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Oh boy this is a subject that has been discussed at length but first let me address the repeater part of this. PL 141.3 is a common tone used for open repeaters, not restricted to any particular channel/frequency. I have all eight repeater channels programmed with this for travel. Not to be confused with the channel used for travel. Good practice to make sure the repeaters you may access doing this are indeed open. it’s easy enough to ask if you get on one and if not how to get permission. The generally accepted off road channel is 16 (4x4) and many have adopted 19 though others use 20 for highway. This has been debated to death and you won’t have to look hard to find much on the subject.

I’m quite happy with the Nagoya 771G. As @Sshannon mentioned though it depends on what you want to use it for. The 771G is tuned for GMRS. I recently ordered the Nagoya NA-701G. It’s shorter than the 771 and I’ll be trying it out soon.

I personally have not. I’m sure it’s a good radio but it’s a lot to pay for only five channels maxed at 2 watts tx. I imagine it’s the same as the KG 1000G for rx. I wouldn’t say no if it was given to me though ?

LOL!!! Beep ? Welcome WRWB509 ?

Looking at the map I don’t see any. There are quite a few in the outlying area and maybe someone here has real world experience in the area. I would certainly try if I were out there just to see if it were possible to reach some. Depending on where out there you are you could get lucky. I would like a Garmin inreach with me if you’re thinking middle of nowhere safety.

I have to say when I first saw this I thought maybe VFD’s effected UHF and VHF differently and I just wasn’t aware but I have to agree with @AdmiralCochrane on this because I used radio’s around extremely large VFD’s (water treatment, waste water treatment plants) extensively and it was never an issue. I had forgotten until just this moment there were times we used both UHF and VHF.

No worries, I could see you were just trying help.? I also didn’t see anything near the Alaska location but looks like lots of good coverage for them around Meridian.

Hello @labreja it is okay to post the repeater name and location but you should not be posting the tones on the forum as you need to be a member of MYGMRS to view the information. I am sure you meant well but here is why...

I don't see a lot of repeaters in your area. If your terrain is favorable you may be able to reach with mobile radios if HT's are not reaching. antenna hight is king. You can use this tool to get an idea if you have good line of site between your radios. RF Line of Sight - SCADACore.webloc

If you are hearing static, if you are hearing anything for that matter the scan has stopped on that frequency. It may be that the radio picked something up that is out of range. Try adjusting your squelch and the radio may scan right over the noise. You may be able to adjust your scan settings as well. A TO setting will give you a timed operated scan and will continue scanning after a few moments. A CO setting will stop until the radio stops hearing a transmission and SE will stay on the first frequency the radio hears until you change it.

We have people in Minnesota and North Dakota that's as close as I get to -12 so you won't hear me complain about the cold.... wait, what? -34!!! Real feel -31? what kind of weather app crack is that? It's -34 but at least it feels like -31? The app should just say warning stay inside. As usual the site is restricting my number of likes so Happy Monday and stay warm. I removed my weather info out of respect to you both. ?

To be fair so did I and I didn't succeed either. I wouldn't say that. We all do. I just felt things were really going off the rails so I reacted as well. And I just about spit my coffee out! OMG you are from Wisconsin and that was classic Red Forman ? I love it. Best post ever. Let's call it good and all get a coffee (or whatever your favorite beverage is).

@Sshannon I find to be a good example of how to be on the forum, helpful as often as possible and almost always one to take the high road. @MichaelLAX I have also witnessed being helpful to others here including me. I don't always agree with his approach, I will say you know where he stands. The signature as I see it was intended to provoke, push buttons. Mission accomplished. So respectfully sure you could ignore it and by that theory you could ignore @MichaelLAX's response. I thought @Sab02r was being a big person in removing it. As for "I don't make a habit of kowtowing to the perpetually offended" That just proves what the intent was in the first place. And that is the problem as I see it. Be good humans or don't, your choice. Why do I bother with my thoughts here? I enjoy the community and I like learning and helping others. That is what I enjoyed in my work before I retired. I like radios. The stuff in this thread... not so much.

But you didn’t ? and none of this has Jack to do with radios or magnetic mounts.

There is a small gray x on the right hand side of each person’s signature. Just below the reaction button. It removes just that person’s signature from your view. I never noticed it before now.

This was informative and well written. I learned a few new things. A good read for people setting up a repeater for the first time as well as using them. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you @MichaelLAX . I was feeling stupid missing the obvious after just reading about Wagner Group. I was attempting to multitask, not very well. ?

I missed the mark on that a bit. Thanks for info. I was unable to give more likes today.

Wagner’s orchesto, I translated from the screenshot. His name perhaps? I’m not sure of the translation.

Okay you can do it better... Always going to be someone who can. You didn't answer the question. Where are you getting the data for all the repeaters for your "better version" (not open source, not free to use)? Are you just planning on stealing it from @rdunajewski or are you going to get permission from where it is required (the owners of all those repeaters)? I'm all for improvements it just seems like bad form, I would go so far as to call it rude to be disparaging the free site on which you have the privilege of using. Just sayin...

Crude and rude? Slow? It seems to work good for me. Your own version? And where would the data come from? Certainly not here. As @Borage257 points out have you used the map portion here? It is like Google maps. How about a little appreciation for the site you’re on… or am I missing something?

You get it from the repeater owner. Go to the repeater page of whatever repeater you are interested in using (you can find them on the map page of MYGMRS) and request access.

There are so many better ways to communicate in an emergency these days so if I am using GMRS for an emergency it is because nothing else is available. In which case the channel I can contact someone on is going to be my emergency channel.

Scotch 33+ 3M electrical tape as @gortex2 said the good 3M will last. The cheep stuff is useless. Also ? for @Sshannon’s UV cable ties.