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i agree 100%

And still many people seem to forget that GMRS/FRS including the repeater option and usage is meant for personal family usage. i just LMAO over the number of people that treat GMRS like its meant as a tool for business purposes or similar to communications in the HAM radio world... And i get a bigger chuckle over the good handful of folks out there that have 10,15 and even 20 repeaters in operation then get mad because someone is on 'their' frequency.. BTW,, FCC petitions is a standard way to blow you off. Have fun.. Some of us get a good laugh out of this.

During a huge enduro motorcycle race in town, heard some gal on the CH 6 get on the radio to tell her lover her husband passed out and she was sneaking over to his camp....

And we've all owned a few 'coakroaches'... Damn things are so tough, the're hard to get rid of

this is going on in a lot of areas.. Especially in 'busy' cities fued's and 'stomping' is only getting more popular and intentional. Kind of reminds me of the CB hay day.. Even a week out camping trying to use these GMRS radios turns into fiesta of jack-wads.. Certainly has gotten pretty bad in the last two years.

I told you it was/is a Zoo

some are junk, some are failry decent. Really depends what you got.. Freq range?? Does is spec (notch) for the tuned frequency?.. They are older duplexers but if they bench out well i wouldn't throw it away..

Oh Lordy

My understanding is: if you can program inverted, you can use them.

Pretty amazing the tools the Sheriff and even airline pilots have that can instantly pin point the exact location on ground when a laser lights them up. Granted, the FCC has tools that can find an illegal transmitter but nothing as fast as the laser spotting tools. To bad the FCC seldom uses them.

Add's are not effective if they aren't 'In your Face'..... another good reason to use the KML tool

it's already gone my friend... But have fun if you can..

Some of them ask, but they don't require.. Especially in this money hungry day..

anywhere in Calif.. Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco and even the rural areas. Also notice same in Reno, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Denver.

The only time ever i have heard someone use their call sign when talking on GMRS is when they talk via a repeater.. And even at that, call signs are seldom used.. IMO, GMRS has turned into another free for all zoo and only getting worse, especially in the bigger cities. At this point, i certainly would not worry about a call sign.

Yes you can get a bad Duplexer but it is very uncommon.. This is why i suggest you buy them tuned and ready to go for your chosen freqs so they can be checked on scope and confirmed of its notch ability.. The first one i ever bought was and XLT from BuyTwoWayRadios. It sat in a box for about a year before i used it and when i did, It was bad out of the box. BuyTwoWay did exchangfe the unit at no cost. I still use it today for my portable repeater we use for camping and honestly, its a pretty decent Duplexer (especially for the cost)_

Keep checking Ebay.. every once in while there are some pretty good deals on duplexers. Don't be afraid to buy older duplexers, they're passive, nothing to go wrong with them.. Just try to get them sent to you tuned and ready to go.. I just sent an I.M. to the guy i bought from, he has nothing for sale at the moment..

keep your eyes open on ebay and look for a 4 cavity and hopefully seller will tune to your specs.. Last summer I picked up two Tessco's (both Tuned) for $1,000 delivered and love the heck out of them. One is a spare, had to buy both and have zero regrets.

i woiuld just say "10-11-87, we have a 10-100 in progress" - 'Over'

the FCC says t0 codes are premissable but i can you that 98% of Generation Z has no idea what the most common 10 code, 10-4 means.. Before i retired, i would always have fun answering simple yes questions emails from these young folks with a simple 10-4.. It amazed me that most these folks would answer back, Ahh?? or what do you mean or what does that mean... But since the FCC says 10-codes are permissible,, 10-Code away and have fun..

all of us here were in your shoes at one time. And i think most of us have spent a 'TON' of money progressing to our 'True Love'' I started of with AnyTone & Baufang radios, then to Wouxun, Motorola, Maxon and now my 'True Love' Hytera. Although i still maintain my Maxon Repeater, I'm getting ready to switch it to a Hytera Repeater.. As someone just starting out, i highly recommend getting an AnyTone mobile and few Baufang Radios.. Cheap and very good radios and they'll provide you learning skills so you can join the group and have many many radios.. Welcome to GMRS and i hope you have fun..

But its legal it there is nothing you can do about it... Other than change your address to a PO Box or use mailing service.

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