MichaelLAX

Yes, but the 578 sells for at least 4x the 779!

Does this video help?

While that method will work for the user to be able to receive the output of the repeater, that method will not work if the receiver of the repeater uses a different tone.

How long have you owned/used the 779UV? That is not my experience at all!

Yes! It is part 95 certified There is no such thing as a “dumb question! “ There are only dumb answers.

I’m not loaning them my only one: I use it too often! i’ll just have to continue using the CPS software when needed

Next time I will turn on “red-line” ?

Good reply! I would add the following comments to the paragraph listed above: Because the repeater output uses the shared GMRS frequencies you might hear a transmission that you think came from that repeater, but was instead from another repeater or a simplex (non-repeater) transmission. When a code is used on the repeater output, you can use that code on the receiving radio to filter out other repeaters and simplex traffic.

Good work! My Pofung P15UV is due to arrive on Thursday and after I get a chance to play with it and program it, I will comment on your review.

Maybe my calculations are wrong Check out: Smiley 46510

If you reduce it to 15-3/4 inches (not including adapters), it should act like a 5/8ths wave with your hand acting as the ground plane for 467 MHz transmission on the GMRS repeater channels

Email sent i will be happy to program them for you if by reply email you let me know the frequencies and tones used

Do you have any aversion to using Baofeng UV-5Rs, which are not Part 95 certified, on your GMRS system? I would be happy to "thin" my collection by sending you some.

Radioddity throws another low-price 5 watt GMRS Repeater capable HT into the ring: Radioddity G11S Looks like the Pofung P11UV

I've been trying to figure out if this rig has the "secret" ability to tell us what CTCSS or DCS tones are on a received signal. Have you figured this one out?

WELCOME!! Looks like you are referring to the Phoenix High Power 550 repeaters; I do not see a tone listed for general use (which is normal because they only want Members to know the tone) On Tuesdays set your transmit CTCSS to 141.3 and you should have access that day.

Some Operational Tips: Open up the Ham 2 meter and 70 cm bands to transmit on the USA version (also available in the provided software under Model): 1) Turn off the power. 2) While holding down the V/M button, turn on the power. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to change from the GMRS setting on the display to 136-174 MHz; 400-470 MHz and now power down. 3) When you power back up licensed operators can now transmit on the GMRS channels and the 2 meter and 70 cm Ham bands. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Giving a Channel an alphanumeric name without using a computer: 1) Go to the appropriate Channel 2) Push the FUN button and using the V/M and MAIN buttons to go through the Menu items until you reach Function 29: DSPCHANNEL and using the Up and Down arrow buttons, select NAME. Push the FUN button to exit the Function menu. 3) Push the FUN button and using the V/M and MAIN buttons to go through the Menu items until you reach Function 12: CHANNEL NAME. Using the Up and Down Arrow buttons, scroll through the list of 1-0, A-Z and a-z to find the first letter. When you do find it, push the MON button to confirm that character and move to the 2nd position. Repeat as necessary until up to 8 characters are entered. 4) When finished push the FUN button to exit the Function Mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Programming a repeater channel without using a computer: 1) Switch to VFO mode (from Channel Mode) using the V/M key 2) Using the number keys on the mic, enter the repeater's output frequency 3) On the mic, push FUN then 9 repeatedly until the proper split (+ or - or blank for Off) appears above the frequency. 4) Press the FUN key on the Radio and use the V/M and Main keys as an up/down to get to function 10:Offset. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to set your offset split, such as 5.00000MHz or 0.60000MHz (you can hold down the Up or Down key to have it continuously change). Once you get to the proper offset, push the FUN key again. 5) Press the FUN key on the Radio and go to Function 01:T-CDC and use the Up and Down keys to find the proper transmit PL Tone. Use the same method to optionally set the proper receive PL Tone, if necessary, on Function 02:R-CDC (or Function 03: RT-CDC if both tones are the same) 6) You can rotate through High, Medium and Low transmit power using FUN and 0 (zero) on the mic. 7) Save to the first open channel by pushing Fun and UP on the microphone (or then use the UP and DN keys on the mic to scroll through the available channels, with empty ones saying NULL ? Save to this channel holding down the "MON-*" key on the mic and you are done! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Use DCS Digital Tones: Go to desired channel Press FUN on mic Press 1 on mic Go to menu 1 using V/M or Main key on mic Press number 1 on mic to cycle to 000 N display for menu 1 Use up and down on mic to scroll to code corresponding to desired DCS code. List is in the instructions. Use V/M or Main to go to menu item 2. Repeat selection process Press DIL on mic to exit. _________________________________________________________________ New Radioddity DB20-G CPS software V2.02 1. Change the default bandwidth from Narrow to Wide. 2. Address the bug that "when repeater TX frequency change, RX frequency automatically match" ----------------------------------------------------------------

Do you put them in 3 vehicles? I am considering another one for use in my shack, as it performs equally as well or better as my Yaesu FT-857d on VHF and UHF connected to my rooftop Comet Tri-bander. Nothing is as easy to use as CHIRP, but this software is not as bad as you make it seem, compared to other CPS software that I have used before. Yes, I would like to find an import/export utility for this software and I keep looking for someone to post something valuable or CHIRP to implement their program on this wonderful machine! I will separately post my "tips" for this radio

See how my Name to the left of my comments say: "Location: The Valley" - yours still does not say San Diego. Go to: Edit Profile - Location Get her a GRMS license for a Labor Day gift and the two of you can burn up the airwaves together!!!

I went Road Warrioring to San Diego Thursday to help a new GMRS user: Stockjock, find some repeaters! Near where Hiway 56 meets Interstate-15 (just west) the best hit was GMRS-1 (462.550) using either 159.8 or 162.2 CTCSS tones. I tried to record their Morse Code identifier so I could decode it and trace the owner for permission, but it did not repeat for the long duration of my stay See if you can hit it and let me know!

I love it! i bought the Anytone AT-779UV, same radio! $99 at Amazon first mobile (because I hate HTs in a car) in 60 years of radio! Instant mobile radio: mag-mount antenna and cup-holder mount and cigarette lighter plug! Ask me any questions!

Not so in Southern California; NorCal is different? The only repeater in SoCal that I am aware of that is not tone encoded, is the Catalina Repeater: 147.09. All* the rest of them require tones. *Never say Never! When I use the word "all" I assume that there are one or two other exceptions similar to the Catalina Repeater that I have never used, such as those few listed in the Jet Propulsion Labs 2 Meter Repeater chart for SoCal: http://rptrlist.w6jpl.ampr.org/2m.htm But even that chart shows that the great preponderance of 2 meter repeaters in SoCal use tones. The same is true, but to a lesser extent, in that chart for 440 MHz. But Axorlov's point is well taken: GMRS repeaters use tones to allow for multiple repeaters on the same limited 8 channels.

Yeah, I went back and reread his criticism: Starting out with calling someone "plum crazy" is an easy way to get the other party in a mode that makes it easy to misunderstand a comment; sarcasm notwithstanding. Now that I have reread it in context, I think WRNA236 is saying that it is incongruous to use 1996 FCC rules and regulations on 2021's state of the art of technology! Perhaps his use of the term "plum crazy" was not aimed at Lscott, but at the FCC and Congress for not updating the statutory and regulatory scheme. But he could have been clearer. That being said, law and regulation always lags behind technology!

Motorola has a trademark on the term "Private Line" which is usually abbreviated to "PL" but of course it only offers privacy to the listener to block out those transmissions he does not want to hear. The generic term was originally CTCSS for the analog system. I make sure my 10 year old grandson's FRS radio has CTCSS turned on for receive, when he communicates to me, so that he is not bothered by other transmissions, including for his safety. When he expresses an interest in radio communications with strangers, I will explain its meaning to him and then discuss with him how not to give out personal information to strangers (as he already knows not to do in person).

WELCOME! I answered your other post as well. Get on your GMRS and talk and ask questions and listen to their answers That's the "Dummies Guide to GMRS!" Your profile does not say which region you are located?