SteveShannon

@WRFF835 - although it’s not something very many people do, it’s your radio and your time. If it’s important to you, go for it. I don’t know why you couldn’t just use one of the existing apps, although probably none have been programmed to automatically look up GMRS users.

Good article and I agree that a BMS is necessary for high energy density batteries like Li-ion, LiFePo, or Lipo batteries, but in my admittedly shallow experience (a customer of the utility telecommunications department and for my wife’s electric wheelchair), if the OP is charging lead acid batteries, a BMS is not necessary. For utility telecommunication sites (I was in a different department that depended on them, so again, I’m not an SME) they simply used strings of ten lead acid batteries in glass or plastic trays for a -125 vDC system. Hopefully, by now, the OP has already worked it out.

I’m not an expert on battery charging circuits, but what I do know agrees completely with this.

Welcome, Zack!

Suggest that cousins be added. There are changes almost weekly.

How is this complicated? It’s very specifically defined. Is there any way to misinterpret it? (2) Any individual who holds an individual license may allow his or her immediate family members to operate his or her GMRS station or stations. Immediate family members are the licensee's spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and in-laws. I thought the cousin-wife thing was funny.

Both of those are good examples.

Correcting myself to add “or if there’s a strong wide spectrum source of interference, such as some LED lights or a bad connection in a utility panel.”

That would be annoying. You should not be experiencing static when there’s no signal unless you have squelch level turned to 0 and squelch mode set to Tone.

I think the rules are pretty clear. But it’s extremely important to read all of them to put the puzzle pieces together correctly. But some of the rules are poor rules. It makes no sense to prohibit something that cannot be detected.

Wasn’t it @PACNWComms?

If the radio supports it I would program it to automatically stop when it detects a signal and not to resume until you click on scan.

Unfortunately a lot of people drink at the font of ignorance. They got it from a friend who got it from a friend… They feel very superior in their ignorance in fact And there have been some radios that were vulnerable to finals failure; anecdotally the Yaesu ft-817 may have been one, but most modern quality transceivers simply fold back power to limit current in the finals. With the right combination of transmission line length and open (or shorted) termination the current in the final transistors will be twice as high as they would be with an appropriate termination. If the final transistors cannot withstand the current and nothing happens to reduce the current they will overheat. There have been cases where they have been damaged, but unfortunately some people interpret that to mean that the damage always happens immediately.

That is how I interpret the regulations also, but I did see an online copy of a letter from the FCC saying that part 90 certification could be accepted (I don’t remember the exact wording and unfortunately I didn’t save a copy).

CB World has this: https://www.wearecb.com/how-to-tune-cb-antenna.html SWR 3.0+: Performance will be severely affected, and you're likely to damage your radio with extended transmission use. You SHOULD NOT transmit with your CB at SWR levels above 3.0. If your SWR needle swings all the way to the right (off the charts) when getting your 3.0+ readings, you almost certainly have a major installation problem. This is almost always the result of a poor ground or incorrectly assembled stud, but on rare occasions can indicate a faulty coax, antenna, or incorrectly attached SWR meter.

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That’s offensive.

Just don’t push the call alert button. Put glue on it if you cannot avoid it.

Frankly, unless someone requests your call sign phonetically because they cannot understand it when you ID, I wouldn’t use phonetics. Use your names and ID with your call sign. And, if someone does ask for it phonetically, you’re more assured of them hearing it correctly if you use the NATO phonetics. They were chosen to reduce the chance of misunderstanding by people with accents, and people who natively speak other languages. That’s important to the military and to hams who might be communicating with hams internationally, but has less importance for GMRS, where coverage is limited to within the USA.

So does Whiskey Romeo Tango Golf

Relax, the OP was asking some philosophical questions regarding 10 codes and the rules prohibiting encoded messages with hidden meanings. You are not being required to learn or use 10 codes.

But: 95.1705(b) Individual licensee responsibility. The holder of an individual license to operate GMRS stations is responsible at all times for the proper operation of the stations in compliance with all applicable rules in this part. and 95.1705(f)(2) The licensee must maintain access to and control over all stations authorized under its license.

It does.

No. In fact the wording of the requirements allows an individual to operate “stations.”

I have, but only anecdotally, never from an authoritative source such as a manufacturer. Here’s an example from quora: The problem with no antenna is the output port becomes improperly terminated. This generally will cause the system voltage to be too high or the current too high, and this might damage components in older unprotected equipment.