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  1. SteveShannon
    Except that by putting the repeaters on MyGMRS for everyone to see, these repeater owners are advertising their repeaters for use. If they truly wanted you to stay off they never should have advertised them. To advertise them and then fail to respond to requests in a timely manner blocks others from using those repeater frequencies.
  2. SteveShannon
    A lot of my friends have purchased UV5R radios. I’ve only seen one part failure, a microphone jack that no longer connects the built in microphone when the plug is removed. I’ve not seen one DOA.
  3. SteveShannon
    I’m trying to understand your dissatisfaction with amateur radio. Are you disappointed that more people in your area aren’t chatting frequently on VHF/UHF?
  4. SteveShannon
    There’s a conversation about that from maybe eight or nine months ago. Technically you might be able to do something like that but you tie up more channels. Done incorrectly you end up with an infinite loop. But the regulations don’t allow repeaters to transmit on the 467 MHz frequencies so it’s not really possible.
  5. SteveShannon
    Yes, @marcspaz, speedy recovery and friendly nurses!!!
  6. SteveShannon
    And Baofeng has had its share of problems: http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-cites-baofeng-importer-for-illegally-marketing-unauthorized-rf-devices#:~:text=The FCC asserts that Amcrest,Service (Land Mobile) rules.
  7. SteveShannon
    @pcradio I believe that a high quality part 90 radio can be used for GMRS without causing any problems as long as it’s by someone who knows and follows the regulations regarding power, bandwidth, frequencies, etc. I’ve heard of (but I don’t have a copy) a letter from the FCC stating something similar. Same for ham radio. A part 90 radio may be used. That’s truly acceptable. Many people operate with type 90 radios, tuned for both amateur and personal radio service frequencies. They do so mostly discreetly.
  8. SteveShannon
    Yes to all three questions.
  9. SteveShannon
    To me the digital speech modes sound like the speaker has a drunken slurred voice. Better processing might help some, but higher fidelity requires greater bandwidth.
  10. SteveShannon
    Congratulations, proof that if you ask enough different sources you’ll find one that reinforces your belief.
  11. SteveShannon
    First, clear any receive tone. Leaving the receive tone empty will allow you to hear everything on the frequency. I always start there. Then, once you can hear everything, try transmitting and listen for any kind of sound, such as a response or squelch tail. If you don’t hear anything when you try, try getting closer to the repeater and listen on the uplink frequency. Scan for tones if possible. Yes, it’s entirely possible for the tones listed here to be wrong if the owner didn’t change the information.
  12. SteveShannon
    That might work, but you’re better off creating a shortcut and editing the shortcut like @markskjerve described.
  13. SteveShannon
    It’s a good idea to post the specs, but the video is exactly the same one that @WRUU653 posted 7 hours ago.
  14. SteveShannon
    Programming them from the software is easy. Read the radio (not strictly necessary but I always do it) then edit like a spreadsheet and write to the radio. I just haven’t tried adding additional channels in the default GMRS configuration. I have programmed quite a few channels into the radio I opened up for dual band vhf/uhf ham as recently as a few weeks ago. There was nothing about it that was even remotely painful that sticks out in my mind.
  15. SteveShannon
    I have two of them but I don’t have an answer. I think you can add additional channels, but I never tried. I’m going to be out of town for a few days but if you don’t get an answer I’ll try it next week. I know that the one I reset to the ham bands can have channels added.
  16. SteveShannon
    Es-yay. I-ay eak-spay ig-pay Atin-lay! I gave part of a eulogy in pig Latin for my aunt Merle once.
  17. SteveShannon
    Maybe because it’s not transmitting until it actually receives something with the right tone?
  18. SteveShannon
    Gute idee! Für mir schmecht es gut!
  19. SteveShannon
    Ich weiß dass Sie haben Norwegisch vergessen.
  20. SteveShannon
    No problem. I don’t really know of any long range shooting ranges, but I’m sure that they must have on in the Billings area. Try that HamStudy. You can either do it as an app or for free on the website.
  21. SteveShannon
    Perhaps they drive through the coverage area.
  22. SteveShannon
    Although some GMRS radios do exchange location information with each other using digital data, APRS typically relies on digipeaters which are not part of GMRS. In fact, GMRS radios are not permitted to send digital or position data through repeaters. APRS is really more of an amateur radio thing. I used HamStudy and getting my licenses was a piece of cake. I haven’t hunted in years. I do enjoy shooting though and the scarier looking the gun is the better.
  23. SteveShannon
    Morse code station identification of a GMRS station is permitted by the regulations. That’s not the kind of “code” that the regulations prohibit. Codes used to conceal meaning are.
  24. SteveShannon
    What countries recognize a US GMRS license? Which of those countries allow communications on the WARC bands with only a US GMRS license? If these questions cause you to become frustrated because you “don’t have a lot of time to talk about other things” you may have come to the wrong place. We’re all about talking about other things.
  25. SteveShannon
    I suspect you’re confusing GMRS and Amateur Radio. The WARC bands are amateur radio (30 meters, 17 meters, and 12 meters) and have nothing to do with GMRS. It is possible to travel and communicate in other countries with an amateur radio license.
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