jwilkers

I personally wouldn't let someone outside my household use my call. If someone were to misbehave, it could come back on me. Now, if we were all together, no problem. Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

The question from the OP was if he could use repeaters outside the GMRS service. The answer was no. 145 and 440 Mhz repeaters are part of the Amateur radio service, which requires a separate license. Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

No. Repeater inputs and outputs are specified by regulation. You can't switch them. Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

Yeah...on the ham repeaters, I call it "whacker tone", cuz those emcomm guys who are wannabe cops. Of course, GMRS is a different animal and is commonly accepted. Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

LMR 400 at the least.... Lower loss on UHF

ok, thanks,

I thought they were good too until the uhf intermod essentially made 70 cm useless. In a downtown area...wow. Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

They are about 100 mW. We covered our yards pretty well not too good indoors. Enjoy something good to experiment with. Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

While reading regs, I noticed only mobiles seem to be allowed the full 50 watts. They indicate "fixed stations" have a 15 watt max. I am then assuming base stations and repeaters are fixed stations under the rules. Thoughts? Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk

They are different services with different purposes. I hold both licenses and get that. That's why I have TWO licenses Some people don't.

Well, the ham radio forum here exists to let us discuss that too I'm an Echolink user. I actually use an HT with an ARS Echolink adapter. Works very well. Not high profile; but works for me. I used to run a high profile node with a nice, 65 watt transmitter; but I stopped. Now, I just use mine when I'm in a mood for Echolink.

Sorry Yeah, I know. That stuff has a high geek factor... but it IS fun Cheap too When you get it figured out and working, you'll love it. Radio hobbies are endless fun.... you'll find out

This is probably the BEST resource for GMRS.. period. I love the fact that only licensees have access here... It assures only those with the best interests of the service are here. For amateurs, I echo the thoughts above.... but there, sometimes, you have to pick and choose thru a lot of stuff

For scanning purposes, buy a scanner. The only purpose of buying a transceiver is to use it to communicate, which you cannot do without the proper licenses. For scanning, I use 2 rtl-sdr dongles. One for the control channel decoding and one for the voice decoding. Using Unitrunker and DSD+ I can monitor analog and p25 digital systems with ease. You can easily put together a scanning system that rivals these expensive scanners for well under $100, including outdoor antenna and coax.

License applications are approved overnight on the first business day of the application. A Monday applicant will have their license Tuesday morning. A Friday thru Sunday applicant will have their license Tuesday morning. If you log onto your uls account, you can download a paper copy. All they do is just print the same file anyway. I use a security paper identical to the paper they used to use before they just went to plain paper.

Seems to me, only mobiles can transmit 50 watts.... Base stations, repeaters, etc are limited to 15W. Dunno.... They do seem to emphasize the Mobile part...

I believe it is against regulations for a licensee to communicate with an "unauthorized station" IE, unlicensed. Of course, who am I to disagree with someone who gently nudges a pirate off a frequency.

I like 17 m. Polite people and not suseptible to contests. 20M is good for SSTV and psk31 though.

There has been an issues with repeaters that automatically ID. There have been situations where NOVs were issued for violation of this rule: 95.7 Channel sharing.(a) Channels or channel pairs are available to GMRS systems only on a sharedbasis and will not be assigned for the exclusive use of any licensee. Allstation operators and GMRS system licensees must cooperate in the selectionand use of channels to reduce interference and to make the most effective useof the facilities.A term: "channel camping" was created to refer to those who would send an ID automatically. Supposedly, this would deprive other users use of the frequency. Since an ID is not required, it could constitute a way to show "ownership" of a frequency. Just putting that out there.... No worries here either way.

Typically, in that case, when looking up the FCC ID on such a radio, you would see a Part 95(a) certification as well as a Part 90 certification. If it doesn't have the part 95 certification, it's no good... unless there is some sort of grandfathering in, prior to certification rules?

GMRS and MURS are entirely different radio services. Any type of cross-communication would not be allowed. The Part 90 commercial services are also different radio services. No radio service can intercommunicate with another. Lisenses in one service are not recognized or legal on another one.