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Sound advice. At least avoid arguing.

So if I have this correct Steve, OP would have responded with “call sign” then 59 and DE.

Welcome To the forum @MarkTheNewf

Hello @JHENRY, as mentioned already it’s permitted. Repeaters are privately owned so there’s that. As for our resident idiot petulant child SoCalgmrs that feels the need to chastise people, tell them their radios are junk and profess to getting 250 miles on his very fine radios in the desert. Feel free to ignore him. This info really should be part of the welcome packet. One last thing, some people view all caps as a form of yelling. Thought I’d mention it in case you were not aware. ️

This (A-Pillar Antenna Mount) is another option to try that won’t break the bank. I have a version of this on my Tacoma and despite what some might think it works for me. I used to have a Midland MXTA 26 which worked great, now I’m using a Comet SBB5 (ham) also good results. Sure it might work better in the center of the roof… until it gets snapped off with a kayak. Sometimes there are compromises and good enough is just that.

It goes on far too long for a very simple thing. I’d rather link to it than repeat it.

“Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only.” Here is an entire thread on the subject. a double post for your double post. ️

“Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only.” Here is an entire thread on the subject.

I would add that moving things around like this out of the normal progression is going to make things problematic when you try to communicate with someone who has their radio set up correctly. You are really better off being able to know when someone says go to channel 12 with a tone of xyz that you are doing the same thing.

This is it absolutely ^^^. And I'm guessing the radio won't care that you put 6 into 8 or whatever, anything in the 8-14 isn't going to work. I must need some sleep.

Hello Steve, 462.6875 is channel 6 not 8. One thought is the radio may have an issue programming it in the wrong position if it is one of the initial 22 channels but I'm not sure as I don't program mine out of sequence. Usually the repeaters will be programmed into channels 23-30, 31-38 and so on. The fact that you got the others to work though makes me question the PL tone. Not all radios have the same number of tones. Retevis CTCSS #2 is 69.3 while Motorola is 71.9 so you may have the wrong tone programmed. So you may want to check that. How are you programming your radio? Direct? Using Chirp or possibly Retevis software? Can you show us a screen shot of the program? Edit: On second thought the fact you are getting the beeping has me back to the wrong frequency idea. That's usually what that indicates. This may or may not be do to the position it's been put in. Edit #2: please see @amaff and @WRYZ926 responses for correct answer.

Oh yeah, okay. Yeah, you know… he shouldn’t drink.

I stand corrected. I went in to profile to edit said “Unit Number” and it said this underneath.

Never mind

You will soon find out about Mr negativity, but good joke nonetheless.

Welcome @EternalNoob, may you outgrow your forum handle and enjoy. Feel free to ignore SoCal desert dwelling control freaks that can’t help but tell you how you have to use your radios, should such a person come along… oh look there’s one now.

What about Target? “Transmitting In Target Stores”

It sounds like you are getting an out of frequency tone. As @SteveShannon mentioned we’re going to need more information to help sort it out.

I can’t speak specifically to the 5100 but I have the Icom IC-2730a and can do spit tones using chirp. It may be worth a shot with the ID-5100 or as mentioned by @SteveShannon and @MarkInTampa leave the receive tone off. Good luck.

Most of the hams I know are also GMRS users. It’s about fifty fifty on which license they got first. Some like me got their GMRS, got the bug and decided to expand. Others had their ham and I think saw value being inclusive for people in their own family, friends and community that aren’t interested in getting an amateur radio license. It isn’t two teams, it’s two tools.

Fair question. It must be okay because the FCC specifically mentions it. “GMRS and the Family Radio Service (FRS), which share many of the GMRS channels, are intended for individuals such as family members and friends, scouting troops, emergency response groups, and hobbyists to communicate with each other over short distances, directly or through a repeater station. Linking repeaters, via the internet or other networks, undermines the purpose and usefulness of the GMRS and FRS.”

I have seen where baby monitors on the same frequency have caused issues with GMRS repeaters but I have yet to see anything related to spurious emissions causing such problems. I’m not saying it couldn’t. I just haven’t seen evidence of it though.

Eight.

I haven’t noticed the battery “tingle” but I hold it with my left hand if that makes a difference lol. Numbers appearing may be ANI ID numbers. I have seen them on receive but I don’t recall seeing them on transmit but I don’t have them turned on.