SteveShannon

Great job reading and understanding the actual question, something I failed to do.

Welcome! I hope you enjoy it here.

Apparently if you program the channels higher than 54 they’re all RX only. But most of the software used has the ability to inhibit TX on a per channel basis.

It’s entirely possible the components were not as durable. Good information for those interested in the KT8900.

Right, I saw that you had yours unlocked and were able to transmit higher than 54. I wondered if Imply4907 was using an unlocked radio. That’s why I prefaced my question with @Imply4907.

@Imply4907 Is your radio unlocked?

A friend of mine does. I have the Yaesu FTDX10. It has a “measurably*” better receiver than the IC-7300, but the IC-7300 has what I think is a better user interface and features like the ability to sweep the SWR of an antenna, not just report on the instantaneous SWR while transmitting. Another friend of mine has the Yaesu FT-710, which is the radio that’s closest to the 7300 in terms of construction. I think either the IC-7300 or the FT710 would be ideal radios for a new ham interested in HF. *Measurably - based on the Sherwood Report which tries to evaluate the performance of receivers analytically.

Had their marketing person written : “the KG1000G has been programmed to receive on the following bands” it would have been clearer.

I take no measures to prevent this and honestly I haven’t seen it occur (I don’t mean I’ve never seen lcds fade to unusable, just not in my two way radios). Nor have my encoder controls failed. But other than a couple Baofeng radios I seldom use my radios are mostly Yaesu, Alinco, or Garmin. Perhaps their controls are sealed better against dust and perhaps they use a higher quality wider temperature range LCD. My DB20Gs have been outside for a couple years during some pretty cold weather. It’s -10 here right now, but they’ve been down to -40°F without apparent issues. None of my vehicles live in the garage. Edited to add: I don’t turn on devices with frozen (black) LCDs until they’ve had a chance to warm up and thaw.

They mean that their VFO can continuously tune those frequency ranges for receive only. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t transmit on the GMRS channels.

I had one on a four foot RG-8x jumper I built just the other day. I didn’t do the repetitive checking you correctly recommend. I knew it was almost certainly just a single strand, and I was even tempted to connect the shield and center to the two posts on a battery to see if I could just zap it like a bug zapper. Instead I cut off the end and replaced it, being more careful that time. I had checked the other end before crimping so I was certain which end it was in.

Good job! Trust me when I say any one of us could do the same thing.

Yup, it is surprisingly common. It only takes one.

Test at the connections. You don’t need to remove the headliner if everything rings out well. Look for no continuity between the center and the shield without the antenna. It should be the same on both ends. If you put a dummy load on the end you should see 50 ohms between center and shield.

It’s possible to be logged into the forum without being logged in at the www.mygmrs.com level. They’re separate in some ways which is why they sometimes get unsynchronized.

Look for a damaged coax.

1. He didn’t ask how to get rid of the ads. He asked why they still appeared on the home page (www.mygmrs.com) even though he had paid for premium membership which should result in no advertising. 2. The real problem, which has been seen before, is that his membership attributes at that level hadn’t been updated to reflect his premium membership. 3. Your advice would be great for someone wishing to get rid of ads without paying for premium membership which, but that wasn’t what he asked. It’s nothing personal.

Because it doesn’t fix the real problem, Because it masks the real problem and allows non-advertising associated issues to continue, Because it adds complexity to his browser that’s just not needed, and Because it’s just bad advice for his particular problem. It might be great advice for someone who has a different problem. @brasda91 - are you still having this issue? I haven’t reported it again because I haven’t heard back from you.

Clear the RX CTCSS. That way you’ll hear all traffic on the frequency. Otherwise scan channels 23-30 (or whatever the repeater channels are called on your radio. Some companies call them RP15-RP22 because they receive the same frequencies as 15-22. )

Three degrees of Maurice Mines!

On my 805, the radio announced the channel number when first powered up. When you press and hold the A/B button it says “Scan beginning.” When you hit it again it says “Scan stop, channel 3,2.” There is no number pad on the 805. You can rotate through the channels using the rotary knob on top or the up and down buttons on the front center. This also has an FM broadcast tuner. Weirdly it begins several MHz below the FM broadcast band in the U.S. and it takes a while to tune through the dial but it sounds good once it’s tuned. I can’t answer whether it’s worth the extra $50. It will transmit and receive the same distance but it probably has a more selective tuner because it’s a superheterodyne receiver rather than SOC. Whether that’s noticeable I can’t really say. I’m glad to have it.

Maurice’s last name is Mines.

I’ll check and see as soon as I can. Thank you for helping your friend.

The only voice prompts on the 805 are the channels and pressing the menu button. For instance channel 10 is spoken “one, zero”. Pressing the menu button results in “function select”, but going to a specific menu isn’t reflected in any voice prompt.

About Yagis or Omnis?