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Interesting, who knew they made a superheterodyne FRS?! I don’t have any of those… must resist @TrikeRadio I have used Motorola talkabouts myself for cycling. I saw these Retevis RA55 and the ability to clip to a camelback and noise reduction feature might be nice in the wind, usb-c charging too. I have no personal experience with them though. Cheap enough to try out.

I have also found sending Rich a message from the contact page has worked as well for me. I did this once for a friend’s repeater that had a bogus listing. He took care of it no problem. More often than not it’s done mistakenly. One person came here after they tried to save it as a favorite but noticed this happened and then didn’t know how to fix it. I try not to think the worst of people when it comes to this because it’s so prevalent. I feel one extra layer of safeguard would be beneficial, like a pop up that says “are you sure you want to upload this repeater as one you own” or something like that before it post. I don’t know something.

The difference is in this thread he isn’t referring to Off Road. The question was about a highway channel. Or as stated Hi way. Which I like to think is a pun for the intended communications.

This has happend so may times it has become ridiculous.

After so many days… that is something! Nice to have a good news story!

Thanks for sharing. That sounds like it was a completely thankless task.

@numnutz6383, Okay I gave this a shot in Chirp. I changed the frequency limit to 485.000 on UHF RX, uploaded to the radio and I can now set the radio with a RX of 484.4000. Of course this is RX only. Give it a shot and see if you pick up the station.

Honestly one of the best qualities a person can have. Like @SteveShannon says don't be hard on yourself. None of us will ever be as smart as we once thought we were now that we know we weren't. I include myself in that. or something to that effect.

Not once have I struggled with trying to get some port recognition while using Chirp and a Mac. I can't say that for windows and whatever software is supplied by the radio manufacturer. Therefore I like Chirp. To each their own...

Reading through the rules again I am wondering whatever happend to Midlands request for a waver to use digital on GMRS mobile radios and increase power for such transmissions? I'm guessing it's part of the slow moving FCC approval process.

you know it never rains

Take a look at this it will help you understand the Chirp settings. https://wiki.radioreference.com/images/0/0a/CHIRP_tone_programming.pdf

This was great review reading for me, my new soldering station just showed up from my Prime day purchase.

What the actual f are you talking about? He's not talking about linking. The guy just wants to talk to people in the area. Learn some reading skills, get help, see a specialist, either back away or increase your meds. You have missed the plot here. Way to help a guy out man, nice job.

I don’t want to be negative here but your electrician may want to familiarize themselves with the electrical code section 110.26 Spaces About Electrical Equipment. Particularly the section and tables on working clearances. Your local utilities company also will have rules.

This is gold!!!

I’m gonna take a guess based on my perception of Randy’s humor that @OffRoaderX was having a bit of fun with the redundancy of stating your call sign in your post when it’s already your name on the site. So I can’t help wonder why you got ousted from the club? Was it the colorful language? As @marcspaz mentioned I have found the Nagoya NA-701C to do well. For mobile the Comet SBB5 does good on 2m/440 and okay on GMRS but as stated the antenna that is tuned for what you’re using is going to do the best for that. Everything else is going to be a compromise. Cheers

Well that’s just a bit too close,

It’s good to hear you’re safe. It’s great that you had discussions on evacuation routes and having the radios programmed for the necessary frequencies could potentially give you time sensitive information on doing an evacuation if needed. We had a fire not far from us a few years back (thankfully not as close as yours) and the event was partially responsible for my renewed interest in radios. When the next one happened and I watched from my back yard as the helicopters and planes were making their drops I was able to listen in on the fire fighters. I felt pretty good about how they got after it and didn’t hesitate to call for more air support. Again, it’s good to hear you are safe. Thanks for sharing.

yes yes okay, back on topic... Do you like club sandwiches and would you pay for them... something like that I think.

Thanks @SteveShannon, I think I understand it better now. I never have used it so I was never sure what people use it for. Sounds like it puts all your forums in one app and streamlines it. My perception was that it’s used to alert you but if that’s the case I don’t want my devices bothering me more than they already do

Yes. There is something to be said for build quality, functionality and purity but to your question will it be as good as far as range? Yes. and clarity? Probably. In my opinion anyway.

I do remember that

I did this as well. Aced the tech and I wanted to go out on a high note. as Arnold says “I’ll be back”

Congratulations on your new radio. Don’t feel like you got to figure it all out at once. That said when you’re ready you may want to check out Chirp for programming (be sure to select the 935G Plus version). Randy (AKA Notarubicon) actually has some good videos (repeaters, programming with Chirp etc…) that you may find helpful.