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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.

Nope. Not what it says You have to read the whole thing. Only communications operating under Individual license under which it operates = the owners call sign, meaning people of the same family And (not or) Those same people (family members) identify using the aforementioned call sign

But but “if he had read the rules that he agreed to read when he got his license”

If it goes to 467.xxx on PTT then it’s doing the offset correct. However before you said the channel was 462.700 not 462.550 so if it’s supposed to be 700 and not 550 it may well be in the wrong channel location or something didn’t get set right. 700 should be at channel 29 or 37. One thing I can say is I have made mistakes in a cut and paste before. Where when I went back for some reason or another some of my corresponding frequencies weren’t copied correctly. I never knew why but I was looking things over and found a couple that weren’t what they were supposed to be and I just had to change it back. I’m happy to help if I can and hope that in the end everything works for you.

I have yet to hear them transmit but some people I know have hit the repeater while I was listening and that was cool. I rarely seem to be zeroed in on when it’s passing. As for the scan groups I look at it like tools in a tool box. I like to keep it organized so I know where to find the tool I need when I need it. If you decide to go for your ham license give HamStudy.org a look. The app will help you prepare for the test.

This isn’t correct… 95.1745. § 95.1751 GMRS station identification. Each GMRS station must be identified by transmission of its FCC-assigned call sign at the end of transmissions and at periodic intervals during transmissions except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. A unit number may be included after the call sign in the identification. (a) The GMRS station call sign must be transmitted: (1) Following a single transmission or a series of transmissions; and, (2) After 15 minutes and at least once every 15 minutes thereafter during a series of transmissions lasting more than 15 minutes. (b) The call sign must be transmitted using voice in the English language or international Morse code telegraphy using an audible tone. (c) Any GMRS repeater station is not required to transmit station identification if: (1) It retransmits only communications from GMRS stations operating under authority of the individual license under which it operates; and, (2) The GMRS stations whose communications are retransmitted are properly identified in accordance with this section. So if it’s only your immediate family that are using it and they identify under the same call sign then the repeater doesn’t have to ID. Anything else and the repeater is required to identify.

This made me laugh. The child me completely understands that logic. Fun fact, here we use red button to stop machines but in Europe red means the machine is running so danger! and green for off therefore it's safe.