SteveShannon

2. Yes, the repeater owner. Unfortunately, there is no formal coordination in GMRS so coordination relies on repeater owners being proactive and considerate. 3. No, and unfortunately when it does happen this can cause issues for people who are within range of both. There are eight different repeater channels. Unless all eight are taken one of these repeater owners probably should have chosen something else.

If they’re now considered FRS radios then you don’t need to ID, even though you have a license. And you can communicate with someone who has a GMRS radio and they are required to ID but you don’t have to as long as you’re using an FRS radio.

I don’t know what the regulatory status is of that. Look on the Midland website to see if it’s still produced. And make yourself familiar with the FCC regulations here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-E

I understand your confusion. The FCC messed up. Once upon a time companies were allowed to make dual service radios (FRS and GMRS) but now the regulations do not allow authorization of the combination. At that time there were FRS channels and GMRS channels. 95.1761(d) (d) Effective December 27, 2017, the Commission will no longer issue a grant of equipment authorization for hand-held portable unit transmitter types under both this subpart (GMRS) and subpart B of this part (FRS).

No, not because they have a license but because they’re using a GMRS radio. A person using an FRS radio doesn’t have to ID, whether they have a license or not.

1. Technically, each person using a GMRS station is required to ID. 2. FRS and GMRS share all of the frequencies. There are no FRS frequencies. Again, technically, each person using a GMRS station is required to ID.

Unfortunately that one isn’t recommended for use with a mag mount.

It’s not a case of slightly off frequency interference. Some ships in port transmit on exactly the same frequency as GMRS repeaters use as inputs.

Yes, unless the actual owner says otherwise.

congratulations! Take a look at the comet sbb-2: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/cma-sbb-2nmo

It depends on the radio. Some radios store operational data that is specific to the radio, not just the model of radio, in the file that Chirp (or other CPS software) reads and writes. In that instance you really should read from the radio first in order to avoid overwriting something that is right for that radio and no other. Another thing that happens is for the configuration file to change between firmware revisions. Overwriting data with a configuration file that was originally read from a radio with a different firmware version can corrupt memory. But some radios have very stable configuration files and can be used to clone multiple radios, all with the same configuration. It’s just always safest to read from the radio first as a habit.

Will the balloon be sending position reports using APRS? Call sign?

You may want to search this forum for threads on Linked Repeaters.

I guess @WRWT612 could legally adopt all the people in his 501(c)3 organization, but it’s probably easier and cheaper to just pay $35/license. That’s only $3.50/year each.

They are.

Same guy but with a forum membership rather than posting as a guest.

No, none whatsoever, unless you have a grandfathered license.

Maybe, but maybe not. It’s not just a two watt radio; it has an easy to see display, controls that can be used without removing gloves, and it can be made more rugged than a handheld simply due to the physical size. Plus it stays with the piece of equipment in which it’s mounted. A company might prefer it for those reasons, especially if they have had handheld units walk off accidentally. If you’re running a business and MURS radios have proven to work for you, and you want to permanently mount a radio in your forklifts, backhoes, or even the office, this form factor works better than a handheld. The simple fact is that businesses don’t care much about RF output as long as it’s enough. $369 for a radio used by a business just isn’t very expensive at all when compared to Motorola commercial radios.

It’s $369 (sales tax is simply a function of the state you live in) and it appears to be a retuned and reduced power version of the kg-1000g, which is $389. They probably didn’t start all over from scratch, and parts is parts, so with the possible exception of a couple of smaller final output transistors it would be priced similarly. The deletion of the higher priced finals could account for the $20 lower price. And @WRXB215 has a real point, they probably don’t anticipate selling a ton of 2 watt mobile radios so economies of scale play a small role. I’m less surprised by the cost than I am by the fact that they built the product at all. I wonder if they simply retooled a commercial radio.

That bundle advertising indicates that it came with the MXTA26 whip, which is a much better antenna than a ghost antenna. Ghost antennas are okay when you have wide open spaces with little vegetation and your truck is up high, but the MXTA 26 has twice as much gain and a larger radiator. Getting your antenna up as high as possible is very important also, usually. You say it’s “mounted correctly” but some mounting places are more effective than others, sometimes much more effective. Where the antenna is mounted can affect the propagation of the signal causing it to be biased in one direction or another. Are you able to activate repeaters when you’re near them? Are you surrounded by vegetation?

I wasn’t able to login to the site earlier. I suspect the denial of service attacks were going on because the address couldn’t be found:

The forum was down for quite a while. Rich has been experiencing some denial of service attacks recently. Perhaps it’s related to that. Obviously it’s back up now. Try signing in again.

Not if you use a beacon transmitting one -way messages. But yes, if you’re tracking a person or hidden repeater which is engaged in two-way communication.

You’re not missing anything.

On a Tupperware lid.