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Yup. Actually a HAM friend while living in Sacramento.. Which held water in the metro areas but getting out in the wild just not gonna work. BTW, his name is Greg and he still works for T-Mobile, was working for Verizon.

A few things you need to ask yourself.. Do you intend to use the mobile 100% GMRS, Do you want capability to switch to HAM bands, (which is nice in case of emergency) , Do you also use have a need to tune into MURS for off roading events or just to monitor. Do you feel it important to be able to switch to weather forecast with a button flick. Many times folks will start off with a certain radio only to find other needs/requirements weren't thought out.. And then you'll end up with a closet full of radios. (like me ) Personally, i like the Hytera, Motorola and Maxon options), some like Kenwood too, which i;ve never tried. But my point,, think out what you really need..

I had a HAM guy once tell me "if you can hit a HAM/GMRS repeater, you will have cell service". I can't tell you how many times that statement was proven wrong, especially in the desert areas near Randsburg, Bird Springs and many places near Bridgeport and Mammoth. I do a lot of Boon-Docking and never rely on cell service. I use GMRS and a portable repeater many times with success and able to switch over to HAM on occasion.. Even used Starlink for dependable internet connections and have used it to make a few VOIP calls out to the world.. Never depend on Cell for communications. Having a two-way radio (HAM/GMRS) IMO is a must.

buying off Amazon and Ebay is an almost guarantee you will end up with counterfit merchandise. last year i purchased two batteries for my HAM Hytera portables from a seller claiming they were Hytera factory products. When i got them i learned they were counterfeit.. When i requested to return them, seller denied and i got in a huge message war with the seller claiming they were legit factory batteries.. With help from Atlantic radio i was able to prove to Ebay customer service they were indeed counterfeit, EBay ended up giving me credit for the batteries and even told me to keep them. I ended up buying the batteries from Atlantic, paying about $45 more for the two batterie but it was worth it. The two counterfeit batteries don't hold a charge for half the times the factories do. I would stick buying from factory authorized dealers for your radio..

why you wasting your time.. remember, he is blind, he can't read.. You're puking hot air

Meanwhile, quite a few here are blowing nothing but angry hot air because 'big man' is putting the hammer down.. And some of us are laughing our a$$ off on the sidelines..

Haaa.. Oh Lordy,, thank god my children grew up a lot easier than this....

Common Marc,, Do you really confuse yourself with Messages which are both conveyed by a wireline control link and transmitted by a GMRS station and remote operation of of a repeater, in other words ability to turn it off and on remotely. Are you really in that in that crowd???? You can play dumb all you want but i won't be part of that crowd. Have fun with that.

Oh,, So a cop in his official capacity telling you to slow down Is a warning... Yea i thought so... Follow the Rules Lad.. And listen to officials. LMAO

anyone not get it?? Internet, telephone etc. is conveyed over a wireline.. PERIOD.. End of story.

I didn't read the book, but I'll check with my son, who did read it, to see if his book says it's appropriate to say "F off" But i'm sure it does.

an employee of 'who'

Bells CB repair used to be good. i had a Galaxy repaired about 8 years ago. I shipped it two day on a Monday and had it back on that same friday...

the FCC spoke to them two times.. According to the interview anyway.. I dont know how you can stretch what we all heard in that video. blah blah blah...... Just sitting here on the sidelines,, they go after one, they go after all. Waiting to see what happens..

you only pay to play if you are a friend or family member,, But then you'll get labeled as a weirdo. But what the hell, we are now use to and have to accept weird $hit

yes it is.

it's in the 'wide open' now... I myself didn't think it was this bad.. WOW

Interesting, i was able to tie those owner/operators together using my kml database. Another area with multiple repeaters under one license. I told you this was getting way out of hand.... and this is why i object to it.

Aren't some sooo lucky.

What, you want me to say in a tone. "oh child, you did so well, you got all the answer right' is that tone better.

going out on a limb is the risk taken and lesson learned (hopefully).. You can use RF technology in many ways to defeat the purpose of intended use.. I'll never be 'that guy' to stretch out on a limb, especially after well served clairfication came into play.. And i would be very hesitant using anyone playing with the FCC rules to touch any of my LMR/Public Safety radio business. I believe you left a word out in your last sentence, you should have said "yet there is a definite need for intelligent RF guys in that field"

Not sure where you are coming form or tying to say.. Kind of reminds me of watching an individual in a 'debate' a little while back.

Yea marc,, but are their several of them???? There's one right next door to me that has reached 160 miles and i use it all the time. His has a void where mine can hit 80 miles in that void. Linking them together would create a very awsome coverage of area, but we never even talked about it because we know what the rules imply. Take a look at the spread sheet i posted.. Some operators have massive amounts of repeaterss registered and you have no way of knowing if those multilble operators are forcing up.. Get the picture? I'm sure that's the picture the FCC was seeing.. Did you tell your son to listen to orders, i gave mine a 101 book on telling people of 'F' Off in a polite manor.