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Are you saying the FCC is misunderstanding their own rules? Because that is hilarious.

I like the lemon

Wow. You have had some couple of days. Nice to hear the radios are coming in useful. I was just reading they shut Yosemite down due to the snow fall. Stay safe and keep them charged.

Ah yes you did, sorry I miss read that. Thought you had reached out to who left the comment. Sorry I’m no help here.

Maybe someone here can help but this sounds like a question for @rdunajewski. Have you tried sending a message to https://mygmrs.com/contact ? He’s usually pretty good about responding. Hope this helps.

The person I know with a repeater that went stale has an open repeater, because no request are needed he dosn't respond to request. Maybe that's why it went stale. I know this doesn't answer the question but it could be a clue.

Fair enough. Point taken and accepted. You are certainly right that as far as enforcement these things don’t likely matter. I think the ID issue keeps coming up because people keep insisting the rules say something other than what they do. Why I don’t know. It seems understood by most but for whatever reason that fire keeps popping up. I suspect people have already decided what the rules say and then cannot assimilate what’s before them. I don’t think we should not try and correct an incorrect statement though. The community exist in part to educate and help those that don’t know these things and a place to find things we don’t know.

??? Good morning mygmrs.com!

? okay I’ll bite. While I’m not advocating for dismissal of any rules but If people are using a Ham radio that is essentially the same as the GMRS radio that said CCR company makes and those people modify and use that Ham radio to talk on GMRS and they are adhering to all other rules/protocols, 1. How would you know? 2. Why would this be of more concern than following other rules like proper ID? And finally 3. Is it only CCR modification and use that you are opposed with why?

This is precisely why for me at least, I am comfortable allowing family to use my call sign while we are communicating together. For example my wife is free to use whenever, we are legal partners after all and live under the same roof. My brother who lives just far away enough that radios aren’t reaching, I’d be happy to allow if we were on a trip or camping but if he wanted to use on his own it would be best if he had his own. The kids and grand kids, again if we’re together where I feel I can know they are using things properly okay but they are mostly in other places and they should have their own licenses. This is just my personal preference so I have the ability to ensure proper use for my license.

The clearest description with the least words I have seen. Nicely done.

I personally think for managment sake I would keep it to family locally because my call sign potentally would be used in multiple states but you can.

and the dog if they can figure it out ?

Any individual who holds an individual license may allow his or her immediate family members to operate his or her GMRS station or stations. Immediate family members are the licensee's spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and in-laws. I mean pretty great right.

I resemble that statement. I certainly jumped to some conclusions that I should not have. I do think if you are running a business then put it in the budget to do things correctly. As for talking to friends in a rural countryside, I for one don't hold it against you.

Thanks @Sshannon I was clearly not aware of that. My mistake. Obviously the solution is that people should be licensed and perhaps this situation isn’t as egregious as I first thought having re-read @WQWX838 response. apologies.

Slippery slope here @WQWX838 commercial use, non licensed What the heck does that mean? Are you seriously telling us you drop in somewhere and cause interference on local repeaters? Oh yeah you’re gonna make some friends here. Okay I realize that's not what you were saying like @wrci350 says other people are using bubble packs for worksites and traffic control but not repeaters.This isn't an issue

These people could just get their GMRS license. Massive budget? I mean how many people are we talking about? How much you got into all that gear?

I was also trying to figure this out. Not type 95e Radios? Non licensed people using GMRS channels and repeaters? commercial use? Is that a thing? ? Anything that couldn’t be easily rectified or is a real problem? I’m no radio cop, just curious also as you brought it up.

I just tried all versions of map settings on my iPad, newest iOS and everything seems to work fine. On occasion I have had the repeaters disappear from the map but a refresh of the page brings them back.

Not on a linked repeater but still valuable info. Two people getting off at an off ramp half mile from my home during rush hour… male- where are you? female - I’m stuck at the intersection, no one will let me in. male - well you got to just get out there. female - gee thanks, I hadn’t thought of that. male - uh… um… well (clearly knows he’s now in trouble)

I don't see why not. I know it's more of a Ham thing but I like it. There is a guy about 20 miles away that frequently says he is monitoring the GMRS repeater that is on the hill between us. Nice to know he's there if I want to test something new out or whatever. Once I heard him on a Ham freq. while my radio was scanning and he was inquiring about something and I was able to jump on the GMRS repeater (I don't have a Ham lic.) and offer an answer because I knew he'd be there too. WRUU653 I'm eating breakfast who's with me?

As @WRHS218 mentions the valley floor is fairly flat and a lot of the trails go up and have a potential to put you at a good line of site advantage to people down below. No repeater coverage but I would certainly bring the radios. That would be some awesome coverage.?

Thanks Steve, much appreciated. ? I'm one of those research something to death guys before a purchase so this was right at my fingertips. Also it helps to justify why I need both...?