachipi Mountains. It is part of the Kern Emergency Radio Network. So I am going past the Los Angeles National Forest and further past Frazier Mountain to be able to hit this repeater. Actually its frequency is shared with another repeater that I can hear to the South on the PAPA network, so when I want to chat on KERN, I more consistently use the Frazier Mountain Repeater. But I would love to use that map to see how I am able to do this. Another example is the Ham 2 meter Catalina repeater on Catalina Island. I can use it consistently even though the Santa Monica Mountains are in between. So there is some sort of "bending" effect that allows me to use these repeaters using my Anytone AT-779UV with 20 watts. Do you ever stop at Jocko's in Nipomo for their Oak-fired Spencer Steaks? Hmmm: The Best!

If there are two topics that will generate the most heat on this Forum, they are: 1) A GMRS Travel Channel; and 2) Communications on GMRS beyond "line of sight" And now we have them both in ONE thread! ?

I feel the same way about reading comments online from strangers, as well! ?

It’s an unfounded fear: the mic is cupped in your hand and your thumb is on the normal push to talk button. You do not push any of the buttons on the face of the microphone unless you intend to do so! And even if you do push one inadvertently, mostly nothing happens to interfere with your reception or transmission, as many functions require a two button push.