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This ^^^ I completely agree with. The Chirp software is much simpler to use for the RA87.

Outstanding that worked out for you.

Try higher and better antenna. Go to doughnut shop, get maple bars. Works for me but I’m only five miles from repeater and the doughnut shop is even closer. Pro tip make sure to get what kind the spouse likes if you have one. I may be distracted this morning. Sorry. Doughnuts…

I also was going to ask if you did a factory reset, that and have you tried swapping the antenna back?

It’s working for me.

While they are based in Japan the model you mentioned (Alinco DJ-G46T) curiously seems to have gotten its certification testing done in China according to the FCC which can be found here. So it sure seems like it may have come from China. Not everything on Wikipedia is correct. Side note, I don’t have a dog in this fight but do we need to bring Pandas into it? They live where they live and don’t care about economics or radios.

Oh man, they will do stuff like. I’m sure they thought you got it for them. Tails wagging.

1) Actually you can use a tablet or phone. As for tech savvy, if you can figure out tones for a repeater I think you can figure out Facebook or a group page. 2) When it comes to GMRS at present it isn’t. 3) Amateur radio certainly can do it legally, in part because it has the room for it. I understand the desire but I don’t think it’s essential to talk to my neighbors via radio from across the nation. A phone will suffice just fine. That’s what I do if I need to speak to a neighbor while I’m away. There are internet based radio like services as well. It doesn’t need to be or IMO even should be GMRS. .02

Said no one. He specifically said repeaters. Which is prohibited but I suspect as @OffRoaderX mentioned I doubt is worth any worries.

Frequency? Every evening at sunset. Sorry. I know, bad joke.

On one of our trips I ended up using one of my wifes Yeti lunch coolers... figured I better get somthing designated. I ended up with this Go Pro case from amazon ($18). I use usb-c cables to charge and I can get three radios and cables or two radios and a small battery bank ($20). I got one for the Surecom, dummy, cables and adapters as well. I used some velcro strips to keep stuff where I want it. Probably something better out there but it was cheap and it works.

I thought this was his favorite… yours was better

Very cool @WRZR574. The mobile radio bracket is brilliant and I really like the antenna holders. Simple and efficient. Bravo!

I wouldn’t put too much stock into testing SWR on HT antennas. @SteveShannon explains it better than I could in this post. Just go with what works best for you in real world applications.

Ha, yeah no worries. I don’t know why lawyers got to be so wordy, they could have just said if it’s only used by you and your immediate family and everyone uses the same call sign no repeater ID needed. That’s too simple though I guess.