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3 hours ago, WSAU511 said:
There is not a lot of technical information. Like how do you connect the two together, how to add the CW call to the device, how to change it from simplex to duplex. There is more information for the disconnect than station ID
he discusses a little on connecting the two radios to the RICK,,,, as far as programing the CW can you find anything on a Google search, along with the other aspects you are looking for? Repeaterbuilder.com might be the best resource for your questions and help.. Those guys are eager to help anyone. .. I once had a repeater made with two Maxon Mobil Radios (similar to two Motorolas). I used an ICS controller with OpenRepeater software, open source. I had to access the pinouts from both radios to make a custom pig-tail cable to communicate with the controller and radio. That setup cost less than $200, worked very well. Was able to program CW or voice on any interval i needed and also had a busy option..
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4 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:
Chirp does remarkably well for being non-commercial software. If it was available for all of my radios I might never have switched to RT Systems. And I will not say that RT Systems has worked perfectly. I’ve run across a few problems with RT Systems when programming DMR code plugs, which admittedly is an order of magnitude more complicated than typical analog radios. But their DMR calculator makes it much easier and when I have had a problem I have been very impressed by RT Systems willingness to thoroughly discuss and understand every issue that I have reported. Having RT Systems available for my db20g radios really made the difference for me though. I really like this radio and Chirp isn’t available for this radio.
DMR is defiantly a different game, which I have never used RT or Chirp to do since my Hytera CPM does it well. Right now the only DMR radios i have is Hytera and mostly because i like their overall package and ease of using their CPM. Not to mention some very good deals i've gotten on Ebay....
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5 minutes ago, dosw said:
I haven't paid the RT price, so I don't know what I'm missing there.
CHIRP has been adequate for my needs, and I find that it does control all the settings I can think of for the KG-UV980P, as well as for my other radios (UV-5G, AR-5RM, RA87). There are things I don't like about it's UI: Copying, moving, pasting, cursor movement.... some things are just not quite as easy to use as a typical spreadsheet. But it works and is reliable. And it's community driven so new radios show up pretty quickly.
I did try the Wouxun software and didn't care for it.
RT is defiantly easer to use but considering the amount of time, at least for me, you spend on programing, i can get things done almost as fast in CHIRP. I'm not a fan of the Wouxun software either but it does do everything needed. I don't use much of either anymore since i use mostly Hytera stuff now. Their CPM is extremely easy to use and learn and very powerful. I have a couiple Motorloa radios, which i like but never could get my hands around their CPM..
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1 hour ago, WRTC928 said:
GMRS doesn't get a lot of use in central Oklahoma, at least on repeaters. It's not completely abandoned, and there are several repeaters, but they're not usually too busy. One in Oklahoma City gets steady but not overwhelming usage during the workday because someone uses it for their business, but it's a brief conversation every 15 minutes or so. I occasionally hear someone on simplex in the more urban areas, and FRS gets a lot of use by construction crews and store staff, but the range is so short that it's hardly noticeable. I'm sure it's different in more heavily populated parts of the country, but at least here, GMRS is a good communication option for many of us.
it's kind of funny with GMRS compared to HAM Radio like WIN or PAPA. The later being busy every single day almost every min of the hour.. GMRS on the other hand, at least in my area and places i frequent while camping, has it's cycles. Some days the spectrum is busy as heck and scanning will drive you nuts and other days it's so quite you begin to think your radio is broke. My repeater can go weeks with zero traffic then all of a sudden its a mad house, it sounds like grand central station. There is even a young crowd that come and go on my repeater, every once in a while they get on and zabber having fun then their gone but they always seem to come back. On the HAM side with PAPA and WIN, it's like wait your turn so can can speak. I prefer using GMRS becasue i dont line the pressure of following the HAM zargin. They like things done their way or you can't play, but i respect that.
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3 hours ago, WSFU381 said:
Thanks for the reply. I use chirp and planning on changing the frequencies to use GMRS. Does the RT package offer the programming to do the same?
yes, but with a price tag.. Some like RT, i have used both, I don't mind CHIRP, it's free and will get you the same results.
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2 hours ago, SteveShannon said:
Your repeater isn’t required to ID if and only if the only people who use it are people you have authorized to use your call sign and they identify correctly.
If anyone with a different call sign uses your repeater, the repeater must be IDed. You can certainly do that manually and it definitely doesn’t have to be Morse code, but the repeater must be identified. Morse just happens to be built in for some controllers. Personally I prefer English language IDs also.yup, its a good idea to auto identify your repeater station, especially if it is an open repeater. At the end of the day, Its operation is the owners responsibility. Also a good idea to set up for remote access to disable if needed.. I have never had to remote shut down mine but a nearby friend has a few times due to jamming. Another thing he does, that i don't, i probly should, if he is away from montering range he shuts his down.. His is set up for continuous 15 minute ID intervals. I dont like that, i think it is silly, so i set mine for ID on Busy only on 15 min intervals. It's a personal preference thing. He does it so people can find and identity that particular repeate which has a very very wide operational range.
- SteveShannon and WRUU653
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2 hours ago, WSAU511 said:
I have a GMRS repeater using two Motorola CDM 750 radios with a Motorola RICK controller. How can I add a station ID? I saw a simple add on device from RepeaterID.com but it seems it is mainly for the Retevis repeaters. Is there some way to adapt it to my repeater?
Thanks WSAU511
this guy fibured it out
- SteveShannon, WSAU511 and WRUU653
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24 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:
Except I then see it descending into to mess that CB is today.
GMRS is actually not bad until you get into the bigger cities..Then it seem's 'Game off' time
- SteveShannon and GrouserPad
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59 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:
Not really. CB licenses were $20 each 50 years ago when $20 was a lot of money. Then they lowered it to $4, perhaps hoping to entice more people to get legal.
I don't remember paying when i obtained mine in around 74.. If I remember correctly, i went too the local post office on base, filled out a form, name address, birthday etc. checked two boxes agreeing to abide by rules and sent it with a prepaid stamped postage card. About 30 days later l got my call sign in the mail. For the life of me, i can't remember that call sign.. Probably cause i never used it
.. Back in that day, I don't think i would have wasted $20 for a license, considering that could have filled the tank in my 70 SS Chevelle 5 times. 
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6 hours ago, WSHH887 said:
Reaching back into the dusty hinterland of my memory I seem to recall that a license was required to use a CB. At some point the number of unlicensed folks got so large the FCC just gave up enforcing it.
If my, admittedly, somewhat sketchy memory is correct, could the same thing happened to GMRS? Is it happening?
the difference between CB and GMRS in the FCC's mind is 'cash' CB licensing got them nothing, GMRS is a pretty good cash cow for them.. So no, i don't think the same thing will happen.
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2 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
I looked him up by FRN and the only FCC license he has is a GMRS license.
you mean after all that hype he is a Ham
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54 minutes ago, MSnow said:
I have tons of radios, when I caught the bug i started getting everything that came out and seemed awesome. Unfortunately most of that is marketing. Here is what I found. When it comes to GMRS radios none of them are as good as the Wouxon radios, for mobile the KG1000g plus. The MXTA25 is one of the best if not the best antenna you can get it really is amazing. With that said if your not mounting it with a ground plane like the middle of the roof you would be better off getting a ground independent antenna. Comet has the GI series coming out they are primarily designed for vehicles that are not made of steel, but will work well for fender mounts. The other options that are good are to get old commercial radios like Kenwood, Motorola, or iCom. Hope it helps.
.I've got 22 HT's 15 are brand new in the box... Mostly Baufangs
When i got hooked on Hytera HT's i quite playing with the Baufangs. I still like my Wouxuns
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7 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:
Well now you're just being mean!
but its the truth. Honestly, i'm surrounded by them.....
- WRUU653 and SteveShannon
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15 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:
You shouldn't post his callsign because now people can very easy go to this link: FCC License Lookup for WRXP381
and see his full name and address via the publicly available FCC license information. But maybe he wont mind because we know he read all the rules and regulations before he signed up for his license - because that's the number-one stupid thing he obsessively repeats in his posts. So he obviously knows all of his information is free for anyone to look up.
I can vouch.. 'Tumbleweed' Sucks.
- WRUU653, OffRoaderX, PRadio and 1 other
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37 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:
That’s exactly how I feel also. A fine for using a radio that hasn’t been certified for a particular service will be a secondary charge and will only accompany much more severe primary charges, such as intentionally interfering with government agency’s communications.
the odds the FCC will go after people specifically for using non-certified radios is very very slim. One would have a better chance of winning 10 Lotteries. For those that program their non-compliant radios to the exact specs for a given frequency per fcc rules, it would be impossible for the FCC to even enforce it. Now to the idiots that prgram their radios to 40 watts in the FRS band. Go get em'
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i wonder if this guy is the onion caper ???
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jayme-john-leon-mcfury-onion_n_1914789
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22 minutes ago, TrikeRadio said:
I don't want to block any users... but I sure wish the site let you mark a THREAT as something you don't want to see come up in your "Unread topics" anymore regardless of how many new posts get added to it!
Its not actually blocking but rather 'ignoring' The idiot would still be there in the wild but his crazy post would be ignored on your feed.. You woiuld still have the chance to call him out.
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1 hour ago, WRVE426 said:
yup, that is what I ended up doing. if I get a reply from B2WR I will post it here.
in my case, they were gone for the weekend
can't really blame them, can I? Anyway, we will see what they will say. I wonder if they can update the firmware...
another useless and stupid reply. I often wonder what motivates folks to post such rude and condescending posts, and all I can think of is that their wives must beat them and so they try to pass on that beating through their posts. either that, or these are insecure teenagers trying to sound adult. either way, what a waste of perfectly good bits...
Most of us have blocked SOCALGMRS so we no longer see his rude mean comments.. I dont think his problem is a result of a naging wife. No women would want anything to do with him. The best way to deal with the idiot is ignore him.. Hover over his member icon, select ignore, make sure to check all the boxes on the bottom.. He'll go away.
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5 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
Oh my, mister stickler for the Rules is recommending a 100 Watt radio for GMRS when the power limit is 50 Watts???? I wonder if he actually read the regulations like he tells everyone else to do.
And as @OffRoaderX stated, the Wouxun KG-1000G and KG-1000G Plus radios are the only Part 95 certified consumer grade radios with a removable face plate. And they work right out of the box and are easy to program through the radio or with the Wouxun CPS from Buy Two Way Radios.
Yes you can buy an amateur band or commercial band radio and open them up to work on GMRS but then you get into the whole Part 95 Certification. And we will leave that argument for another time.
On my 5888UV, i programed and (listened) to GMRS
but loved to use it for my HAM contacts. Really great radio it was.
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Did BuyTwoWay change something? Just 6 months ago they answered by questions on a Duplexer i needed to get them to re-tune on a Saturday.. With the info they sent I fed X'd them the Duplxer first thing on a Monday mornning and i had it back in my hands the follwing Monday..
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Since you don't mention GMRS only i would recommend an Anytone AT5888UV which has a removable head (works easy) and they sell a separation kit which is basically a long CAT 3 or 5 cable and a mount for the head. If you are 3D savvy you can make your own head mount. This is a dual band radio. The one i have, which I rdon't use anymore came shipped unlocked so was able to program GMRS. I used in my last jeep for a while then went to a Midland MXT575 (which i liked a lot)..
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now after folliwing the above instructions it's so nice not to see that SoCal on these pages. Pooof.. Gone
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Long, Long Ago
in General Discussion
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only one time in 7 years of using GMRS was i ever asked to register, or request t to use a GMRS repeater. It was in Auburn, Calif in 2020. As i was travling through on I80 Ch 18 broke loose with someone asking for a radio check. This Ch happend to be programed with the same and PL codes of a repeater here in the desert After giving the other party a radio check and talking for 20'ish minutes. The owner just popped in introduced his call sign told me it was his repeater and asked me to submit a request here to use. It was no big deal, the guy was nice about everything. I never did fill out a request to use cause i havent been through that area since.. Frankly, i can't even keep up with the ones have requested access too.