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Shaking Elvis's hand would be icky considering how long he's been cold.  Meeting him would be even worse, because that would mean I was with him.  Not sure if Randy has been complimented or insulted. 

My handshakes have often been described as both cold and icky.. and sometimes... moist..

Cold and icky handshakes are OK if they're on the square and level.  ;)

The problem in the Santa Clarita area is the Repeaters are creating the interference with automatic announcements. Announcements they are not supposed to be doing. Plus everyone in this area wants to fight and argue. I almost don't turn the radio on anymore. Even the ham club guys are involved in the arguments. I almost attended one club meeting. But, the silliness on air turned me off for even that.
 
PS, I have heard many of your videos. Good for you.

Sounds like they're working.

I just built an Android app for this: https://github.com/nathanchilton/remote-identifier
With the app running on an old Android phone, connected to a BTECH GMRS-V1 using a BTECH APRS-K1 cable, it listens for traffic.  If it hears any sound (via the HT) after the last time it has identified, it will use speech-to-text to transmit an identification through the HT, which then is also transmitted via the repeater.  It is a bit of a hack, but it means that the device just needs to be within range of the repeater for this to work (no direct interface to the repeater is needed).  It isn't as good as a real controller, but I think it's better than nothing.

You sure? Because:

🤣🤣🤣 I have been dying to use this image somewhere

So apparently, it's really happening?

EFFECTIVE DATE OF NEW APPLICATION FEE RATES FOR THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
MD Docket No. 20-270
On December 23, 2020, the Commission adopted a Report and Order implementing a new application fee schedule which significantly updated the Commission’s previous fee schedule. As indicated in the 2020 Application Fee Report and Order, the new application fee rates will become effective when the Commission’s “information technology systems and internal procedures have been updated, and the Commission publishes notice(s) in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of such rules.” On July 6, 2021, the Commission announced the new application fee rates for the Office of Engineering and Technology and the Media Bureau would become effective on July 15, 2021, and on December 15, 2021, the Commission announced the new application fee rates for the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Enforcement Bureau, the International Bureau, and CALEA Petitions would become effective on December 15, 2021. This Public Notice announces that the new application fee rates for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, codified at 47 CFR § 1.1102, will become effective on April 19, 2022. Wireless application fees can be paid through the Commission’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) at Universal Licensing System.
 
Full document can be downloaded here - https://www.fcc.gov/document/effective-date-wireless-application-fee-rates
 

If it were not for MURS (and analog AM aviation comms), I think my Realistic Pro-2006 and Pro-2032 scanners would never get used anymore. I am close enough to several cities that decided to protest and self destruct certain areas, coordinating via MURS, as it provided the longest range and unlicensed band for VHF comms. Then I also heard many of them move to GMRS frequencies as well. Dual band, and cheap radios mean that both MURS and GMRS get a lot of use. Makes for some interesting listening. My local Wal-Mart still uses MURS, as does Lowes and possibly Home Depot at a few of their stores in my area. I have seen a few RDM series Motorola radios on the hips at some larger home improvement stores, some look to be VHF while others are UHF. 

I'll bet it was interesting.

Windows has a remote feature, Remote Desktop, where you can login remotely from another computer. At the point it's like sitting at the other computer's keyboard, screen and mouse. The remote computer uses Windows terminal services client.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-remote-desktop-5fe128d5-8fb1-7a23-3b8a-41e636865e8c
I do this all the time at work. I have a Linux VM running on another computer with RDP, Linux's remote desktop service like Windows, and access it remotely over the company's network with Windows terminal services client software.
 

And... there is another solution that probably deserves its own topic. Remote access to a radio through the use of USB port sharing over Internet. The software I am most familiar with is VirtualHere (not related to VirtualBox). This software would let someone connect a radio to their local machine (Linux, Windows or MacOS) and then share it over the net so someone remote, with the proper software/skills, could program the radio.
 
I have personally used this scheme to program some Motorola radios using the Motorola programming software. We also use this same scheme to access our MTR2000 repeater should we need to make changes. In the case of the repeater, we run VirtualHere on a Raspberry-Pi. Works great.

Thats what i thought thanks for the confirmation
 
 
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151.625 is under Part 90.35 as a business itinerant channel and isn't part of MURS.

We have Costco, Wallmart, Target, Winco Foods here in Roseville and i do hear traffic on 154.570 and 154.600. I once in a while i hear traffic on 151.625 not sure who uses that frequency but i do hear conversations on there.
 
 
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WAL-MART uses 154.600 and 154.570 yes they can .Walmart going to MURS some stores still hold an fcc  bussiness license

Yes, that is a typical (and legal) use of MURS radio.

95.2731   Permissible MURS uses.
The operator of a MURS station may use it for the purposes listed in this section.
 
(a ) MURS stations may be used to transmit voice, data or image signals.
(b ) MURS stations may be used for telecommand and telemetry functions.
 
 
95.2733   Prohibited MURS uses.MURS stations must not be operated as repeater stations or signal boosters. This prohibition includes store-and-forward packet operation
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2 Watt power limitations and no repeaters of any kind, but that's about it.  Businesses use MURS all over the country.
 

Well, I happened to think that the ULS might show that information so I looked up a new, 10 year license. The restriction is there on the ULS. This is strange because it is not mentioned in part 95© or (E) and there appears to be no international agreement listed.
 
I'm stumped.

Basics of English Common Law; that which is not prohibited, is permitted. Besides, from a regulatory standpoint, how does the FCC keep anyone from doing anything that it is illegal? The short answer is that it cannot. Any other system is unrealistic and tyrannical, but wholesale prior restraint systems are unethical and doomed to failure. Rather, it typically works like this; if Johnny commits a crime and if Johnny is caught and if Johnny's guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt, a proscribed penalty against Johnny is enacted. Where the FCC has an upper hand in this system is through licensing. By taking a license, either overtly or through license by rule, one operates under granted privilege. That makes the burden of the FCC lower than it would without a licensure scheme. Those operating under a license are assumed to have accepted being regulated. That's how all licenses work.
 
Regarding the question as to if a GMRS repeater in a parked vehicle is legal...
We can take a part 95 legal repeater for GMRS, place it in the car with mobile duplexer and mobile antenna, and drive it to a location. Then we can park and turn on the repeater. Is that prohibited? I don't see where it is but I am very open to the possibility that something in the language clearly makes it verboten.

Absolutely! Changing from 462/467 MHz down to 447.975 MHz was a "bridge to far..." Having 16 channels is useless as the duplexer is simply too tight to allow, especially for multiple GMRS frequency pairs. Fortunately I have three analog service monitors in my shop. I wish I could afford a digital service monitor!

My fondest memories are of the really l o n g d i s t a n c e contacts I made using my 200 milliwatt handi-talkies to another young boy in California: from Ariington, Virginia to San Francisco, California! What a hoot that was back in 1958. Noise floor non-existent, skip propagation was King! ?

In the 1970s in our city it wasn't so kosher; especially at night. It sounded similar to today but less impolite between individuals. Still there were a lot of shenanigans, keying over others, illegal wattage, sexual content, etc.