SteveShannon

Or a different service.  FRS and GMRS are both oriented towards families and use by children. The licensing model of GMRS should make that evident.  

What regulation limits the number of kids per frequency? 😁

You might want to try running the power tune tool from scratch on that radio as there might be a slight out of tolerance component that isn't in the first radio. When in doubt, start fresh.

Why is that? You don't like that rule and/or our government?

Also 95.377 specifically says tones or other signals:

§ 95.377 Tones and signals.
Personal Radio Service stations that transmit voice emissions may also transmit audible or subaudible tones or other signals for the purpose of selective calling and/or receiver squelch activation. These tones and signals are ancillary to voice communications and are considered to be included within the voice emission types, e.g., A3E, F3E, and G3E.
(a) Tones that are audible (having a frequency higher than 300 Hertz), must last no longer than 15 seconds at one time.
(b) Tones that are subaudible (having a frequency of 300 Hertz or less), may be transmitted continuously during a communication session.
 

Are you using an external speaker? If so, unplug it and see if there's any change. It's just a long shot.

No, I have the DJ-MD5XT, which is a dual band ham radio with DMR.  It’s nice.  I like this Alinco radio but it’s actually a slightly re-engineered (improved) Anytone radio on the inside.  I like my Yaesu radios too. My favorite GMRS radios are my Garmin Rhino and my Wouxun KG-805g, but I have no experience with the D-G46T.  If it’s like other Alinco radios it will be well thought out.

The Arizona GMRS Repeater Club in the Phoenix Sun of the Valley, as a service to the GMRS community, provides traffic and weather information every weekday morning and afternoon commutes on the 462.550 repeater channel every 15 minutes between 0630-0900 & 1630-1830 hours.
More information is available at www.azgmrs.org

Yes it is a VHF radio. The dash 1 in the model number means the band split is 146-174 MHz and the "H" means it's the high powered 45 watt version and the actual RF output is 49+ watts.

Yes. Then it comes in two frequency splits to make it more interesting.
https://two-way.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TK780-specs.pdf
If the goal was to get a 2M radio for ham it might be ok with the right spilt, 136-162, otherwise the seller is the one who got the steal on the deal.
I always get the manufacturer’s brochure for any radio I’m interested in to double check the specifications first. A few that looked good initially I just forgot about it once I saw the specifications.
 
The second thing is look up the FCC ID to see what the frequency range is. You can look up the official frequency range on the FCC’s database with the ID. Most sellers show the tags on the radio. If they don’t ask for a photo. A lot of sellers get the description all wrong. If they don’t have the ID’s or photo then forget it. There are some dishonest sellers out there trying to dump basically worthless radios for high prices.

I forgot all about inline noise filters. We use to use them with CB's back in the day.

The forums have been under a DOS attack for the past week, so that's why you're seeing errors pop up here and there. Overall, the mitigation has being going well so hopefully the disruptions have been kept to a minimum. We're still running with >99.9% uptime for the month. 
The forbidden errors are from security software I added to help mitigate the attack, but it looks like it's catching some legitimate traffic too. I adjusted the rules so it should be good for everyone now, but please let me know if you still run into forbidden errors. 

Today I’ve been getting “access forbidden” errors when trying to reply to some posts. I also have seen an error that looks like a DNS error when the URL couldn’t be found and for the past few days I’ve seen a few instances where I received an error saying that there were too many connections. 
Another person has mentioned that he had gotten the “access forbidden” error. 
Have others seen these same errors?

I was able to find a complete brand new still in the box a Kenwood TK780H-1 for $150. I received the radio today.

I understand the allure of making a repeater out of two transceivers. It certainly sounds easy, right?  After all, a repeater is just a receiver and a transmitter wired in such a way that they can work at the same time.  But transceivers don’t require the kind of shielding that repeaters do.  A receiver picks up signal measured several orders of magnitude less in power than a transmitter puts out.  It’s like putting two people in a phone booth where one is supposed to listen to whispers from across the street while the other person is screaming at the top of her lungs.  It’s challenging at best. If you look inside a Retevis RT97 you’ll see that the receiver and transmitter are isolated from one another in every way, much more tightly than nearly any transceiver, except for some commercial grade transceivers that were designed for possible use as repeaters. 
If I transmit in the same room as my friends Baofeng, he doesn’t receive my transmission. If he transmits in the same room my Yaesus or my Alinco hear his transmissions just fine.  His Baofeng is more susceptible to desensitization. That shouldn’t be surprising.

It is amazing and sad that this attitude is still alive and well. I know it isn't every HAM, but enough to be a discouragement to some folks.There is nothing new under the sun... 

Still pissed that these young whippersnappers don’t have to visit the local FCC field office and build a spark gap transmitter like you did? 🤨

No, the Fox is sending a one way transmission, which is only allowed for certain reasons. Foxhunting isn’t one of them. Here is the list of approved one-way communications:

b) One-way communications. The operator of a GMRS station may use that station to transmit one-way communications:
(1) To call for help or transmit other emergency communications;
(2) To provide warnings of hazardous road conditions to travelers; or,
(3) To make brief test transmissions.

I disagree. There’s really no need for us to be shy about asking questions and making reasonable requests of the FCC. 

No, the Fox is sending a one way transmission, which is only allowed for certain reasons. Foxhunting isn’t one of them. Here is the list of approved one-way communications:

b) One-way communications. The operator of a GMRS station may use that station to transmit one-way communications:
(1) To call for help or transmit other emergency communications;
(2) To provide warnings of hazardous road conditions to travelers; or,
(3) To make brief test transmissions.

From the announcement:
 

It's an identical neoprene ring and it costs $0.22 whereas the ones I bought cost $0.06. If it fits and forms a good seal, it's the right gasket.

At that price difference, I don't care if they're round or flat. 😄 I have a touch of OCD, but just a touch. I lose the darned things, which is why I had to go looking for something to replace the ones that came with my Nagoya antennas.

I thought that MFJ closed up shop.  The reason why I say that, the subject Instrument I sent in for warranty repair and recalibration in October 2023, showed up on my doorstep from FedEx today. Last year October, I sent in a MFJ 269D Antenna Analyzer and this subject MFJ 849 and if I recall, I received the Antenna Analyzer back in February or March of this year.
According to the paperwork, the 849 was recalibrated and certified in good working order on June 6, 2024. The FedEx shipping label indicated a November 25, 2024 shipping date.
As soon as I opened up the box I had to compare the accuracy of the 849 with my Telewave and my Bird 43. For this comparison test, I used my Kenwood TK880-1 transmitting on 467.625 Megs that was powered with a Powerwerx 30 Amp Powersupply set at 14.2 volts and a Laird B4502N Non-Groundplane 2.4 dB Omnidirectional Antenna and an Antenex Magmount sitting on a cookie sheet.  The MFJ measured 18.8 watts at 1.0 watt reflected and 1.6:1 VSWR.  My Bird measured 23 watts with 4 watts reflected. My Telewave measured just over 21 watts and just shy of 4 watts (more like 3.75 watts) reflected.
I used the same Messi & Paoloni coax cables with PL259s on all three instruments. The only differences between the three instruments was I had to use SO239 female to N Male adapters on the Bird and Telewave instruments whereas the 849 had the SO239 female connections, so cable adapters were not needed.
The VSWR conversion charts indicates the VSWR for the Bird measurement at 2.4:1 and the Telewave measurement at 2.3:1. My RigExpert 650 measured the VSWR at 1.48 at 467.600 Megs.
I'm not sure that I want to use the 849, but it appears to be a little more accurate than before I sent it in over 13 months ago. I just don't have any confidence in MFJ products.

We had two instances of this. In one instance the microphone jack had failed such that the PTT worked but the audio line was broken. We knew who it was because of his Roger beep. I soldered his mic jack and his UV5R was back in business. 
In the second instance a guy actually had his microphone hole plugged with some food.