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It's not against FCC rules. i set up a Wouxun Repearter shoved in a modified 50 Cal Army can wherever we end up camping., mostly up in the Sierras. The repeater has come in handy and useful many times.. The higher you get, the better it works.. My RV has 2500 Watts of solar so no issues powering... I use a modified telescope flag pole from Harbor Freight for the antenna mast.. I can get the antenna up about 25' and works great..

There is two GMRS repeaters on El Paso Peak, near Ridgecrest, that looks as far as Acton, Victorville -South and Long Pine - North. Thats probably hitting a bit close or over 200 miles end-to-end. GMRS can pack a punch if you have good LOS. Same guy has a Papa and WIN Systems repeater at the same location..

funny how that happens.... but it does

Experienced are ya….. have fun there fella………LMAO.

guy probably watched a video proclaiming 'some people' think the FCC will actually never do anything to enforce the rules.,. LMAO.. But truly, it's about time..

Database programing issues..

And Mice drink Milk.. LMAO

So far it's free to change your GMRS and or HAM license.. But i hav a feeling that will change

I'm not saying, just guessing but it looks like the Radio City Radios are a 're-branded' Baofeng radio... For an entry level radio i would say go for it or spend $10 less and get a Baofeng.. After all,, many many of us here started out with a Baofeng..

I had it easy.. one house two streets down has major issues.. One corner of their foundation is undermined.. And these are new 3 year old houses. They did not have landscaping and the ones that didn't have lots of work to restore their property. Lots of mud everywhere and undermined sidewalks everywhere.. Gonna take awhile for the city to clean this mess up..

yup, those were mild aftershocks compared to real earth quakes.. We were right in the epicenter (17 miles from my home) from the 2019 'Earth Quakes'.. Those were some shakers that defiantly wake ya up

Well,, not much water breached in the house,, Sandbags did a great job.. Had the contractor that built my house here this morning.. We find out the the Landscapers covered two french drains with plastic and then the decor rock when we had some landscaping done, reason for the huge lake in the back yard. The rest of the city had some issues. a few business flooded, Lots of intersections closed.. Now i'll be spending the day removing sandbags and clean up rock... Defiantly cold have been worse. Update: Contractor came back wanted to check the French drain exit at the front of the house.. That one was also covered with plastic and rock... LOL.. and no comments.. Other than i'm pretty pissed!

Mojave Desert.. We are in the foothills of the Sierras and getting hammered by runoff.. Sandbags at the rear of our house, back yard is a lake. Water starting to breach into house.. Its has let up for now but 2/3 more hours of heavy rain expected around 4P.M. What a mess

Water coming down strong,, had to sand bag the back side of our house to keep water from breaching inside.. And this is just the beginning for us...... GMRS band pretty busy today.. I hope you all are staying safe

HP does pull cable my friend.. as well as trenching and placing the fiber conduits.. My own two eyes saw them in action and i can also tell you they do pretty crappy work.. The saw cut they did down my street and others near me looks like they were following the path of ants.. They also were using a white surly mix when the city required them to use a back dye in the slurry so it really stands out... And yes they are using GMRS radios.. Rumor has it that these contrsctors are in the process of being removed..

I like honest people. need more of them.. Anyway, my point, the landscapers/contractors i speak of defiantly are not using the bubble packs.. In fact most of them are using mobile. I even spoke with on guy on my street working for HP putting in Cable and i was fishing him on what they use for radio communications. I already knew they were using GMRS.. He said their trucks were all set up with GMRS mobile radios and they generally have one truck with a repeater for each area they work.. He was pretty knowledgeable on the subject. And don't get me wrong, I dont care what they use.. Just that most of them jam up the repeater channels all day long and it pisses me off because sometimes they use the same repeater Ch i.m set up.. HP was cool enough to move their repeater ch after i spoke with them, but only to another that bothered somone else.. They finally got it to an unused Ch... Now the Landscapers, those guy are all over the place and unfortuntlay i dont speak Spanish.

How many people do you know that use bubble pack radios for GMRS use, or even FRS use? Be Honest with your answer.

no argument there, but 99.9% of them are using radios over 2 watts (not the FRS bubble pack radio) and never use their call signs, more than likely because they dont have one. Per the rules for business use, radios over 2 watts, each radio operator using FRS/GMRS must be licensed and use their individual call sign. Many of these guys, at least where i'm at, are using mobile radios and hitting a mobil repeater in the GMRS band. And they will yack away using every profane in the dictionary.. Don't get me wrong,, i support free speech but I think these guys should apply some respect for other users..

technically speaking,, they can't deny you use of the ch or frequency as long as you are following FCC rules. If you are interfering with their use of their repeater, they can report you to the FCC, but the FCC is not going to respond. And if they don't want you using their repeater they can tell you not to use it, turn it off of or begin using PL Tones.. Just use the radios with respect to others and follow the rules...

problem really not solved, they moved ch's for someone else to put up with their illegal use of the radios.. Threating them with the FCC is worth a try, but at the end of the day, the FCC ain't gonna do anything.

Repeater operators do not 'own' the frequency they are using. And more than likely, in the scenario you present, the repeater is open to use.. The only way you are going to find out is 'use it'.. Just make sure to follow the rules, use your call sign etc.. If the owner comes back and tells you are are not welcome to use his/her repeater than you know your are not invited to use it.. But generally 'most' of the time if you find an open repeater, you can use it.. Just follow the use rule and you should be good..