Nighthawk01 Posted January 21 Report Posted January 21 On 1/19/2024 at 8:39 PM, Sshannon said: Welcome, Nighthawk01, If you look in the repeater database, at the map, you should be able to spot the repeater on that frequency. Thanks to all who responded! SteveShannon and WRUU653 2 Quote
WSAC828 Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 New guy here. Always like to nerd out on this kind of stuff and have guys from work that want to go off-roading so I managed to convince them to get their licenses and radios. Now they're expecting me to get all the knowledge. Hah. I also travel from Arizona to San Diego every couple of months and want to be able to use the radio system in case of an emergency. Seems like there's a decent learning curve but I'm always down to learn this stuff especially if SHTF. Hope to learn some cool stuff here. Nighthawk01 and WRNN959 2 Quote
Guest Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 @WSAC828 Welcome to the fun !!! -- This is the right place for learning, chatting, and more Quote
WRZP701 Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 Greetings all-- New to the community & GMRS in general. Still learning my way around with GMRS but getting there. Recently put up a vertical antenna above the house tuned for GMRS. Have it running into a small 5watt handheld for now but intend on putting in a 50W base station soon. Made my first contact on a repeater I found on this site (WMTG 600 @WRVE804 once I figured out how to program the tone. Was actually surprised he could here me given I was a solid 30 miles away through hills & woods and all I had was this little handheld (albeit with a decent antenna). Do I have it right that GMRS/repeater parlance doesn't use Q-Code system? Just normal human dialogue? Anyway, thanks all for the information on this site-- has been very helpful getting me this far. Quote
SteveShannon Posted January 22 Report Posted January 22 11 minutes ago, WRZP701 said: Greetings all-- New to the community & GMRS in general. Still learning my way around with GMRS but getting there. Recently put up a vertical antenna above the house tuned for GMRS. Have it running into a small 5watt handheld for now but intend on putting in a 50W base station soon. Made my first contact on a repeater I found on this site (WMTG 600 @WRVE804 once I figured out how to program the tone. Was actually surprised he could here me given I was a solid 30 miles away through hills & woods and all I had was this little handheld (albeit with a decent antenna). Do I have it right that GMRS/repeater parlance doesn't use Q-Code system? Just normal human dialogue? Anyway, thanks all for the information on this site-- has been very helpful getting me this far. Yes, you have it right. Welcome here! WRUU653 and WRZP701 2 Quote
WRKH268 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Howdy all. My name is James and have had a Lic. for a few years now. I use it for family camping trips. I am now getting into GMRS mobile and learning about repeaters. WRUU653 1 Quote
WRQC527 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 23 minutes ago, WRKH268 said: Howdy all. My name is James and have had a Lic. for a few years now. I use it for family camping trips. I am now getting into GMRS mobile and learning about repeaters. Welcome, James. WRUU653 1 Quote
WRWE456 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Welcome aboard! You have come to the right place. WRUU653 1 Quote
WRXB215 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Welcome @WRKH268. Lots you can do with GMRS. WRUU653 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 17 hours ago, WRKH268 said: Howdy all. My name is James and have had a Lic. for a few years now. I use it for family camping trips. I am now getting into GMRS mobile and learning about repeaters. Welcome, James! I hope you enjoy it here. Quote
WSAA652 Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hello, all, I'm Mike and started down this rabbit hole a few months back, mainly from curiosity and also nostalgia for my previous life in the military, where comms were obviously ubiquitous. Thanks for hosting these forums. I'm hoping to learn some things. Quote
Socalgmrs Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hey Mike. Welcome. What part of the country are you in? Quote
WRWE456 Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Yes welcome Mike! Thank you for your service! WRUU653 1 Quote
GreggInFL Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 1 hour ago, WSAA652 said: I'm hoping to learn some things. Welcome, Mike! Thank you for your service. I'm new here as well. I suggest you buckle up 'cause this crowd knows what it's talking about. The ham input is icing on the cake. Quote
WRXB215 Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 @WSAA652 Welcome. Lots of fun and resources here. Quote
WSAH889 Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 New guy saying hi. My co-worker got me back into it and it's been a blast the last week programing our radios and catching up on new tech. WRXB215 1 Quote
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