MichaelLAX

While your opinion ("I think...") is both factually and historically correct, all that changed when Apple purchased NEXT in 1997 to use its software to develop Mac's OS X and at the same time brought back Steve Jobs (the owner of NEXT), who immediately streamlined the Macintosh product offerings, ended the Macintosh "clone" program for 3rd party companies, developed and released the original "iMac" and fast tracked the development of OS X. And in 2006, Jobs moved the Macintosh to the Intel platform, which for the first time, allowed the Macintosh to natively run Windows in the Mac Bootcamp environment (and/or the Mac continued to be able to run Windows virtually within the available virtual programs such as VMWare, Parallels, etc.). My comment earlier was in response to @Citizen's comment: ... and his hesitancy to touch Apple products, which might be a pejorative way to say that Apple products are inferior. If that is what he is saying, my opinion is that I strongly disagree!

Take your HT for a nice drive towards the repeater (you do not mention what model your HT is), especially during "rush hour" and make some connections. Try these repeaters: To the West, Bremen 575 with digital code (DCS) of D175N*; and To the SouthWest, Tippecanoe 650 with tone 173.8* and Culver 725 with a tone of 178.8* To the North, Elkhart 550 and to the East, Brimfield 625 require permission, so visit these repeater links and click to "request access" (and obtain the tones) for the future. Or pickup a $27 Baofeng HT and have a family member (and hence covered by your GMRS license) drive a circumference of your home and obtain a radio check. *I recommend you only use the "encode" tone and leave the receiver open to any and all receptions during your early communications work.

I guess you are not old enough to remember that the whole point of Windows was to look like Apple... the Macintosh!

The fact that you, as an Apple engineer, refuse to run Windows on any of your Macs or purchase an inexpensive PC to run Windows 10 is going to be an ongoing problem every time to want to tweak your Codeplug. Why not just borrow your buddie’s radio every time you want to use one? ?

I tried to enlarge your profile photo, but its resolution is too low. What is that equipment under the A-B switch?

Observations: 1) FRS can operate up to 2 watts on all Channels except 8-14, so that you have the option to purchase higher power FRS radios, as well; and 2) If you get your GMRS license, it covers all those in your family and everyone can move up to GMRS handhelds that have 5 watts on all Channels, except 8-14 and can operate through repeaters, too (sometimes called Channels 23-30)!

Welcome! There are no such thing as "dumb questions." Only, dumb answers! ?

Perhaps Wouxun will make a "Spinal Tap" version with its squelch settings that range from zero to 11! ?

How would a Guest know to look in the Ham Forum for an answer to such a generalized question, as the Guest OP asked in this thread? And usually Guest generated questions would require answers that may fall in many other Forums. Best to keep the answers in the Guest generated thread than cause confusion The specific answer regarding DMR was pretty much fully answered until you brought it to our attention again.

Rather than go back and point out your earlier quotes, which at a minimum lead me to believe you felt all CCRs were garbage and trash (and why would anyone use garbage and/or trash, even if cheap, to start out in communications on any personal level), I'll just take the high road and say I am sorry for confusing your earlier statements and I will thank you for your clarification.

There are people with an opinion that have no experience. There are people with experience that have no opinion. I'd give greater value to an opinion from a person who has experience.

Protestors rarely need to have any form of wireless communications. Conspirators, insurrectionists and reprobates: well that's another story altogether!

His Ham callsign is WY0JOE

You and @gman1971are entitled to your opinions about never recommending Baofengs for any purpose, but I still contend they are a wonderful way to get Newbies into either GMRS or Ham Radio and sometimes, Both! I speak from experience...

So, in Zello, you can or cannot have point-to-point, direct communication, when both have internet access?

Do you have access to a DMR repeater so you can avoid a Hotspot for now?

You're confusing XP with Vista! XP is a dream to use: like a hot knife through butter! No need to upgrade until I come across a CPS that requires me to use the free copy of Windows 10 that I installed in Parallels on Mac some time ago, but sits dormant!

I have no personal experience with Zello-phones (other than using Zello on my iPhone to communicate through @OffRoaderX's repeater), but I think @WyoJoedoes and I see that Amazon is selling an HT model for $59.

Why struggle with a "four on the floor" Dodge Challenger (sibling of the Jeep) when Grandma's Model-T gets me to the grocery store and back just fine!?! ?

What, me worry? ?

Rather than second hand misinformation, here is my review: if you have one of the radios listed to be used with this device, it does exactly what it claims: you can reprogram on the fly without a computer. if will not cook you breakfast, or anything else your friend expected of a $22 device! ?

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TIDRadio BL-1 Bluetooth Wireless Programmer

And interestingly enough, the TIDRadio Wireless Program Adapter, has yet to be upgraded to program the TIDRadio TD-H5 and its clones:

Now THAT'S FUNNY! ? "Fool me once, shame on me; fool me twice: I won't get fooled again!"* -- I'm enjoying my return to bachelor life! I grew up in Chicago and moved to join my grandparents in Los Angeles when I was 15. Looking back at it; not sure how I endured those winters! ___________________________________________________ *President George W Bush