UncleYoda

How do you distinguish road from highway?

You were a week too early. Cainhoy 700, short range. https://mygmrs.com/repeater/10685

And it's one of @rdunajewski's rules for this site (the belittling part); he just needs to have some form of punishment for the violators. [I hard ignore all the regulars now, but your post deserved a comment.] Having members endorse breaking the rules is not a good reflection on his site. And I do not give a damn what the responses will be.

Closest I know of is Bowman between Summerville and Orangeburg. That one requires club membership. But I suggest you change the title to "Charleston SC repeater?"

I don't get Waynesville. If you can hit Bearwallow Mtn. 650 near Chimney Rock I should be able to hear that one. (Can't post the tones here.) I'd need to know when to listen though. Forest City 675 is another one that comes in here. I heard Fletcher once but that was probably ducting. Maybe @BoxCar can receive some near you that I can't.

There's one reason: he doesn't want to! You keep mentioning map - I've never even looked at a map here. I read the listings. I'm not sure I'd want people who can't get the data from a list (those same people who want a map online, can't/won't use a printed map). And I don't know if there is a conflict like you describe. I checked and the location doesn't have to be your house (nearby intersection or convenience store or park or post office, etc. will do as long as it's relatively close). If there's a better way, where people will find it, I'm open to hearing about it. I don't use typical social media, and don't have email or phone #s for neighbors yet. The only early contacts I'd want to make would be people who have radios and are looking for ways to use them. such as searching for repeaters. My feeling on all this GMRS repeater craze is that repeaters, and distance, are getting too much emphasis for this service. It's more useful to me to have nearby contacts. I have HAM for longer range repeater contacts. GMRS, to me, is for people closer who aren't hams, including FRS users (adults). Throw in the rule (for now) that GMRS base stations aren't allowed to use repeaters and most of the repeater craze evaporates. Also, of the ones near me 5 have gone away (no big loss since I can't talk from home). If more people would just try putting up a decent antenna on a pole or roof (15-20ft up), there would be less fuss about repeaters.

amaff et al.: My purpose in posting here is not to explain and justify my plans to you. Y'all are outside the need to know loop.

Did that years ago, not very productive. Have moved since then and will act/plan based on my experience. This isn't for a regular neighborhood crime watch. In grid down, apocalyptic scenarios, no I wouldn't want any info getting out. Desperate people or those just looking to attack and plunder as much as they can will not be easily deterred.

But there's only one frequency - output - listed.

Flyers (and signs) are a possibility but only when a grid-down crisis starts. There's also a down side to flyers or signs: bad people can read too (well, some). I would have a one page notice ready but be careful who gets it.

Even if it were determined to be OK, there is no field/value to indicate that it's simplex so that won't work. It could be added in the description, but IMO that wouldn't be obvious enough.

I checked into Clubs when you suggested it before. My impression without doing it, just viewing them, is it won't work well. From what I can tell, most people only use the repeater lookup, not the forum or clubs. I know from the forum, very few locals are active here (can't tell who is lurking).

Is there any way this site's repeater section (not forum) can allow listing neighborhood watch simplex frequencies? I don't have any repeaters and never expect to. Us non-repeater owners might be better able to build a community of users if there was a way to be listed where people will be looking. The same function that does repeater access requests could be relabelled Contact (or something similar). [I'm sure I'll get attacked for even suggesting it, but y'all haven't run me off yet.]

Nothing to one it may be but to others not so. And I don't want to confuse you with more facts about what's nothing to you, but fixed isn't part of the equation because that type isn't in the allowed list either.

Well, you were doing good until you got to that last paragraph. That is stated exactly nowhere. You and all the other radio experts need to back up your control station when using a repeater interpretation with a clarification from FCC because that is all that counts.

95.1763 (a) & (b) are enough to make it clear you're wrong. Also 95.1749. And I'm not going to respond to anymore of these BS interpretations.

A neighborhood watch is my intent but only during emergencies - not worth trying to get people involved while they have the regular communications. But I don't know if we'll do routine check-ins even then; just monitoring at set times is the main plan. I understand it could be an indication of somebody in trouble if they fail to check-in but it could just be they're busy so I don't know if that justifies check-ins. It can be worked out at the time it's active. The unwritten one - you mean you didn't read it? (haha). Go back and read two places: repeater definition in section 95.303 and station types allowed to use 467MHz (95.1763(c)). And the FCC clarification in this topic: https://forums.mygmrs.com/topic/10063-base-station-cannot-use-repeaters/#findComment-106907

Well, they could take check-ins just from new users or people who have announcements. Checking in every week with nothing to say is boring and annoying for others to avoid. Also, the check-ins should be mobile and handheld only so new users learn the right way by example.

I agree as far as topic of conversation. I'm not sure we need ham style nets though. And to compound that, people are checking in from base stations a 100 miles away and bragging about the distance while breaking the rule.

OK, I guess I could have tried it w/o registering an ID and see what trouble it caused. But even then, I'm a staunch analog defender and I hate the way digital modes were allowed to take frequencies from 2m/440. And I hear some of it on GMRS too even though not allowed. I don't oppose what you're proposing for ch. 8-14 as they are worthless to me now. But I wouldn't buy a $150 HT for that. If they can include it on the $30 radios, then probably so, as long as the radio still supports analog on the other channels as you said it should.

Based on my understanding of the Chevron decision, your perception is wrong. Everything did not change. Specific regulations will probably have to be challenged in court or through some other official channels if any exist. (I didn't read your linked document because it requires scripts from 3rd party sites.) And the post above yours is wrong; talking through a repeater is not controlling it.

Did you write that opinion paper? If so, are those preferred modes something that users have to register for like DMR? I'm against giving some unknown group that authority, which is one reason I would not use DMR on ham.

1.25 is useful in and around some cities but not here. For me, it would be a less monitored frequency to use for local comms (like walkie talkie use). The comments I hear about 6m aren't very favorable. Same for 10m except when they get excited over band openings.

Why? There's nothing worthwhile to listen to on HF and you can't even join in the HAM games with an HT. A plain ole DB-20G would give you a lot more to receive and talk to. I know you're new, but you are over complicating the idea of communication by looking for features or gadgets that don't and won't matter when you really need comms.

146.520 2m National Calling Frequency (simplex) 446.000 70cm National Calling Frequency (simplex) For repeaters in your area, you have to listen and/or look them up (one good site I'm not sure if OK to post here). You should also find the band plan for your region (I only use Southeast.) And search for ham clubs in your area. There's a lot of info to get you started at arrl.org