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I don’t blame you for being frustrated. I’ll report your post so Rich sees it. He’s the only one who can help. I hope it helps.

Four letters followed by three numbers: in your case WSBZ540. Are you possibly putting in an O instead of a 0?

Turtle shells disrupt radio waves.

DMR is emission type FXE for voice and FXD for data, but the FCC constrains GMRS to the following: 95.1771 GMRS emission types. Each GMRS transmitter type must be designed to satisfy the emission capability rules in this section. Operation of GMRS stations must also be in compliance with these rules. (a) Each GMRS transmitter type must have the capability to transmit F3E or G3E emissions. (b) Only emission types A1D, F1D, G1D, H1D, J1D, R1D, A3E, F3E, G3E, H3E, J3E, R3E, F2D, and G2D are authorized for use in the GMRS. Equipment for which certification is sought under this subpart may have capabilities to transmit other emission types intended for use in other services, provided that these emission types can be deactivated when the equipment is used in the GMRS.

Here are the officially designated GMRS frequencies: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-95/subpart-E/section-95.1763 As others have said the frequency you heard is 5 kHz off from GMRS.

There are a couple of small 20 watt mobile radios that are very convenient. They’re not too expensive and they simply plug into your power port in your car. I bought the Radioddity db20g. It was $87 when I bought it so I grabbed two. I also grabbed a couple of Midland MXTA26 antennas and Midland magnetic bases when they were on sale. The Midland antenna is a very decent GMRS antenna, but i converted one of my db20g radios to be a dual band ham radio and the Midland antenna is not good for 2 meters. In the end I took one of the MXTA26 antennas off the base and replaced it with a Comet SBB-5 for 2 meters and 70 cm. I hope you enjoy the myriad possibilities of GMRS.

Welcome! I hope you have fun!

How do you intend to use it? What's your budget? What's your background? Are you someone who likes diving deep into the minutiae of a tech hobby or do you want something you can plug in, stick to your roof, and plug into your cigarette lighter?

Don't beat yourself up. Although a repeater wouldn't increase range compared to an external antenna, it would be more convenient if he wants to move around while talking on the radio because he could just carry a handheld without being tethered by a piece of coax running to the antenna.

The RT-97 doesn't have one. If you have an RT-97s there's a port that can be used to add something that will ID automatically.

You’re right. He has back problems that limit the distance he can walk so he stays close to the RV. He wants to put up an antenna on the RV connected to his handheld and wondered what kind of antenna and cable to use. A Midland MXTA26 antenna and magnetic mount to a steel cookie sheet on the top of the RV would be simple, but connecting with a cable might be a hindrance. This would be a good use of a Retevis RT97s repeater.

We do this with a 70 cm repeater here. There’s not a lot of traffic for either digital or analog and it’s first come, first served. Seems to work just fine.

It sounded like he and she might both be outside of the trailer with their handheld radios and he wants to be able to reach her.

Put the RICK back in your GR300 and verify that it works.

On the main page you can select to listen to a net:

I think quite a few people have said that they no longer receive the audio.

What was your question again?

I'm not the site owner so it's not my call. @rdunajewski owns the site and makes the rules. Feel free to send him a message to see what he thinks. I'm no expert on Canadian GMRS, but it sounds like it's very similar to FRS. There are very few FRS threads here; most folks are more interested in higher power GMRS and access to repeaters. $35 for a ten year license is the most straightforward way to join though. Good luck, whatever you decide.

Before loading all of the stuff from Repeaterbook download from your radio to populate your codeplug. Then add the repeaters you want from Repeaterbook. If you don't download from your radio first, you do write over it.

I like mine. It's not fancy, but it works and it's small and it is easy to hook up; just plug it into the power port (cigarette lighter) on your dashboard. I use it with a Midland MXTA26 antenna and Midland magnetic mount. I do have a few Windows machines as well as one Mac. The Mac almost never gets used. But I don't have a bunch of channels to program so if I were strictly a Mac guy I wouldn't be too put out. Good luck whatever you choose.

Were the receiver and transmitter on different frequencies and connected to a duplexer?

I ran into it just the other day. Our repeater has frozen up (older DR1) and until the snow melts we won’t be able to access it. So we have begun doing a simplex net on the receive frequency. Last Monday I turned on a Baofeng UV5RA that I just got from my son-in-law. My Yaesu FT65 heard everything including from net control who was parked on a bridge several miles away. The Baofeng did not. Maybe it’s just this “sample of one” but it was surprising.

Exactly right, and we hear people frequently saying that their Baofeng transmits just as far as a Motorola, but I suspect there’s a huge difference in how well the Motorola radios receive compared to the Baofeng. To me that’s the important distinction.

Go to the repeater’s page, click on the menu symbol and click on “view request”. The responses show up under each request:

If you have it connected directly to an auxiliary battery (lead acid) your radio is powered by 12.7 volts. It might not put out 50 watts at that voltage. But it really won’t make any noticeable difference whether it puts out 45 or 50 watts.