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Forum moderators take all the fun out of forums.

You just insulted a fairly large chunk of MyGMRS users. Which, ironically, is leading this thread further off topic. But in the spirit of keeping my post on-topic, I'll say that my repeater association allows non-members and non-associates to use our repeaters, but we encourage them to join, which gives them a vote and helps pay for the whole shebang. I hope your day gets better.

I would literally pay a small amount of cash to see that video.

"Repeater capable" means that your radio has channels set up that transmit on one frequency when you key the microphone and listen on another when you release it. Repeaters listen on one frequency and transmit what they hear on another frequency simultaneously so other radios like yours can hear you. This is a very high-level view of how repeaters work. There are endless YouTube videos that describe how repeaters work. I recommend that you search them out. Not all radios can access repeaters. They are only capable of simplex, which is when you and your friend transmit and receive on the same frequency. Your GMRS radio is repeater capable. But no, it can't be used as a repeater. Repeaters often have some rather complex, sometimes expensive components. That said, there are some amateur radios that are capable of being used as personal repeaters, but are well outside the scope of your question.

Mostly because people keep responding to him. It's like trying to reason with a jammer on a repeater.

I've installed quite a few connectors on RG-58 and a couple on RG-8X. Like someone else said, it appears to be RG-58 on that mount, and so far I haven't encountered foil on RG-58. That's not to say thre's no such thing as foil-shielded RG-58, just that I haven't encountered it. I've used crimp-on and solder connectors. I prefer crimp-on for RG-58, because they're quick to install and I haven't had one fail yet. I always use marine heat shrink to protect them and give them little extra strength. I predict that once you cut the coax to the length you need, you will nave no trouble attaching a new connector.

It's also worth noting that the FCC didn't shut down the repeater network, as the clickbait subject of this thread would have one believe. Those responsible for administering the repeater network disabled the linking out of an abundance of caution because of an email from an as-yet unidentified alleged FCC employee to an alleged business associate, not as a reaction to an FCC enforcement notice like the example MarkInTampa presented.

Every now and then a post captures the essence of the MyGMRS forums.

For the record, he didn't say it was the incident being beaten to death on this thread. He used it as an example.

"Common Marc"? I mean, I don't know marcspaz personally, but I've read his posts and I think referring to him as "common" is a bit of an insult. In fact, as much as we do have in common, what with our shared interest in radio, each of us is unique.

I don't wear other people's shoes. You never know where they've been . Maybe the previous owner had athlete's foot. Or a toenail fungus.

That's funny. You do realize that in six months this thread will still be going.

Here we go again. A simple question about making contacts on GMRS turns into a spitting contest and degenerates into a ham-bashing extravaganza. There's idiots in both services, so best practice is to ignore them.

We have a Broadcastify feed for our 2-meter repeater. I'm not the one who administers it, but I do have a paid account so I can listen to the archives and document jammers, malicious interference and other shenanigans. My dubious understanding of it is that you interface a receiver with their system via your computer and the internet. That said, check it out. It might work for you.

I did the same thing last year. Someone there sent me the text of the current 95.1749 regulation. I found their response to be of zero value.

For future reference.

You don't need to make excuses for or rationalize recording call signs you hear to anyone on these forums.

First of all, there's nothing gross about Baofengs. There's probably more Baofengs in use than any other handheld radio ever made. Second, transmitting from inside one car to the inside of another car is an exercise in frustration. Radio waves have a hard time penetrating in or out. Get yourself a couple of magnet mount antennas and stick them on the roofs of the cars and I betcha you do a lot better.

Yes. Probably not going to work very well. Best practice is to know what frequency range the antenna is designed for before blindly sticking it on a radio. VHF marine antennas are not compatible with UHF GMRS radios, even though they can be connected.

*Disclaimer: My view of air band is strictly my own and does not reflect the opinions of other contributors. I think air band receive on a GMRS or amateur radio is a gimmick with little or no real-world use. I'd be telling tall tales if I said air band is exclusively AM, because I don't know. I do use it occasionally to listen to air traffic, but only because the radios receive it. Air band would not influence my buying decision one way or another in the least.

What frequencies are you trying to program? That's a ham radio you've got there, so maybe it's rejecting your attempts to program non-amateur frequencies if thats what you're doing. I don't know, it's just a thought.

We bought a 4 pack of BTech FRS-B1 radios for our church. They're perfect for that because no one needs a license, they're easy to use, and they're discrete. We've tested them all over the building. I hear restaurants, drive-through covid test clinics, other churches, stores, day care, schools, all kinds of places using them. There's definitely a lot of uses.

It would be nice if somehow some of the MFJ holdings would get picked up as well.