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I think the only thing that matters using high power on an HT is it will drain your battery 5 times faster then low power.

Surprisingly a lot of hikers use GMRS. Living here in the desert with an eye site of Mt. Whitney 75 mile out, I hear hikers up there all the time. They hang out on Ch 3, 7 and 18 and obviously on HT’s. I also pick up traffic from hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail. I’m assuming they use some type of portable solar to keep their radios and cell phones charged.charged up.

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Managing/coordinating digital traffic is not a crime. Whoever operates such digital systems in GMRS would be actual persons breaking rules. Yes, being listed would be opening a door but if personal identifiable information is not listed, than not much is being revealed.

The site in itself is completly legal..

one of my buddies will only use Astron for his AM Amplifiers, claiming a switching PS wont hold up long under continuous high load use. I currently use a DuraComm switching rack mount for my repeater and works well. It has a fan alarm and very seldom does it ever kick in...

there is a guy here that runs one on on a 4800 Mtn Peak. Good repeater, gets out very well. As far as i know, its been running 5 years + and it gets pretty busy at times. . BTW.. My bet, 75% of GMRS repeaters are not Part 95..

looks like a good deal.. make sure to folow up how you like and how it tunes

just curious, you going to use it for an Amplifier? or Radio?

It's not hitting out here in the West Coast of Califailure. .. But I'll keep my ears posted.

GMRS only base station?, i don't think you will find one not using a DC Power Supply. You can find some Kenwood's, Motorola's & Hytera commercial radios that can be programmed to GMRS on eBay, some being dual purpose repeaters. Why are you against using a DC Power Supply?

I' ended up with a slew of Hytera commercial radios off Ebay. HT's, Mobile and Repeaters (450-520) and each of them offer front panel programing options based on how i load them with CPS.. One of the HM 782's is VHF. Once i have the radios programed how i want, i have never used the front panel programing to change anything other than entering PL tones.. I'll never go back to any radio you can't program in zones. The supply on these radios, along with Motorla's, Harris and Maxon are beginning to dwindle as most government and cities have completed there transition to Digital. For awhile, Ebay was so saturated with these retired commercial radios they were giving them away.. I ended up with 4 Hytera PD982 repeaters that came out of a school district, one of them was new in its original sealed box with the factory duplexer installed. The seller was trying to get $1,200 each, after watching for several weeks i offered $2500 for all 4 and got em. Each repeater was like new, even had the plastic screen protectors.. I'm using one and don't know what i'll do with the other 3. i'll just sit on them for now.. Each one of these radios are also digital/analog and the repeaters can be programed for IP transport or Trunking.. I also ended up with CD's containing every CPS vers for each radio model. I did buy a couple Motorola Astros pretty cheap, but couldn't get my hands wrapped around Motorolas CPS and ended up selling them here.. Those radios were also like new, now i wish i would have kept them but then again i got radios i'll never touch.. Pretty addicting isn't it?

its funny how starter radios turn into gold mines, for the manufactures.. How many of us can say, 'been there done that' and ened up with Kenwoods, Motorlols, Harris, or Hytera..

India and Vietnam soon to be..

My RV Friends are just now getting out of Bear Creek Texas, untouched by the floods because they were camped high enough.. They say the devastation is unmanageable and the amount of rain they got in short period was beyond belief.. They've been staying in touch with the world via their GMRS radios, which they say were very busy by both rescue groups and people in general. There cell service has been spotty and just now coming back, they even had a hard time senidng text, which i thought worked off satellites now.. I would have been on the trip with them but had last minute issues with my VGT Exhaust break and still in the shop for a $4,500 repair.. (3weeks latter)... Thank god they are all safe..

the first radio i bought from Baoefang Tech was a BF-H6.. It came completely unlocked and operable up to 520Mhz. I notice now they shipped locked at 450MHz.

i have 3 5rQ's each one shipped with the Antenna laying in the box (top) diagonally across. The antenna would not fit in the box placed straight vertical. Each box is identical cardboard with Baofeng on two sides.

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they never will.. I can tell you, every single one of my HAM buddies with GMRS repeaters, all use Kenwood's, Motorola's, Harris, Hytera radios.. (non-part 95) If the FCC ever decided to enforce this rule, it would be impossible for them to detect them. Outside of putting their eyes on them.. And that would never happenn

So,, im one of those that as at least a dozen of Baofengs. just checking my cabinet, i can see that Offroader is correct. Baofeng does have a wide selection of boxes, even with same model radios.. Ranges from fancy boxing to plain cardboard boxes with Baofeng titles on them.

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yup, and it all but ills those ghost antennas

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not a good idea here in Calif... Too damn hot and dry

its a $2500 fine here but now one cares..