UncleYoda

Mine with GPS are 5RH Pro not 5RM. I do have K5+ which are the 5RM type but do not have GPS and those have the red letter menu like GM-5RH. I have not done much testing with the 5RH's, except making sure GPS worked and they do receive transmissions. I've been using one K5+ for a few months and it receives good; haven't made a point of testing TX distance. My K5+'s don't have any special features that I use except airband RX. All the 5RM/5RH type screens are virtually invisible out in the sun. So I made a cheapo shading device that works (most anything will do). (I may not be here much if at all anymore, so good luck whatever you decide.)

There aren't any private repeaters, just ones the owners don't want other people using. All transmissions are public.

Shouldn't repeater output tones always be published? Seems like we should be able to easily ID what we're hearing (it's as much our frequency as the repeater owner's). I am familiar with tone scan, but that just sort of proves the point anyway. Voice ID instead of CW would help too.

Baofeng (not BTech) has the 5RH Pro GPS that will send coordinates, even automatically respond to request if configured to. I don't know what the format of the transmission is though (can't test).

Me and my ancestors have been in the Southeast since those pesky pilgrims stepped on that rock up North. And I have no dadblame clue where you are except I remember mentions of Charleston and GA. [But I can find out if I want to.] ECONUS might almost spell East coast of US, but the N doesn't fit. Or is it Eastern Continental US?

That's the 5RH Pro GPS menu, probably the same as what you have ordered.

You got it! It's Menu 45. The menu choices I mentioned above are for the 5RH Pro, which I should have realized (it doesn't have the one overall numbered list like the GM5RH). I've edited the earlier post.

I gave the menu choices for that part (were wrong now fixed). For the back label, take the battery off. There is another one too, hold down 8 while turning on.

OK I'll play: Mine were 2 to a Baofeng branded blue-green box designed with dividers that support that (box was wrapped in green plastic). But, the numbers on the back of the radio and in Menu 45 mean more than the box.

have to keep it clean - there is a rule against bad words p.s. some repeater owners do request (require?) the standard international phonetics

If that's the 5RH Pro GPS, it has a different menu display, white background, organized into categories (some pros and cons). For GPS to work, you may need GNSS turned on (I did) and be in a wide open area. It gets lat/long OK (8-9 satellites), off by ~100 ft on elevation.

I agree, but I was checking because I think if it allowed programming by the included USB-C cable that would be mentioned.

Regarding 220, being in the range 136-260 that was from the last page of Chapter 1, section 1.2 Main features. But in Appendix C it says 136-173.99. UPDATE: 136-260 seems to be correct as it allows entry and scanning (no signal now to test receive). I did not find any mention in the manual of programming with software and cable.

Have you tried using the USB-C charging cable for programming? I'd be surprised if programming worked through the battery port. There was no K-1 programming cable included with mine and no USB-C port on the radio. I haven't tried programming in extra channels yet. The manual says it can receive 220MHz but I'd need more 220 antennas because neither these nor my 5RH-Pro-GPS ones came with those (K5+ did but it actually TXs although low power). What do you think of the sound? Sounds like a cardboard box to me. It's understandable, just sounds cheap. Baofeng needs to spend a few pennies and put good speakers in these otherwise solid radios.

709, if you keep "All Activity" open in a separate tab you will see updates there.

Try it. That's what I've been using on a similar model. In fact even 1 is higher than I like for the lowest setting.

Nah, it's mo' better now. It reflects reality.

Have you tried a base station setup? You don't need a special radio, just a good antenna up as high as you can get it (and good coax).

I have my GM5RHs now too. I'll leave step-by-step instructions for 709 - it's good he's offered since I don't like doing that. If you have a quick-answer question, that I'll do. So far these look exactly like my K5+ on the screen and menu and identical to 5RH Pro physically/externally (except the on/off volume button is back to solid black UV5r style). Programming should just be a matter of entering tones where needed.

If you mean for simplex (user to user without repeater), then it's whatever you want. For repeaters, you have to use what they're set to. Not a real standard, but a lot of open repeaters use what is sometimes called the travel tone, CTCSS 141.3. you can use that on simplex too if you want.

Yes, the CTCSS is a frequency in Hz (below 300 so it's inaudible because it would be intolerable if we could hear it). KHz (kilohertz) and MHz (megahertz) and even GHz (gigahertz) are frequencies measured in thousand, million, and billion hertz. GMRS is 462/467 MHz and is in the UHF portion (300MHz-3GHz) of radio frequencies (30-300 MHz is VHF like FM broadcast radio and pre-digital TV). The part after the decimal (550 as in 462.550) is KHz. BUT DCS IS A CODE, NOT FREQUENCY, in pairs. For that, just use the repeater's specified code and it may or may not include an "N" for normal (there's an "I" for inverted but not used very much).

So, ARRL is following their typical playbook. And some of y'all give money to these radio bigots. Let me ask the obvious question: Why would the type of radio I use matter to other people? An antenna is an antenna, and who I talk to or what I use it for is my business, despite ARRL's amateur superiority complex. p.s. I would never buy into an HOA. I hate all these tightly spaced subdivisions that are everywhere now, even if they don't have an HOA.

Tones are sub-audible and included in each transmission where you have them set. They are necessary to access most repeaters but there are some (a few) that don't require a tone. I don't have a UV5G-Plus (always include Plus in the model number because it is a different radio than the smaller UV5G which I do have). So, I can't give you the menu numbers for setting tones, but you can read that in the manual or scroll through the menu choices. The one you need for repeater access will be something like T-CTCSS or T-DCS where the T is for transmit (meaning your output to the repeater input). You need to find the tones needed by looking them up on the Repeaters section of myGMRS, which requires a separate login with same ID/PW as the forum. I encourage you to read the radio manual and try to figure out as much as you can. You can also search this forum for similar questions that have been answered. Then when you still need help, be specific in detail with any questions you post. It's a lot easier for us to answer specific detailed questions than to explain everything at once.

My GM5RH finally shipped too. Coming tomorrow (so they say), but I can't tell who's the carrier yet. First update in a week, not a good experience. But whose fault is it, Amazon or Abbree?

You didn't give enough specifics. Baofeng but what model #. Repeater info (don't post tones for a specific repeater). Disable receive tone until you get it working. Are you sure you can reach the repeater? What antenna are you using? (indoors or outside?) A little short one attached to the radio doesn't get out far.