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I've said this before. As much as sending text messages over GMRS sounds like a neato idea, (which it kinda is), it's yet another example of trying to make GMRS something it was never intended to be. As much as amateur radio gets maligned on this site, the list of ways GMRS wants to be like amateur radio keeps growing. Linked repeaters carrying transmissions into other states, internet setups like Zello, and texting apps like Ribbit. The problem is that GMRS has a very limited 5 mhz slice of the UHF band, and it's channelized. Cramming more and more into it is eventually going to overload it. I'm a bit of a purist, so in my humble opinion, leave it alone and use it for, as the sum of all human knowledge, Wikipedia, says, (I say that with tongue firmly planted in cheek), "short-range two-way voice communication and authorized under part 95 of the US FCC code".

There's several open repeaters in the general Phoenix area. You can find them listed on this site. I would suggest setting them up in your radio, and throw your call sign out there and ask for a signal report, or just say you're listening. It's a very conversational system, no silly jargon. Generally speaking, there aren't many non-stop conversations going on, but people may be listening, and might just come back to you.

I would suggest a couple of things. First, make sure your coax is intact with no kinks, breaks, pinches, etc. Also use a digital multimeter to make sure of three things. That there is not a short between the center conductor and the outer shield, that there is continuity between both ends of the center conductor, and continuity from the shield from end to end. Make sure your antenna mount is grounded as well. All this can be checked with a $5 digital multimeter. Many high-swr problems are due to shorts and bad grounding. It's highly unlikely you damaged the coax with 15 watts. No doubt others will chime in with ideas as well.

I think the mistake was made early on that there are not already frequencies that are exclusive to repeaters. The amateur radio band plans contain repeater frequencies and offsets, which are already built into radios and attempt to minimize interference between simplex and repeater users. The idea that simplex frequencies overlap GMRS repeater frequencies in seems odd. Just my two cents, which adjusted for inflation works out to not much.

Well I'm pretty much bored and done with her. Off to the ignore list. I had a good time though.

Generally speaking, where I'm from, 88s are male-on-female hugs and kisses. As a result, my friends and I use 85s, which are closed-fist bro hugs. Why she wants to hug me is anyone's guess.

Precisely.

I'm also actually starting to think he's a she.

Part of me wants to put him on the ignore list, but part of me wants to see what he says next.

My boss: "What are you doing, Steve?" Me: "Watching an internet forum fight." My boss: "You should be working."

I haven't seen this many punches thrown since last night's 49ers-Giants game.

I can see a lot of usefulness for it, since it gives you a "written record", so to speak, of information instead of relying on voice. I've done work tracking runners in 50k trail runs with no cell service, and it would be very useful to "text" runner numbers back to race control rather than dictate them over the air and have someone try to hear and write them.

Someone started a thread about this a couple weeks ago. Personally, I thought it sounded pretty cool. I don't really have a use for it, but it sounded better than messaging through APRS, which I found to be a PITA. But predictably, quite a few folks here immediately found fault with it and discussed its uselessness.

What you are demanding is to prove to you that something that is not against any known rules is allowed, like making a u-turn where there is no sign or ordinance prohibiting it. There are countless linked GMRS repeaters across the country. Ask them.

For the record, no one needs to prove anything.

Let me ask you this. What is your reason for posting this in the first place? What is your end game, so to speak?

I knew it. A "stirring the pot" trap.

This sounds like one of those "stirring the pot" traps we see so often here.

Technically speaking, as so often happens here, the cup is full. Half air, half water.

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Honestly, you need to do something really stupid and against FCC rules and you need to do it approximately a buttload of times to even get the attention of the FCC in the first place, which is why when we do see enforcement action, it's such a novelty. Statistically, the vast majority of holders of any FCC license will never hear a peep from the FCC even if they do screw up. But feel free to carry on quoting page after page of Federal enforcement verbiage. I'm sure you'll work it out.

I guess Roger used to be the phonetic for R, which is now Romeo, but was Robert before it was Roger. Hence its use as phonetics for "received". I think Roger beep sounds cooler than Robert beep or Romeo beep, and it was the receiving operator, not the transmitting operator, who said it. Why it ended up as a term for a hyper-annoying tone when you un-key is anyone's guess. Also, every time I go into Ham Radio Outlet, some clever Elmer thinks it's funny to say "Did you know Ham stands for Had Alotta Money?"

You should probably say something like this as a preface to your post. "The information contained in this post is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any content included in this post without seeking legal or other professional advice."