SteveShannon

Input and Output are relative to the repeater. So your transmission is the input to the repeater and you receive the repeater’s output. 
The settings on your radio are relative to your radio. So T-CTCSS (or T-DCS) is what you transmit, which is the input to the repeater. 

It is amazing and frustrating how so many will fall back on 4-8 year old posts about line A, and not read the current rules.  We've had this battle locally, and still the mumbles.  It's just not there, as you know.  Like building codes, when they remove one, they don't let you know, it's just gone. 

Welcome Pedro, I seem to recall seeing good coverage with repeaters there so suspect you wont be disappointed.

Your well equipped. Have fun. 

Welcome, Pedro! That radio is my go-to favorite when talking with new users. Good choice.

Randy (@OffRoaderX) did a video that might help:

 

Thankfully I won't have to worry about a spring loaded part for the fold over. I have looked into my options and will be using a antenna mount by FrontRunner on my roof rack to simply fold the antenna over. How does it work? It has its own locking pin with multiple holes to lock I to for having the antenna stand strait up and folded over for clearance and not being in use. This will not affect the spring on the antenna 

Randy (@OffRoaderX) did a video that might help:

 

I mounted mine with a Midland – MXTA27 MicroMobile Universal Lip Mount. It seems to use the ground plane of the hood well enough. I'm able to hit a repeater 40+ miles away from me with ease. It's not as clear as on my home base station using an Ed Fong J pole, but it does well enough and for jeep to jeep comms under 3 miles, it's like the person is sitting in the Jeep next to me.
 
 

My Btech repeater has a squelch along with the tones.

It certainly doesn't surprise me that there are differences. That is why I'm looking to get information now instead of later. Now I have done some reading, but haven't been able to get clear answers. 
 
I can also state that I understand that radios that are going to be used in Canada need to be IC approved. Then again this is something that each country will probably have a rule for.

Midland calls it a ghost, others call it a 'phantom' antenna. There are ground plane kits for it, nmo mount with radials. Works nicely for wall or mast mounting. Myself if I decide to mount using the ground plane kit, I go with a 3 db stainless whip. Little more to capture signals. 

The education thing could be useful.  I barely passed my GMRS test and am still studying for my entry level (use of Channels 1, 2, and 3) MURS exam after failing it twice, already.
But nobody's posts that I have seen here, has touched on the important stuff.  Will there be hard hats?  What about bright orange or green safety vests?  How about GMRUS magnetic decals for the car or truck for use in disasters or sanctioned emergency drills?  Will there be an emergency communications trailer?  If not, count me out.   😁
If GMRUS does not offer hard hats, I may join this guy's organization.  At least he has some cool, though well used, protective gear.
 

So it has been a bit since I was on here and I can say I got a good amount of responses. That said the first one was a bit hilarious. I have a feeling that marc has not looked at the antennas mentioned let alone the antennas that the Australians use for those CB Radios. 
 
With that all said I found out that the Ghost Antenna is not meant for much if it isn't grounded well. That was something I found out recently from Midland. Because of that I decided to go ahead and purchase the Highland antenna. Why? Because that antenna does not require a Ground Plane. Because of that I should technically get better performance causing me to get better range(within reason). 
 
Now for those wondering why a 3dB antenna has been chosen over other antennas, I understand my particular use. I don't necessarily need to talk to the moon, but I know that a good antenna paired with a good radio you can get an excellent range in multiple terrains allowing you to speak to others and get weather information from NOAA(if there is a tower nearby). 
 
The antenna was just ordered today and I am looking to get it installed in the next weekend. Once that happens I will test the performance and report back.

Most mobile radios are designed to run at 13.8 volts. Most 12 volt vehicle charging systems are designed to charge between 13.8 and 14.2 volts on average. 12 volt power supplies are all set to 13.8 volts for a fixed output.
Newer vehicles with the battery management system will see charging voltage as high as 15.2-15.4 volts at startup if the vehicle has not been ran for a while.
A lower voltage of 11.5 should not affect the signal quality when compared to 13.8 volts or even 15 volts. The only thing you should notice is a difference in the output power of the radio. 

There is a setting in the menus - i dont recall the name but you will find it in your user-manual. That setting sets the screen to show channel number, name, or frequency..  
This is ASSUMING you are back in channel mode. Make sure you are in channel mode.

Bingo. Does everything I need it to, does it pretty well, and cost $80. It was just a...Radio...oddity? I'd noticed. 
Would be nice to know what causes it to hang open tho. 

Like @dosw said!

I think that this feels like a top down rather than groundswell movement, although I don’t think that’s what @SeaScholar intended.  “We have formed a club for all of you who are interested,” doesn’t feel quite as inviting as starting a topic that says “Would there be any value to starting a national organization?  If so, what would we hope to achieve?  What benefits would you like to receive.” and then following the topic to its logical conclusion.
I think the idea of a national organization might have value if there’s a common interest, but since GMRS is basically more of a communication utility while engaging in other activities, rather than the activity itself, I’m not sure there’s enough common interest.  The MyGMRS site might be the closest thing to a national organization that many of us wish to devote time to, but I’ll watch and see how the GMRSUS goes. I wish you success and depending of how it evolves I might even join.

There are at least a couple alternatives. I never knew anyone who bought anything. The people I know just used discarded business voip phones and signed up. That’s what I did anyway. 

A technician can work 10m SSB along with CW on 10m, 15m, 40m, and 80m. CW is excellent for QRP (low power). This would allow a technician to do POTA and SOTA activations on HF. 
I always have a GMRS and a dual band 2m/70cm radio with me when I do POTA activations. You can work POTA on 2m/70cm.
POTA and SOTA are not contesting so one can work the WARC bands as a general or extra.
There are plenty of ways to deploy a simple wire antenna and keep it hidden from Karen and the HOA's
I've heard a lot of negative comments from the old curmudgeons like; digital modes isn't real radio, GMRS is just the UHF version of the Chicken Band, you aren't a real amateur if you didn't have to know CW (morse code) to pass your exam, etc, etc.
Radio is what you make of it regardless of which service(s) you use.

Back to keeping my blood levels down to an acceptable level in my caffeine system 

There are at least a couple alternatives. I never knew anyone who bought anything. The people I know just used discarded business voip phones and signed up. That’s what I did anyway. 

It’s shut down now anyway. 😁

I asked about this after we got back from Yellowstone last year because I had the ranger / park service repeaters programmed in (to listen to, obv. We got a bunch of great intel about animal sightings, geyser eruptions and traffic hot-spots while we were in the park listening in on there. And some guy who ended up getting tackled by the Rangers, I forget why now)  and, for some reason, with ONLY those stations (and not all the time), mine would do this. Still no idea wtf that was about.

Mine is the same. It’s not everything but I noticed it on some fire frequencies recently as we had a big fire here and we were next to an evacuation zone so I was scanning those. I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but I didn’t have any tones set so maybe that played into it.