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UncleYoda

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  1. Yea, it's one of my 2 major pet peeves with GMRS and the two are linked by those who claim to understand but don't really know any more than the rest of us. There are some differences in equipment. Handhelds are even defined by equipment, and per FCC as Steve also suggested, handheld is a sub-type of mobile where regulations don't specify separate rules, Base stations have an antenna in a fixed position. Mobile is normally straight forward but can get a little fuzzy in some circumstances. To me, their clarification indicates it's the linking itself that is not intended, not just use of phone or internet. Linking by any technology has a lot of the same drawbacks (tying up channels, potential for interference, etc.). It's not just PTSN or internet but the linking itself that is a concern. True that they didn't update the regs, but interpretation by FCC is a lot better IMO than interpretation by Billy Joe and Bobby on the internet. For those who want to challenge it because the clarification wasn't incorporated into the wording in the regs, y'all go ahead and see what happens.
  2. "Many trials occur because of differences in interpretations." - SteveShannon, Feb 16, 2024 Here's a bit more that follows what you posted (with the underlined sentence) above (there may be more too): from https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs
  3. Yes in part - the underlined sentence is enough by itself IMO. But there was more explanation that covering large areas was not the intent and there's no way to know what is going on at another repeaters location (like maybe 50-75 miles away), either another repeater that overlaps or a simplex conversation, and wide area coverage is a problem with the limited channels available..
  4. Some folks need to go back and read it again. I could probably find it and quote it but I'm not interested in the argument anymore since it was clear to me.
  5. Contrare is all people do on this forum and the whole internet - I don't want any amateur speculative interpretations. I want the officials responsible to clarify. Everything else is BS. As far as EXTRAPOLATION, the regs should be written so we don't need to make up our own ideas of what we believe they mean. That is exact;y the problem we have right now. I wish I had a list of every BS explanation I've heard from people on this topic.
  6. No, there was another part to their clarification - we can't link by RF either because it can cover a wide area which was not the intent for GMRS.
  7. And that tells us exactly nothing about what a fixed station is. Total bull. They have already said repeaters aren't allowed to be linked. Everybody wants to make up their own BS interpretation and none of it is official.
  8. Equally important IMO is we need some antibiotics available w/o Rx. The government has no constitutional authority to control our access to medicine anyway.
  9. Or 220 As already suggested, get FRS off 15-22. FRS users don't need 22 channels (most activity is on 1 and 3). True, but not what should be done. Removing regulations they don't care enough about to enforce should be SOP.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. It's working now (state +freq, and state+type).
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Possibly browser specific coding. But I'll never use Chrome.
  16. 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
  17. Lithium ion batteries do drop quick near the low end. But I don't see the connection to over-heating.
  18. @rdunajewski is the site owner. He can set up a newbies section if he concurs there's a need.
  19. 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.]
  20. 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.]
  21. 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.
  22. 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). ]
  23. 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.
  24. The notice doesn't give us much to go on regarding what they're looking for. Would clarification of existing regs be relevant? Or are they looking more for things like eliminating licensing for GMRS? I could comment on things I care about but I am not likely to help them cut costs significantly. I agree with SoCal's points and have a few of my own but I'm not convinced anything I suggest would receive serious consideration.
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