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Likely 'cause it takes a few seconds for the gerbils to spin up the treadmill generator!
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1 minute ago, Blaise said:
OK, so I guess I was just confused (hardly uncommon). But if FRS radios are allowed on the high channels, why did the Motorola Talkabouts I got 2-3 years ago come with a stern warning that I needed to get a GMRS license to operate on those frequencies?
FCC Rules changes!
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On 12/17/2021 at 1:18 PM, tweiss3 said:
The Alinco is discontinued, and Bridgecom was removed from Bridgecom's site, and DXE no longer has it in stock, I doubt it will ever arrive if I order one. I'm not buying a "base" radio for 220 that does the same 5W my D74 puts out. I'm pissed off I couldn't find a Kenwood.
I probably bought one of - if not the last - Bridgecom 220 radios! They had a sale on them about a year ago for $120 discount, so I immediately grabbed one. Although I've programmed it, I have yet to actually install or use it. I suspect the reason for the "fire sale" was because they weren't selling as many as they expected. Sale goes for the 220 HT I bought four years ago. Both have gone the way of the do-do bird.
I also bought an Anytone AT-5888 UV III tri-band mobile radio. The high power is 50w @ 144 MHz, 25w @ 220 MHz, and 40w @ 440 MHz.
The 220 band has 25w/15w/10w/5w selectable power output.
This is a true dual transceive radio with separate volume/squelch controls for the A and B sides. The 220 frequencies may only be programmed for the A transceiver however. I have been extremely pleased with this radio!
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In my opinion, using any "channel number" is impractical. None of the radios I use for GMRS have channel numbers. They display only the frequency or the "channel name" I've given them.
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On 12/17/2021 at 11:16 AM, WROV332 said:
ROUND ROCK 725 (https://mygmrs.com/repeater/4720) - This is a 5W handheld record-relay type of repeater as described here (https://www.offgrid.technology/rr725-repeater/).
I have to question this. Since the repeater is listening on 467.725 and transmitting on 462.725 that would seem to imply that the owner has replaced the HT with a full-blown repeater. The other clue is that evidently the owner is using split tones, again implying a real repeater and not simply an HT with parroting capability.
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36 minutes ago, Lscott said:
If you can hear the other station using talk-around you likely shouldn’t be tying up the repeater and move to a strictly simplex only channel freeing up the machine, repeater channel, for someone who really needs it.
That is absolutely correct. Talk-Around is not the same thing as "Reverse (frequencies)".
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6 hours ago, mbrun said:
The residual loads of one of my vehicles caused a two-year old battery to go completely dead 3 times during the pandemic.
Nearly all electronic gadgets we use show some parasitic drain on a car's battery. That is why I installed a battery monitor in the hot lead from the battery to the distribution block under the dash where all my 'gadgets' draw their power. If the battery voltage drops below 12.5 VDC, it will automatically disconnect the main power to the distribution block. I've never again had a problem starting the car due to a drained battery! $25 to preserve my sanity...
CZH-LABS LVD Low Voltage Disconnect Module. (12V / 30Amp): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
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When I ordered my RT-97 from Radioddity directly, I specified the frequency pair I wanted to use (442.975). Radioddity's technicians tuned the duplexer to my chosen frequency pair. I never bothered to program any other frequencies as I knew the duplexer would not pass even a frequency only 0.25 MHz +/- higher or lower.
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21 hours ago, DanW said:
Look at context. Nobody knows about channel 20 as a travel channel. I'm sure that repeater didn't roll around the nation's freeways for 51 years.
You evidently did not read the history posted on the NSEA website. Unfortunately, many have either never learned, or have forgotten the history of GMRS.
QuoteNSEA members were instrumental in bringing UHF technology to other public service groups in CB, especially R.E.A.C.T. (Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teams). Beginning in 1976 key NSEA members spent extensive time meeting with REACT teams in more than a dozen-and-a-half different states, bringing a portable repeater, together with a number of mobile and portable units for field demonstrations. NSEA members were able to obtain a temporary/unspecified license for the REACT national headquarters, which was utilized by the various teams around the country for the NSEA demonstrations.
As a result, over 200 personal use repeater systems (all on the same frequency) were set up throughout the United States. In recognition of this trend of explosive growth the Federal Communications Commission formally recognized our frequency as the national emergency and traveler's assistance channel in the Part 95A Rules and Regulations. NSEA maintains a firm commitment to providing the maximum accessibility to our repeater for traveling "transient" operators from out of town. Our repeater is now tone access with 141.3 Hz (4A) being the tone .
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6 hours ago, WyoJoe said:
Some repeater owners want to keep their repeater for private (family) use, while others welcome anyone and everyone (who is properly licensed) to use their repeater.
For the most part those self-labled "private repeaters" are very low profile "garage repeaters" and have a very tiny footprint anyway... Very few people can afford to pay monthly rent for tower space.
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12 hours ago, DanW said:
Because nobody knows about channel 20. How about this? Scratch that line or move it to the border.
That simply is not accurate. NSEA* has a repeater on 462.675/467.675 141.3 for well over fifty-one years now! Call sign is also the oldest in Illinois: KAA 8142
NSEA | History | GMRS | Repeaters | Projects | Skywarn
*Note: located in Parkridge, Illinois and covers most of Chicago.
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The phenomenon is known as "picket fencing..."
- DownEastNC and Mikeam
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21 hours ago, MichaelLAX said:
Brandmeister!
'twas only a joke!
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With all the antennas on my roof and around my house, plus the ones on my car...
...my neighbors are convinced I must work for one of the three-letter agencies!
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5 hours ago, MichaelLAX said:
Bowel Movement?
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Currently all GMRS calls are 4x3, that is four letters followed by three numbers. They are all sequentially generated. An example would be mine: WQWU626.
Legacy GMRS calls were 3x4, that is three letters followed by four numbers, just as were the 11m CB calls from the past. That is of course because at that time our current GMRS frequencies were Class A CB and issued for business and/or personal use. An example of a legacy Class A call might be: KAE8142 while a Class D call would be KQI2403 (my old CB call).
While all Class D licenses are now non-existent, Class A licenses are still valid as long as they are kept renewed every 10 years.
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1 hour ago, MichaelLAX said:
I am contemplating getting the BlueMax49ers FTDI chip cable for $25 for my Yaesu FT-857d, which I was told will work with CHIRP.
I use only FTDI chip cables from BlueMax49ers. They are guaranteed to work or the owner will work with you to get one working. That's premier service!
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The term is "harmonics" and the original UV-5R has always been plagued with their crappy filtering.
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Your SIL could have simply used your license and saved $70...
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He's absolutely correct. The FCC simply hasn't got the budget they once had to enforce the rules any longer.