SteveShannon

I don’t always travel into deep state trap zones but when I do I put my phone in airplane mode. 

I don’t think people understand that the gps is just a receiver. Although it’s possible to see where a person has been if you have access to the phone’s data, the gps in your phone transmits nothing by itself. If you’re in airplane mode the phone does not “ping the towers” regardless of what ChatGPT says. 

They told us at the voter fraud conference that turning phone off protects against SingRay detection..  Googling this topic confirms that StingRay can't detect a pone f in Airplane mode or if phone is off.  But it does mention there are malware apps if installed on a phone that can  control a phone to make it 'look' like the phone is either off or in airplane mode.   I don't think this tactic would pass the sniff test if cops deployed this.  

I think we can safely say it was a joke.

I don’t always travel into deep state trap zones but when I do I put my phone in airplane mode. 

Lately it seems like a few people are asking loosely worded questions and then snapping at people who give a knowledgeable answer. 
My ignore list has gained another. 

They will learn the value of using radios after the tracking-data from their phones are used during their trails to prove they were at the scene of their crime.

DN411 means the same as DPL411. 

And D411N also means the same thing.

Just get a Cat 5 or Cat 6 extension cable:
https://a.co/d/fJtoY4p

Look, connecting your radio to any 12 volt source is unlikely to damage the radio, but connecting a 50 watt radio to a source that can is fused for 10 amps might fry the fuse.  Not all 50 watt radios require more than 10 amps.  Some are more efficient than others and get by with about 9 amps, others use as much as 11 amps. 
As far as that “jump pack” I don’t know anything about it.   

*Proving* it is an entirely different matter...

I have the DB25-G (25 watts). When I plug the cigarette lighter into this the control tells me it is drawing ~35 watts. This cable can connect to a solar panel, so I have a full off-grid set up without fear of burning down the house. Dialing back from 50 watts makes things much simpler.

Thank you so very, very much. I deeply appreciate this. 

Look, connecting your radio to any 12 volt source is unlikely to damage the radio, but connecting a 50 watt radio to a source that can is fused for 10 amps might fry the fuse.  Not all 50 watt radios require more than 10 amps.  Some are more efficient than others and get by with about 9 amps, others use as much as 11 amps. 
As far as that “jump pack” I don’t know anything about it.   

Personally I bought a Radioddity DB20G. It came with a cigarette lighter plug. I inserted Anderson PowerPoles into the power cord because I wanted them but in my pickup I simply use the cigarette lighter socket and plug. It’s a 20 watt radio but it does everything I need.  It would make an ideal camp radio. 

Look, connecting your radio to any 12 volt source is unlikely to damage the radio, but connecting a 50 watt radio to a source that can is fused for 10 amps might fry the fuse.  Not all 50 watt radios require more than 10 amps.  Some are more efficient than others and get by with about 9 amps, others use as much as 11 amps. 
As far as that “jump pack” I don’t know anything about it.   

That’s really an expensive, inefficient, and possibly inadequate solution. First, it’s fuse limited to 10 amps DC at 12 volts, so it possibly won’t work for some 50 watt radios. Of course you could use it to power your radio by plugging a switch mode power supply into the AC outlet but then you’re accepting the inefficiency of the inverter to produce 120 volts AC and also the inefficiency of the switch mode power supply. So you lose several percent of the energy in the battery. 
Just get a decent LiFePo4 battery and put it in a plastic ammo box. Or buy a ready made one that isn’t designed around a 10 amp fuse. 

And that right there is the reason I will never suggest using a cigarette lighter/accessory port to power a 50 watt radio. 

A friend of mine tried using his KG-1000G plugged into the lighter-hole in his car and the plug melted and caught on fire.. Not sure why a fuse didnt blow first... Melted plastic napalm got on his had and gave him a severe burn when he yanked-it out in a panic, but the radio was fine...   

Personally I bought a Radioddity DB20G. It came with a cigarette lighter plug. I inserted Anderson PowerPoles into the power cord because I wanted them but in my pickup I simply use the cigarette lighter socket and plug. It’s a 20 watt radio but it does everything I need.  It would make an ideal camp radio. 

Look, connecting your radio to any 12 volt source is unlikely to damage the radio, but connecting a 50 watt radio to a source that can is fused for 10 amps might fry the fuse.  Not all 50 watt radios require more than 10 amps.  Some are more efficient than others and get by with about 9 amps, others use as much as 11 amps. 
As far as that “jump pack” I don’t know anything about it.   

And certainly not in social media, the bastion of genteel behavior, patience, and selflessness. 

I absolutely agree about double checking the legality. Internet has little to do with this though. The fcc simply included internet because it is an example of “any other network.”  Originally the prohibition was against connecting to the phone network. 
 
“GMRS stations cannot be interconnected with the public switched telephone network or any other network for the purpose of carrying GMRS communications, but these networks can be used for remote control of repeater stations.”*
 
*The above is the FCC’s interpretation, not the actual regulations
@Blaise, arguing it’s a mesh, not a network, probably wouldn’t make a great first impression on the FCC. It’s funny though. 😁

It is, or at least the backlight timer is! Menu setting 8 (labeled ABR - don't know why) is the Display Backlight Timer. If set to 0 backlight is off. Setting are 0-50 seconds, make sure this setting is not at 0.