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It’s not on the forum site, you will find subscriptions on the mygmrs.com repeater/map site. You will need to log on there just like yo do here, open the control panel by clicking in upper left hand corner then scroll down on the right to subscriptions.

If you have a type accepted GMRS radio the offset should be baked in for you. A number of diy repeater channels should be also.

No, it’s an example.

Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only. This statement would seem to indicate that a repeater is not a fixed station as it does not communicate with only fixed stations. Therefore talking to it is not the action of a fixed station. I will agree that this topic has been discussed for what seems an eternity. With some grasping the rules and others arguing the perceived vagueness. I would agree that for a radio service intended for friends and family the FCC could or should have written the rules for such. That said, all the debate is for what end I have no idea. Who is being affected negatively here? As Bill Murray stated in Meatballs it just doesn’t matter.

Martin aka WSCD723 made this post a year ago. I would guess that by now he has confirmed that his radios work.

Wow... Sorry to hear that. Electricity definitely jumps. Good on the two that said no. Working High voltage wasn't my favorite thing to do but when I did we always had a tailgate meeting to go over the task step by step and I always asked if anything seemed wrong or missing, I wanted input. If two people are saying no it sure would be cause to reevaluate the situation. Always more impotant to go home at the end of the day.

I guess the gps would be something I’d be interested in hearing about also. I believe this would be the first we have seen this in a GMRS mobile. Does it rely on the phone app for this or does it operate on its own?

I would add make sure what you think you’re testing is what you think it is before putting that meter on it also. I got called out for a blown fuse on 4160 three phase. Each leg supplied a group of transformers and the electricians (not our company) thought the high side was 480… they opened up the back, one guy put the probes on while the other held the 600 volt rated meter. They both lived but they both went to the burn ward. Be safe and pass on stories where things can go wrong so the newbies may learn and hopefully avoid bad mistakes.

Yeah they can be finicky, I trust them to tell me something is hot, I don’t trust them to tell me it’s not. Klein has certainly made some money off of me over the years too

I’d put my money on the latter. But at least exercise is supposed to be good for you.

I agree that good tools are a joy to use. Like radios it seems I can never have enough. As for Flukes I have the Fluke 16 and Fluke T5 1000. Before I retired I used to have the 87, the 376 FC with the flexible clamp (that was a nice meter) and a 771 milliamp clamp on (usefull for 4-20 controls). All good meters.

It seems to have some promising features. I guess I'd be interested in how well the programming app works, how you like the Bluetooth and it's multitude of options and do you find it to be an improvement in quality from it's BTech mobile predecessors? Looking forward to your video and thoughts.

I thought perhaps since OP didn’t specify GMRS repeaters in their statement (I fully acknowledge that’s likely what they were talking about). it would be worth mentioning ham repeaters as well. Which according to Repeater Book there are 1,707 Texas repeaters in the database. Add the 112 GMRS repeaters or 263 if you count stale and offline repeaters listed here, and all the repeaters that are not listed here it would be safe to say Texas has a significant number of repeaters. Hopefully OP finds this encouraging and if there are no repeaters in their area because like it was mentioned it’s a big place, do as @OffRoaderX often says you can be the pillar of your community and add one. He has an affiliate link below for you.

Good info here. Thanks. Chirp really is your friend with this radio. I would add for someone new to remember that the programming for the RA87 has a left and right side. Cut and paste makes it nice going from side to side if you want to duplicate things. I’ll use Chirp to set one side for local channels and repeaters and set up the other for travel repeaters.

Yeah but some of us enjoy helping others out.

You can give your taped connections a coating of this stuff (Scotchkote), but it's kind off permanent so test everything first because your not going to want to try removing it. Also I highly recommend wearing gloves while applying, it will stick to skin... and everything else.

The VFO button will put your radio into displaying the frequency and the MR button will put your radio back into memory mode showing the names.

Crap, there’s 30 of us? I only brought a dozen doughnuts. Happy Easter everyone! ️

The site guidelines (see number 8 ) ask that tones not be posted outside of the private area and tones that are not listed need to be obtained from the owner of that repeater on the repeater map site of mygmrs. You’ll need to send a request to the owner if the repeater isn’t open and tones are not posted.

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.