UncleYoda

They should make that Vance 575. I don't think that one reaches me, or I need to listen more (when the flagmen aren't active). What I am trying to figure out is Orangeburg guys I hear on 625/141.3. Neeses is listed as that frequency but a different tone, so something isn't quite right.

So maybe our used UV-5Rs will be worth more. Maybe we can use a UV-5R or TD-H3 etc. as a basic unit of trade.

It's working now (state +freq, and state+type).

It isn't specific to my state or any particular search. It occurs just selecting a frequency and a common type for repeater. I could test with other browsers but unless the owner wants help with further troubleshooting, I'm done.

That it works OK for someone else doesn't alter how it works for me. If there were an option to save as a CSV, I could do extra filtering on my PC.

Possibly browser specific coding. But I'll never use Chrome.

When I select my state, and Open for Type, I get no results. And there are actually quite a few. I have seen similar empty results before for other combinations including state and frequency. UPDATE: all good right now

Lithium ion batteries do drop quick near the low end. But I don't see the connection to over-heating.

@rdunajewski is the site owner. He can set up a newbies section if he concurs there's a need.

I'm getting distant repeaters on the same frequency and tone used for local repeaters. (e.g. Rock Hill and Orangeburg) This seems to be most common with 141.3 tone used for many open repeaters. It seems like there is a need for at least one more tone to be accepted in common use for open repeaters. Any ideas? If we need to contact repeater owners and suggest a different tone, it would help if there were another agreed upon one to select as an open alternative. (I do realize any other tone would work so no need to suggest just pick anything else, that defeats the point.) [I can't look up tones used by the repeaters that have them unlisted, so that complicates the process of finding ones that are less used.]

And that's what all (that I've bought or looked at) the HTs use. I haven't had any smoke or even get hot. (lucky?) [When talking a lot using a battery eliminator that does get hot but it isn't a battery.]

Something about what you're describing is not right. On UV5G, you can't program extra transmit channels, so you have to be able to set tones on the pre-programmed channels. That both tones can be changed and saved on already saved channels is one difference of the 5G from the ham version UV-5R. Don't put too much faith in what the manuals for Chinese radios say. The PTT issue sounds like what happens when trying the PTT on out of band (disallowed) frequencies. Where did you purchase yours from? Are you sure you got authentic UV-5Gs and not UV5Rs? What channel and frequencies have you tried? Are channels 1-30 the standard GMRS frequencies? Don't do a firmware update on any radio until you are sure you know what you are dealing with.

No one is "arming people" - if they don't have defensive weapons (not necessarily guns), then they would not be asked to do any checks. My comment above is not intended to be right for everyone everywhere, it's just how I choose to approach it. And it is just a plan at this stage, no need to implement it yet. [The fact that someone on the internet or this site disagrees is meaningless to me (not to mention taking it out of context and twisting the meaning). ]

For mine, I wouldn't send anyone out to do a wellness/safety check unless they are armed (and reasonably able) because you don't know what they may encounter.

nevermind