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On 9/16/2022 at 9:43 AM, MichaelLAX said:
And the Anytone AT-779UV, which in the United States is sold and locked to GMRS.
And can be unlocked, relocked, unlocked, etc, etc ad nauseum.
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I've had my 779UV for about two months now. It was delivered with version 2.26 firmware (software for inside the radio) which had its problems but I uploaded version 2.30 and haven't had a bit of problem with it. I really don't see the need for an over-featured, 50-watt radio -- 20 does me just fine. Anytone threw in the programming cable, which was a plus. Retevis is showing their RA25 for $93.99 on their own website (no mention of cable). Radioddity was my first choice, actually, but their DB-20G had been out of stock since the middle of June (the reason I got the Anytone). Hmmm... Radioddity appears to have theirs in stock now on their website (comes with programming cable, like Anytone). -
On 8/2/2022 at 11:44 AM, TXFitz said:
I'd like that when it cools off Rusty.
No need to meet outside. We can always get together at some swanky, fancy restaurant... like Whataburger or Taco Bell.
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'Fitz,
Most any UHF-capable ham radio is capable of listening to GMRS or anything else up to ~ 470-MHz. Getting them to transmit is another story entirely. Your KG1000 will let you listen to more than you thought existed.
If you and Nitro wanna get together sometime and talk radios, by all means, just lemme know. I'm available most any time.
-Rusty-
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3 hours ago, NitroNarco said:
Thanks Rusty, I've requested access to both Greenville and Denton. Greenville responded back quickly saying I had approval, but I’m only in that area once a month.. Still waiting on approval for Denton. Right now Im only using HTs and really want to buy a 50 Watt for the truck, but will hold off to see how much I use these. I'm so new at this I couldn't say if I'm connecting to repeaters on not. For instance: Greenville 550 shows input and output tones of 141.3. It doesn’t show a +- offset setting. So I'm a still little confused even after reading manuals multiple times. Ive watched almost all of Notarubicons videos and Im going to self label myself as one of the so called "stupid people". I have 3 HTs: Baofeng UV-5R, BR-F8HP and a UV-9G. I also agree that another local repeater would be pretty nice. I pretty much listen to the trash pickup guys fighting in the 463 range and the occasional GMRS call out.
The ONLY offset setting in GMRS, when used, is +5 MHz. Most GMRS radios will handle that. Ham radios, on the other hand, usually need to be told what offset to use, especially if set to xmit out-of-band. Even in-band ham repeater offsets vary according to which band they're operating in and what region of the country you're in.
FYI/FWIW, a repeater's output tone is only useful if you're getting interference on the repeater's output frequency OR there is another repeater (or repeaters) in the area on the same frequency pair. If the repeater's output is weak, having that tone detection turned on can, per my experience, prevent you from hearing said repeater, as scratchy as it may be.- NitroNarco and WRTT642
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The only GMRS repeater I've been able to bring up was in Sherman (I visit Denison every few months). There's another one that I hear from time to time which, I think, is the Rockwall machine. Supposedly, with repeaters in Denton and Greenville, GMRS really could use one right in between them along US380 right here in McKinney.
Right now, I have an Anytone AT-779UV (pretty much the same hardware as a Radioddity DB20 and Retevis RA25) for the car with a gaggle of HAM HTs that will listen 
to GMRS as well. It's 20-watts which I think has more than enough power and is only about $100. I've been having fun programming it.
FWIW, I'm fairly new to GMRS but I've been a ham for almost 30 years.
-Rusty-
- WRTT642 and NitroNarco
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If you have an external antenna then try Channel 17 after 9 or 10pm. There a group of guys that hang out there, simplex. I'm not quite sure where they are but west Plano is my best guess from driving around. I'm over here in McKinney just west of US75 and Virginia.
- WRTT642 and NitroNarco
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I've got it in my radios so I can try next time I'm up in Grayson Co. Thanks!
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Is that Sherman repeater still operating? I'm down in McKinney but drive up that way every so often.
-Rusty-
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I appreciate it!