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You may find this video helpful as well. It was put together by one of our regular contributors here @marcspaz

Welcome @Murph62. You got it right. Simplex (radio to radio) doesn’t require tones but if you do have them set then you want both radios to be set the same. Tones can open squelch on repeaters so you can use them. They can also prevent you from hearing others that don’t have the same tones set. Others without them set will still hear you.

I think most do it that way, the very nice people at ARRL said they have tried convincing the people that did mine to just upload their info to no avail. Small problems in the big scheme of things really. It didn’t really take away from my experience.

You’d think so. Except the VE’s that gave me my test snail mailed the forms from the west coast to the ARRL on the east coast. Once the ARRL had them it only took a day… I think it took 10 days total to get my ham call sign. I was getting worried the pony died in route.

Welcome @CTarna to the forum.

I hope everyone had and is having a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels. late post I know. Great day yesterday with all our guests, still more kids and grandkids arriving today.

It says it’s an open system and it shows the tones so you have what you need to access the repeater. They ask for you to fill out the request so they know who’s using it so if you did that you’re good to go. That’s the way I interpret it. Looks like there are a few repeaters near you so that’s nice.

Congratulations @Tiercel. I had the same experience with people talking during our test. I hadn’t really noticed until another person taking the test just asked them to stop. Then it was quiet. Glad it worked out and you got your license.

Which repeater are you trying to get tones for? Just looking at where your map is I looked at a few repeaters and all the ones I looked at in that area had the tones listed and were open repeaters. No request needed.

Well I just got around to checking this out @marcspaz... Very nice sir, well done and a generous share. You really put together a great presentation top to bottom.

@Kdcstks I think the answer to your question is no on the 2 meter, yes on UHF. I might add that IMO it's never too late to rename your thread title. Cheers

It is unknown at this time. Mel is working on the beta in Chirp still.

That's what I thought. Perhaps he just needed lunch.

I wasn't debating. I was asking. I don't have the radio or the app.

I would add that repeaters that are open and require no permission can fall into the stale category easily. Once the owner puts it on the site there may be no reason to log back on the site for it and the site automatically puts it in the stale category after a year of not logging into it. This happened to a friend. I think it would be helpful if an email went out automatically to the owners of repeaters asking them to update yearly before it falls stale. Maybe this could easily be implemented by @rdunajewski? The site sends update reminders for GMRS license. I don't know, just a thought.

I noticed their Ham version is but their site says the GMRS version is 5 watts. Does this app change that?

I reported your post for you so @rdunajewski can help you. It's his website and the only one who can help.

@WRUI477 I personally do not have any experience using any other cable than the red Wouxun cable for Wouxun radios.

This info would be ideal for your proposed FAQ thread.

you can click on the links in my first post to get from Buy Two Radios, they were better price than Amazon

A little more info on loading the Beta in Chirp. First open newest version of Chirp and select load module from the drop down menu enter the number for your particular models issue number (number assigned to new model from Chirp developer). In the example I used the number for the Q10H. Then select your model as you would in regular Chirp and you should be able to download from your radio. Keep in mind it's a beta version and all that goes with that...

For info on Beta loading go here. Looks like the issue number for the KG-Q10G is #10925. More here. The Beta for the KG-Q10H worked good for me so I hope the same is so for the KG-Q10G. Good luck.

I have the ham version of this radio and while I haven't used the manufacturer software you can do what you are looking to do with the beta they have in Chirp. Chirp is currently working on the software for the KG-Q10G along with the KG-Q10H and you will be able to do this with Chirp. Here's a link to their progress.

The question as stated in the title "What is the best antenna and brand for HT GMRS radio?" So any references to non GMRS radios really don't apply to the question. In support of @Sshannon's statement the cheap GMRS radios like the Baofeng UV-9G come with duel band antennas. They are not specifically tuned for GMRS. Some of my less cheap (as far as GMRS radios are concerned) Wouxun radios came with antennas that are not duel band and at least are stated to be properly set for GMRS frequencies. The Nagoya NA-701G and the NA-771G are better than a stock Baofeng in my experience, the NA-771G may be just sightly better than the stock Wouxun and as mentioned by @WRHS218 I like the flexibility of the NA-701G over the stock rubber ducky.

Welcome to the forums and the radio fun.