SteveShannon

That actually sounds like a hardware problem affecting the interface software.

I’m not sure why you think talking down to someone who obviously understands the regulations better than you is called for. It’s not. When radios are certified it’s done as configured from the factory. The configuration in firmware is sometimes adjusted to ensure conformance. Even though the same hardware is used, firmware (and configurations of it) can make a significant difference.

What do the FARs say? This is an intercom, not navigation or vital avionics. I am not sure that the OP isn’t just wanting to use the same headset for his radio.

Welcome @jswed!

Why?

Honestly, I couldn’t understand what you were saying. First you agreed with the previous poster by echoing his statement about poor advice and then you said something about no trespassing signs and finally you said to treat it as an open repeater. You seemed to be all over the place, so I included your post for context. Seeing how you react I’m sorry I did.

Why assume I am disagreeing with you? I included your post for context only.

Make one.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Yes, @marcspaz, speedy recovery and friendly nurses!!!

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.

@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.

Yes to all three questions.

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.

Congratulations, proof that if you ask enough different sources you’ll find one that reinforces your belief.

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.

That might work, but you’re better off creating a shortcut and editing the shortcut like @markskjerve described.

It’s a good idea to post the specs, but the video is exactly the same one that @WRUU653 posted 7 hours ago.

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.

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.

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Maybe because it’s not transmitting until it actually receives something with the right tone?