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When *I* was a boy, we had to smack together quartz crystals we dug up ourselves to send radio signals. And we could only receive by hanging a cable on a tree and holding it with our tongues! These damned kids, with their "electricity" and "antennas" are too lazy and stupid to be allowed to have radio!

I was thinking about that too! Although, I think this would decrease power for all of the settings at once, not just low power, but I haven't dug into it...

Hey all, I just ran across this Baofeng modification video. Brass tacks, just how bad an idea, from a technical standpoint, is the power mod in this video?

Well that's sad and disappointing. I guess humor to make a point about too many threads on the same topic was too much? Someone tell Steve I apologize for upsetting his applecart...

Obvious misunderstanding of the 'obvious trope' is obvious!

Check out this screed. It might change your mind!

Hey, my ignore list just grew to six, and now this thread is much less aggravating... I highly recommend it!

I don't want you to say anything at all. I was simply trying to explain that your overaggressive attitude and unfounded insistence on being right in the face of logic and evidence presented to the contrary a) make you come off as a dick, and b) will never convince anyone of anything. But hey, by all means, if you want to just be blocked by half the people who read your posts, keep it up!

Yes, as previously noted, you do seem to have extreme reading comprehension issues. Not to mention that there's no "form or tying" involved at all... I'm not sure how much clearer I can be than "Maybe take the attitude down three or four notches? You don't persuade people by yelling at them, especially when all you have to contradict their well supported arguments is sarcasm and 'you're wrong!'...", but I'll do my best. How about this: Stop trying so hard to be a dick, and maybe people will take you more seriously.

I'm pretty sure we all get the picture, but it's a picture of someone who really needs to be an expert on stuff that other people have clearly demonstrated they have more expertise with. Maybe take the attitude down three or four notches? You don't persuade people by yelling at them, especially when all you have to contradict their well supported arguments is sarcasm and "you're wrong!"...

Dammit, Jim!

Technically correct is the best *kind* of correct, of course, but lawyers make technical distinctions without a difference into new case-law every day....

Are you new here? That's kinda what we do...

I've never met this Roger Beep, but he sure does get people talking!

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Would we expect any other kind?

If you are on the repeater listing on the main site, just click "Request Access", and it will let you type a whole message to send to them.

I can only speak from my own experience, but around here, there's usually a data buzz blotting at least one GMRS channel for a number of hours several times a week. Everyone I've asked says it sounds like DMR...

Please tell me you continued that conversation for as many hours as possible, consistently using the beep!

Once...

Nothing foreboding about that sentence AT ALL....

Your videos are why I'm here, man! However, it took me like 30-40 hours of watching your videos to get comfy, and even then, I had to come here asking stupid questions for months. I'm just looking to boil things down as an introduction, so newbs like I was two years ago have a smaller hill to climb. Of course, any introduction would *have* to mention your exalted poobah-ness!

That could come in super-handy!

That's a good start for topics. In addition: What FCC webpage do I use? How do I use it, and why the hell is it that way? (What's an FRN, What's a callsign, and why do you need both?) Range considerations: power, line-of-site, and antenna gain How do repeaters work (theory) How do repeaters work (radio programming) How do repeaters work (etiquette, permission, resources for finding, etc) How come every time I ask a question about GMRS, somebody that calls themself a 'ham" shows up and starts a five page answer with "You're asking the wrong question. What you really want to do is..." (Joking! I'm joking! Well, at least mostly...)

As discussed above, something between a primer and a handbook. Something you could reasonably read in an hour or two tops. Again, mostly for people who either aren't that interested in the technical stuff or don't want to bother with it before jumping in, but which hits all the technical points just enough that the reader comes out knowing what people are talking about if they mention technical details even if they don't really understand them all that well. I'm not sure how it could be useful to have a guide on how to GMRS without explaining how to use repeaters, so yes, of course, that would clearly be important. It would need to cover every facet of GMRS usage, and just enough theory and technical detail that you have guideposts to do further research if desired, but don't waste your time on hundreds of pages of unnecessary stuff...