SteveShannon

The fact that nothing has been posted in the last two years isn’t encouraging.

That can happen if you have tone squelch turned on and with the wrong tone. You can check by pushing the MONI button. Turn off the tone for receiving (or set tone mode to “Tone” rather than TSQL).

Of course. They’re on the same frequency. DMR sounds terrible on an analog radio.

Not if done correctly. The entire purpose for the duplexer is to ensure that the transmitter’s signal has no effect on the receiver.

Welcome!

You have to choose the SUBSONIC or TRANSMIT SUBSONIC menu and then choose CDC rather than CTC from the menu:

I have two. I would be willing to loan them one, but eventually I would like it back. I’d be willing to pay shipping both ways.

You’re not alone in your opinion and it has been discussed frequently here. There are a few experimental digital GMRS repeaters as I recall. @Lscott is the main advocate on these forums.

For some radios, in order to have the headphone jack reproduce the transmitted audio, there’s a built in “monitor” or “side tone” setting that must be turned on (not to be confused with the “moni” function that simply opens up squelch.) Does the BTech radio allow CAT control? If so, HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) has a recorder app built in that records both the outgoing and incoming audio. It works well with my Yaesu radio. The Yaesu FT5DR handheld will record both sides to a microSDR card in the radio. So will their FT3DR and probably their mobile radios such as the FTM500. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of their less expensive models do also.

Getting back to the DB20G, has anyone approached the Chirp developer about adding the Radioddity DB20G? It would sure be nice to have something other than the factory CPS for this radio.

Welcome!

If you haven’t seen it, HamStudy.org is a great way to interactively study in a way that helps you understand the questions and answers. It’s free to use their website and inexpensive to buy their app for your phone so you can study almost anywhere.

Yes, a good mobile antenna would usually increase your range, but it all depends on what’s limiting your range in the first place. But it is definitely better than simply using a handheld with its rubber duck antenna inside of your vehicle.

Welcome, @Sparks46! You might find that GMRS isn’t enough and that you would like to become a ham like your grandfather. Many of us here enjoy both GMRS and ham radio.

It happens to my friend when I transmit on 2 meters from my FT5D handheld.

I use Win 7 with Chrome and Norton on my ham computer but my everything else computer uses Win 10.

I have two db20g radios and neither one exhibits that behavior, but they are both nearly two years old. A friend bought one recently and his hangs open like you described. I’ll let him know that he’s not alone.

Do you mean you want to understand what a talk group is? A talk group is simply an ID number. It can be used as an individual ID or used to allow people to share in a conversation as part of a group. They can be very wide or very narrow.

Try a different browser.

Then no.

I believe it. Long ago companies and organizations could get a GMRS license that covered their employees/members. Those licenses are grandfathered but if allowed to expire that’s it. No new organizations can obtain that kind of license. Nor may government entities. Now only individuals may become licensed.

It’s not a preference that every person who isn’t a relative be individually licensed; it’s a requirement.

Is this the ‘cover’ page you see? If so, just scroll down.

No, I’m saying they don’t result in a geographic disparity. I agree that to a person far from either line the rule is irrelevant. Unless they travel

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-2