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I have the same radio with the N-771G and found it to work well. The duel band would be a little better for scanning non gmrs frequencies but the Nagoya should be better for gmrs because it’s tuned specifically for it. I was able to hit a repeater at 14 miles (good line of site) with it.

Perhaps I read too much into it. Sorry.

13:10 of notarubicon’s video I believe is what he’s referring too. Why everyone so angry all the time? It’s just radio’s.

I used Motorola's for work back before cell phones. Reading your post about the iCOM reminded me of them. I wasn't familiar with this radio before. I can apreaciate the concept of solid and simple. Thanks for sharing the info. And the cup holder idea... well it's brilliant, solid and simple. Cheers.

Well you seem like a fun guy. Who knew learning could be so fun. "I wouldn't get too excited" only talking about increases of power in watts. If there was somthing good in there I couldn't hear it over the static. I'll take willful ignorance and an 8 watt hand warmer for two hundred Alex.

Mmmmm saffron ?

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I wouldn’t say I was excited about this, it was just a more realistic idea of an increase in wattage than MichaelLAX comment of 50 Granted I get that was a joke. I agree from 5 to 8 is likely not significant and I agree with all you are saying here. That said people always will be willing to pay for more (because more)? I guess if more is allowed than how much more? I’m not saying it should or shouldn’t. I just thought the lack of a stated max presented the idea there could be more and the fact that there are non GMRS HT’s out there that are more, well it would not surprise me to see it at some point in GMRS. Of course there could be factors at play that could prevent it or make it less feasible. I’m no expert on this, I did stay at a Holiday Inn once.

I suspect you are correct here. A little dive into RF exposure evaluation and I have concluded… These are things I’m okay not understanding. ?

No. But his observation does raise an interesting question. I see amateur HT radios at 8 watts. Why not that? I certainly don’t profess to know how much is too much or how that is decided or even if there is a correlation between frequency and acceptable wattage next to one’s melon.

Yes I do like it for this also, I like knowing if I am even getting to the repeater from my location. I can appreciate wanting a clean transmission though. As for commercial not using it this makes sense to me. Wouldn’t much of your traffic if not all be going through the repeater? If that’s the case I don’t see the point in it.

Tune in next week when we discuss Volume, how much is too much… can you pass the pretzels please ?

Hey I just came in from doing yard work and it’s 71, sunny and warm, time for a cold one ?

“Fixed station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixed station. Accessed 20 Nov. 2022.

I know nothing of this other than the little bit I read but that seems impressive to me. Thanks for sharing real world testing.

What frequencies?

That looks like a great radio. I have been contemplating that radio myself. I like the fact that it can pick up air traffic too. I'm torn between that and the KG-935G. So many people seem to like it. I don't think you can go wrong either way and hope to hear your thoughts once you got it. When I use chirp I'll download from the radio twice so I have an unchanged version should somthing go awry. I think I picked this idea up from one of Notarubicon's videos.

P.S. This is on a Mac. Also I have two of these and my squelch settings are completely different on one from the other. For whatever reason one was more sensitive than the other.

Here is what it looks like in Chirp, Select the "S" under the skip column for any channel you want to skip. I also found it helpful to increase the squelch levels to cut out unwanted noise. your settings may vary from mine. I just played around to find a happy range where I am located. I hope this helps

what he said was And yes if it’s your repeater you can legally prohibit anyone for any reason you want.

I see I got some of that wrong, not enough coffee this morning. I was trying to sort it out before asking if I got it right so not to waste anyones time. No apologies nessasary. I thank you for taking the time and effort to set me straight. I don't think you made this more complex than it needs to be, we can give that credit to the FCC.

Okay I think I finally understand this. Please correct me if I get anything wrong here. let’s say I have a fifty watt mobile radio. I install it at my home with antenna and power. If I use it to communicate from it to a Mobile, HT or another Base Station it’s a “Base Station”. I can’t use it to talk to 467 frequency channels 8 -14 (probably because of the .5 wattage restriction which mobile radios don’t do anyway). Finally if I use it to talk to any of the repeater 467 frequency channels 15 - 22 now my radio is not a “base station” but a “control station” so I am allowed to use these if (and that’s only if) I am talking through a repeater. Otherwise I am not allowed to use it on these channels to talk to 15 -22 aka simplex.

lets see if I get this right... once you do start communicating with other non fixed stations, like mobile or HT now you are no longer a fixed station but a Base Station. The Definition changes and with that you are no longer bound by the 15 watts.

I don't take credit for this, it's directly from Sshannon's down load. "with other fixed stations only". So what it isn't is a base station. You are right about Murs being used for alarms, gate and such (I often hear "Alert Zone one" on Murs from a nursing facility near by), and yes 15 watts may seem high for such a thing. I used that as an example. The definition and the rules for GMRS seem clear though. Granted they don't include an example, it just says what you can and can't do. No more no less. For me that's enough.

I never said you weren't allowed, I said you weren't qualified to comment on if other people understood something or not. I let my frustration get the better of me. For that I am sorry