SteveShannon

Maybe this will help: https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2012/07/weatherproof_gmrs_radio_guide.html

Correct, your transmit (Tx) tone is the input tone to the repeater. The repeater then transmits using its output tone, which you receive (Rx), so its your receive tone. I recommend leaving your radio’s receive tone unset until you’re sure your transmit tone is working and the repeater is hearing your transmissions. You’ll hear everything on that frequency that way. Then, once you know you’ve got the transmit tone right you can always set your Rx tone.

Unless you’re actually planning on driving your UTV under water, it’s doubtful you need full waterproof rating. Something that’s splashproof is more common, especially for a mobile radio. Watch some of the videos on the notarubicon YouTube channel. He is also on this forum as @OffRoaderXand isn’t quite as likely to try and talk you into something that you may not need.

I am. I know of the RFinder. Not really interested in the price, sorry.

The Garmin GMRS radios work very well at transmitting their gps location to another Garmin GMRS radio. The top end radios have topo maps built in or more detailed maps can be added. They are prohibited by FCC regulations from passing their gps locations through a repeater though.

Can Chirp can be used for your radio? It allows free-form entry for the radios I’ve used it with.

I saw two things that I thought were either mistakes or poorly done. 1. For the license the text telling you where to cut is on the inside of the cut line along the right side of the license. 2. The last word has been left off on the cutting instructions a few places, especially the wallet card.

That worked well!

Man I know that feeling. So many online accounts, so many passwords and I’ve been trying to not reuse passwords. Post-it notes everywhere! (Kidding) Password managers help some but not if you have more than one and it seems each and every browser has one built in now. I did try to go look at my license pdf to see if I could find the typo, but this device isn’t one with the right password manager or I’m in the wrong browser or something else.

Look at it this way: I’m a ham and a gmrs licensee. Once the GMRS license comes down and the ham license goes up, I’ll still be paying exactly the same average cost for comm licenses. ?

You already posted it, but did you find the typo? ?

My understanding of the OP is that he/she found a misspelling on the official pdf license and he/she is challenging us to find it.

Yeah, I would think so! Good job!

It was the twelfth post on the first page where I posted this link: https://www.amazon.com/Rugged-Radios-NMO-SC-Suction-Antenna/dp/B08177PQPH

I’m curious why the vacuum mount wouldn’t work.

The easiest path to getting a license is online studying. I really liked HamStudy. It’s like flash cards but with explanations of every concept. It emphasizes those questions you don’t get and leads you to other information. Although it could be used to simply study for the test it really allowed me to learn the concepts. It’s up to the user.

This happens frequently when you install as a user or install as an administrator without being logged in as the administrator. Log in as administrator and reinstall it. You might have to uninstall it first.

I see amateur radio as something for nearly everyone. There are people bouncing signals off the moon, building equipment, fox hunting, rag chewing, and just about anything a person could want. It started as a hobby for people fascinated by a new technology. It continues to reflect new technology. ARRL simply reflects that.

I just joined ARRL and faced the same choice. It kind of depends on how you like to read magazines and whether you’re someone who keeps them and goes back through them. Look at the sample issues online before you choose. I looked at On the Air online and thought it had less content, so I ordered QST. I tend to keep magazines after I read them. 73 de AI7KS

Well, my wife and I did share a bottle of Prosecco this week and I had great baked clams for lunch today, so maybe that’s why I could find it… ??

That's what I get if I click on it from the Forum level or in my Account or Profile settings. I have to go all the way back out to the home page (https://mygmrs.com/), click on the bars in the upper left corner, and then click on My Subscriptions to get to the place where I can subscribe.

For $50/year (or $5/month) you can experience the site without advertisements and there are other benefits: https://mygmrs.com/profile/subscriptions

Here's some actual measurements. Sitting at my table the other day transmitted to the local DMR repeater. I watched the results using the "Last Heard" window on the Brandmeister website. The Brandmeister window displays a bunch of useful things, including the signal strength of each transmission heard on a repeater on the network. It's a great tool for diagnosing issues with DMR. Without moving from my chair, I swapped antennas back and forth. The long one was a 17 inch TIDRadio 771 (not sure if it's a knock off or privately branded by Nagoya) on a 70 cm DMR HT and the short one was the 6 inch rubber ducky that came with my HT. Using the longer antenna, when I transmit to the local repeater, which is 16 miles away with lots of buildings and trees in-between, I get an S8 reported by the repeater. Using the standard rubber ducky I get an S6, which is 12 dBm lower. In my opinion that's not insignificant. During our weekly network check-in, using a Baofeng and a 24 inch antenna, a guy 45 miles away hit a 2 meter repeater at the same site. I am impressed by the difference the longer antennas make. I'm sure there's something much better, but for the price, It may be good enough.