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Talking about it is legal Grasp you some of that

my Notification window would not work. Zooming over and clicking did not open it.. Its working now though

EchoLink and Zello are the only phones apps i'm aware of. EchoLink never did accept GMRS or non HAM Bands.. I'm just saying, the only way to IP link now would be via a repeater system linked via IP.. Couple months ago i did read that a group was working on a Linx based version of (copy) of Zello, they probaly will end up getting that to work on Adroid phone and older jail broke iPhones. Personaly, i think it sucks that phones we 'own' are tied to the manufactures App sorces.. We should have open rain to run what ever software we choose.

Ahh,, So if you access your contacts via your Phone Icon, you don't see the 'Share My Location' option.. You only see it when you select your 'Contacts' Icon... I've always accesed my contacts via the phone app.. Interesting.

Yea I'm familiar with the Find Me app but i don't think it works with phone calls or off your phone directory. In fact, i just checked my phone directory and i don't see a 'share my location' however i do on the find me App. I don't think Find Me provide a bread crump option like the Rino. I've used the Garmin Rino's but never through a repeater. The Rino has a bread crumb feature but you have to upload through their map program, i forget what it was called. I remember it was kind of a pain.. The phone app we used (i think it was Log GPS) was pretty cool, we used it at work for a ton of things, even for logging USA fiber routes. It tied into your camera and you phone log. The app we used was somewhat custom also, It has an option. if you are code savvy, to write some of your own parameters. ... We had someone that did that for us.

The RINO (not Republican ) sends your GPS position each time you xtmt to other RINO users and vis versa. Apple has an App that does the same thing on iphone's, each user has to have it installed and set up in their call directory, it adds a toggle to include people in your direcoty to your locate list. It does some other cool things like include coordinates on pictures with time stamps and an export tool to upload to Google Maps.. We used it at work a lot for outside plant stuff.

no problem unless you start using talk groups, Digital and other special features of a given radio. I use Hytera which is compatible with a lot of Motorola stuff but not all. As far as analog use strictly, , no problem with compatibility between different brands.

my uncle, now deceased, had the ammo can version in his collection. It wasn't really an ammo can, it just looked line one. Yes, it was pretty heavy for its size. I remember lifting it and think, what the hell is in this thing.. He also had a Military AM portable radio (i can't remember what they called it) with the radio mounted above its power supply.. The power supply was DC or AC depending how it was configured in the field. That thing was very heavy.

didnt they have several variants of that radio? Backpack, ammo can, mobile, etc? The battery back is what made them heavy as in the ammo can and mobile version they were realitivitly small

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Yup..

I would implement a controller, Surecomm will have something that works with HT's

short for "compressing and expanding," is a technique used in ham and commercial radio to mitigate the effects of a communication channel with limited dynamic range. It compresses the dynamic range of an audio signal at the transmitter and then expands it back to its original range at the receiver. It is suppose to help improve the signal-to-noise ratio, making the audio clearer when in environments with background noise or over long distances. However, the process can introduce distortion, mostly in analog radios, where the output may not perfectly match the original input as Steve Shannon suggested.

agree on traffic only (busy) is your Repeater Ham? GMRS requires 15 min id'ing

yup,, setting to busy only is the key and most of the cheaper controlllers don't offer this flexibility.. . I alwys laugh with i hear a repeater id every 15 mins.. rminds me of a dog p*ssing on car tires

with nothing showing up on the current Military Exercise calendar, and all those transport planes landing at various support centers for the middle east, you kind of have to add 2+2.. Or as my dad used to say $hit+2=4 and a fart = a whirlwind.

a recent intercept of military encrypted codes.. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/is-washington-preparing-war-u-s-air-force/

I started out with a KG1000 repeater and never had issues other than desense early on. A couple times a year the repeater got pretty heavy use during nearby off roading events. Yea, they do get hot, but they keep on ticking. I use two Maxons for a portable repeater, they never break a sweat and they are housed in a ventilated ammo can. Now my current Hytera Repeater can run 24/7 with no worries. Amazingly, I paid not to much more for the Hytera radio then the two KG1000’s. I think we all do this, we learn the hard way.

the break out board option will make it easier to implement a controller of your choice, so basicly you woiiuld be able to set up auto CW in any configuration you choose

Just got this emial today from BuyTwoWayRadios announcing a solution to adding a controller or Auto CW to the KG1000 radios. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2025/06/two-new-products-to-auto-id-your-wouxun-kg-1000g-uv980p-repeater-systems.html?utm_source=E20250616-13&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E20250616-13

It looks like BuyTwoWayRaidos came up with two solutions making it easier to implement a controller and or an Auto CW board to the KG1000 Radios Just got an emial from them today giving the details. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2025/06/two-new-products-to-auto-id-your-wouxun-kg-1000g-uv980p-repeater-systems.html?utm_source=E20250616-13&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E20250616-13

i heard that you can buy un-locked UV-5Rs New with some sellers on Ebay.. I guess you have to look for the transmit range when searching

find a big huge round ground water tank and splatter your signal everywhere as you drive in circles around it .

Not Radio related but i got myself a 4Bay QNAP and 4 16TB NAS Drives. That should keep me busy for a week.

Some Repeaters, I.e. my Hytera's, can be set in programing for IP transport basically linking them. Many Commercial repeater radios can also do this.. Although not legal in GMRS many commerical repeaters can be set in this fasshion but requires like systems.