SteveShannon

We could bring them back here and vote on them?

Apparently, I am an idiot.

Okay, I think many of us recognize that an FAQs thread would have some value. So here’s what I propose. Start a new topic in the Guest forum called FAQs. Whenever we see a good answer to a question we consider an FAQ, we copy the question and it and add it to the FAQs. We ask a Rich to pin it to the top of the Guest forum. I recommend we keep the bickering away from there. For example, Iif I don’t agree with your interpretation of whether repeaters must identify, I should go somewhere else to argue and mark the question as ambiguous in the absence of an official ruling from the FCC. How does that sound? Steve

Not it!

Yeah, a decent FAQ or “Start Here” post could help with several of these questions, or just a referral to Notarubicon videos.

No. Being able to configure legal GMRS channels from external buttons isn’t what the regulations refer to. You can’t interpret a single sentence outside of the context of the entire paragraph.

But those aren’t GMRS radios where cost is king.

That’s pretty common. For the most part GMRS is something you buy to talk to friends or relatives who also have GMRS radios. If you want to meet new friends on the airwaves, ham radio is more fitting.

She isn’t saying that in this particular post; what she posted is the requirement in 95.1761(c). But she’s using it to support an incorrect interpretation. We have to consider the paragraph in its entirety. The buttons on the outside of your 935(g) don’t allow you to program your radio to a frequency capability not listed in 95.1763, so they’re not what this paragraph is talking about: (c) No GMRS transmitter will be certified for use in the GMRS if it is equipped with a frequency capability not listed in § 95.1763, unless such transmitter is also certified for use in another radio service for which the frequency is authorized and for which certification is also required. No GMRS transmitter will be certified for use in the GMRS if it is equipped with the capabilities to operate in services that do not require equipment certification, such as the Amateur Radio Service. All frequency determining circuitry (including crystals) and programming controls in each GMRS transmitter must be internal to the transmitter and must not be accessible from the exterior of the transmitter operating panel or from the exterior of the transmitter enclosure.

With the exception of some built in antennas such as the Garmin Rhinos, none of the antennas used with commercial GMRS radios are “designed for the radio.” They’re standard off-the-shelf items picked for a combination of cost and performance.

I put a BNC-SMA adapter on my Yaesu FT5DR so I can remove and replace the antenna easily without wearing out the factory connector.

1. SMA, but there are 4 different SMA connectors. There’s the outer threaded shield which can be either male or female and there’s the center pin and socket. You will find male threads and female center sockets, male threads and male center pins, female threads with female center sockets, and finally female threads with male center pins. (RG-58 is a cable standard). 2. No, they do not. Of the radios I have, the Baofeng UV5R dual band radios, Yaesu FT65R, Yaesu FT4x, and Alinco MD5 all use the female threads and male pin on the radio, but my FT5DR uses male threads and a female center socket.

Of course power makes a difference, otherwise we could all have FRS radios. But many people get worked up about a watt or two when a good antennas makes much more difference.

A repeater acknowledgement is only heard if the repeater operator programs it. It’s not necessary and some do not.

I have one on one of my small Yaesu dual band handheld radios. It’s made by Diamond and while it isn’t as effective as the longer Diamond, I can still hit the repeater that’s 16 miles away. It’s good enough and small enough to carry full time.

You must combine that with what’s called the “Parent Manual” https://bettersaferadio.com/wp-content/uploads/BSR-Wouxun-KG-UV9G-User-Manual.pdf

In the parent manual it’s section 4, Remote Control, which starts on page 49.

Menu 45 will show you the setting for Stun/kill. In order to stun/kill you they have to send the same ANI code as set in your radio. The ANI code is set in menu 15. The menu numbers are for the kg1000, your model might be slightly different but this is all covered by the manual.

It obviously is or your wattmeter wouldn’t register 3.96 watts.

Actually in the second frequency you tried, when you first PTT your meter showed 3.96 watts. Then it started dropping off.

If they killed your radio it wouldn’t work. If they stunned your radio it wouldn’t work. There is no “deflate their ego” function.

It doesn’t quite work that way. Stun/kill has to be enabled on the radios I have with it.

Here’s what a Reddit user said: Stun is a setting which will allow the radio to receive but not be controlled or used to transmit. It will listen for the revive command. It's a commercial radio feature. For example, if you have a radio which found it's way into the wrong department and need to get it back...you stun the radio so the current user brings the radio in. The radio can then either be remotely revived or revived through reprogramming the codeplug. Now there is also a function called kill...which is used to make the radio inoperable. In cases where a killed radio can be recovered, it will have to go back to the manufacturer (with the associated service fee) to be fixed. Short of Stun/Revive/Kill: A stunned radio can be revived. A killed radio is dead.

Linked in has him at Pueblo Community College.

The license was first issued in late 2021, so it’s not a grandfathered one. I agree that it appears that the owner (Shauna Cape) allows hams to use the repeater using her call sign WROQ916? I agree that it’s not kosher, but it’s not my circus and not my monkeys. But I also did note that the address for the licensee included a line to divert the mail to the attention of someone else (Jerald) apparently in the same household.