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I also aced my Technician test and I had not studied for the General so when they offered to let me take it I kind of wanted to go out on the high of having done perfect so I didn't take it. Now I just haven't been consistant in putting the time in due to outside distractions. I won't say I wished I had because who knows and I did enjoy the drive home that day. I'll get there. I don't think it's a hobby where you'll ever know it all, at least I don't think I will. I kind of like that. always something to learn.

Couldn't have said it better.

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Until you mentioned this I had forgotten of an issue I had once where when I had simultaneous receive turned on and would scan on say the upper section while set to a local repeater on the lower the scanning would stop on a GMRS channel where I would pick up a local medical frequency. I don’t remember the exact combination but it was always a medical response channel coming in on GMRS. Once I turned simultaneous receive off the issue went away.

RT responded to my inquiry about the AT-779 software for Mac. “Yes, more than likely. There is no specific date at this time.”

Congratulations! Sounds like you are off to a great start.

Already have, I’m just waiting for them to respond. I’ll report back when I hear from them.

I’m curious if they plan on a Mac version of the DB20 aka RA25 aka AT-779 software.

I can confirm @WRYZ926’s info on unlocking and battery compatibility with the KG-935G, this is a different battery than the KG-UV9 batteries.

Yeah I saw that but I'm leery of using it. I would love to hear if someone tries this but not me. I don't want to brick this radio. I have programmed my most used things directly and I am happy to wait for Mel to put out the Chirp software. He has been given a radio from Buy Two Way Radios and being that the radio is much like the KG-935G Plus I doubt it will be a large undertaking.

It’s done using the software.

Is it. I don't think it is... ...as you see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time.

The answer to your question is yes you can transmit on those frequencies/channels. You mentioned removing the offsets… Typically a type accepted GMRS radio will have 15-22 already programmed without an offset. Offsets are preset for repeaters above 22. They may be labeled RPTR 15 and so on or 23, 24, … and so on or even RPTR 1, RPTR 2… but simplex channels won’t come with an offset so there is no repeater input frequency to remove.

Good morning. I think you misunderstood. @brasda91 has already paid the fees to remove ads and wants to know why they are still there. He is just trying to get what he has paid for. This is an issue for Rich.

@brasda91 as Steve mentioned this problem has come up before. As a premium member that is logged in you shouldn’t have to use an ad blocker to remove the ads. I am wondering if you have other options that are provided by the premium membership? Access to posts in classified section, unlimited likes on post? In any event I also reported your post so that it may get @rdunajewski’s attention, as the owner he is the one who can ultimately help you. Good luck.

Here are some more details on what I found and what radios I tested. I only tested the KG-935G plus, the KG-S88G and the Baofeng UV-9G for type accepted. I also tested the KG-UV9PX, KG-Q10H, KG-935H and Baofeng GT-3WP. While they all have voice prompts there were no prompts once in the menu. The S88G didn’t even give numbers when changing channels unless you punched the number in the keypad. It didn’t work with the up and down arrow or the knob. So I would avoid that one if you are sight challenged. There may be work arounds that I’m not thinking of and I’m no expert on radios or the needs of the blind. I’m just trying to give information I think might be useful.

Admittedly I certainly can’t speak definitively to all that is out there. Could you give more info on how it works for you that could help OP’s friend?

They both say “scanning begin” and “scanning stop” when the appropriate button is pressed again. edit- no indication of where it stops though, you have to change a channel manually to hear what channel you are on.

This makes a lot of sense. good call.

I tried my Wouxun and Baofeng radios and I'm sorry to report they all behave the same. The channels only give you a number, when you press on menu it says menu but there are no prompts once in menu. Halfway just doesn't seem like enough, I'm not sure what it's good for if it isn't complete. I doubt this is any different but I'd be happy to find that it was. You need the promts to work for everything not just channel numbers. Imagine trying to set up a repeater with no audio and no sight. I imagine computer programming might be helpful. It would be nice if the channel names were spoken. At least with GMRS you have potentially less to memorize.

Please let us know how it works out. Good luck.

As stated I used a dummy load.

I did 6.8 on repeater (467.625) and 7.4 pretty much across the simplex channels (take another look at my info), that said you wont go wrong with the dedicated to GMRS KG-935G. It's a good radio.

I actually was about half done with my test when I remembered the ultra high setting and started over. I don't leave very much on that high of a setting. I would rather the battery last longer and just use what I need to get the job done. But yeah the power setting is probably the thing I forget the most. At least this time I remembered to make sure the battery was 100%.

I am looking forward to trying this radio. I have a Nagoya NA-320A triband antenna along with the stock antennas. There are two 220 repeaters near me. I can hear both but only reach one so I am curious if the extra power this gives over the Q10H will be enough to hit the second repeater. I just don't have the time right now to play unfortunately. Family obligations... I hope Chirp is running with this soon, it should be easy enough given the similarities to the 935G, 935G plus and the UV8H.