BoxCar Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 Ahh, another wallet in the wishing well! SteveShannon and WRUU653 2 Quote
WSFH602 Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 Greetings All! I just got my callsign today (WSFH602) and my first radios (Baofeng UV-9G) just arrived! I am in south-central Wisconsin. What are the tips, tricks, or advice you wish you had know when you were first starting into GMRS? What are you top links for GMRS for all levels of users such as: casual, hobbyist, or power user (if that is a thing)? WRUU653 1 Quote
WRUU653 Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 51 minutes ago, WSFH602 said: Greetings All! I just got my callsign today (WSFH602) and my first radios (Baofeng UV-9G) just arrived! I am in south-central Wisconsin. What are the tips, tricks, or advice you wish you had know when you were first starting into GMRS? What are you top links for GMRS for all levels of users such as: casual, hobbyist, or power user (if that is a thing)? Welcome @WSFH602, great questions. I’d say I wish I knew that it was going to be a rabbit hole of buying radios but I think part of me suspected. As for links here’s a few line of sight tool to see what your line of sight is to local repeaters. Chirp for programming. Radio Reference for scanner frequencies. MyGMRS for repeater listenings. Intro to GMRS video by our own @marcspaz. D3VA, SteveShannon, marcspaz and 1 other 3 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted October 20 Report Posted October 20 17 hours ago, WSFH602 said: Greetings All! I just got my callsign today (WSFH602) and my first radios (Baofeng UV-9G) just arrived! I am in south-central Wisconsin. What are the tips, tricks, or advice you wish you had know when you were first starting into GMRS? What are you top links for GMRS for all levels of users such as: casual, hobbyist, or power user (if that is a thing)? Welcome! Gil (WSUU653) gave you some great tips. WRUU653 1 Quote
WSFL639 Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 Hello all, Just received the license (WSFL639) and picked up a TD-H3. Looking for a mobile radio to go in the truck for off road adventures. Thanks! Quote
WRXB215 Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 @WSFL639 Welcome to GMRS. Lots of mobile radios to choose from. Price and quality both have a fairly large range. The DB-20G is very affordable and is a very popular radio. It goes up from there depending on what you want. WSFL639 1 Quote
WSEV474KennyS Posted October 29 Report Posted October 29 Howdy ! New to GMRS is an understatement. I don't know what I don't know. I joined and ran up a profile here, because I can. Will probably join up the 'premium' level, again, because I can. I'm currently learning / attempting to learn programming my unit first (Baofeng handheld), then will soon see which end is up 'on the air' if anyone's around my area, of course contacting repeater owners in advance of any transmission. Thanks to my bud Josh in Texas for the 'GMRS For Dummies 101' walk through and continuing help. Cheers ! Kenny, WSEV474, South Flori-Duh. RayDiddio 1 Quote
WRXB215 Posted October 29 Report Posted October 29 @WSEV474KennyS Welcome to GMRS. There is a wealth of knowledge here. WRUU653 and WSEV474KennyS 2 Quote
GreggInFL Posted October 29 Report Posted October 29 Welcome, Kenny! You are in the right place. I'm relatively new to GMRS myself and have found this forum to be a gold mine of information. There are some very skilled members here and (the best part) they are helpful and patient. Don't be afraid to ask what you think is a stupid question. I do it all the time. WRUU653 and WSEV474KennyS 2 Quote
SteveShannon Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 2 hours ago, GreggInFL said: Don't be afraid to ask what you think is a stupid question. I do it all the time. And don’t be surprised to receive a stupid answer; I do it all the time. WRUU653 and GreggInFL 2 Quote
RayDiddio Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 5 hours ago, WSEV474KennyS said: Howdy ! New to GMRS is an understatement. I don't know what I don't know. I joined and ran up a profile here, because I can. Will probably join up the 'premium' level, again, because I can. I'm currently learning / attempting to learn programming my unit first (Baofeng handheld), then will soon see which end is up 'on the air' if anyone's around my area, of course contacting repeater owners in advance of any transmission. Thanks to my bud Josh in Texas for the 'GMRS For Dummies 101' walk through and continuing help. Cheers ! Kenny, WSEV474, South Flori-Duh. Welcome to the fray! I became a premium member to help support the work of maintaining this resource. Watch out for that Steve Shannon, though. He will teach you things. WRUU653 and WRXB215 2 Quote
SteveShannon Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 12 minutes ago, RayDiddio said: Welcome to the fray! I became a premium member to help support the work of maintaining this resource. Watch out for that Steve Shannon, though. He will teach you things. Now that takes me back to my younger days! WRUU653 and RayDiddio 2 Quote
WRXB215 Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 11 hours ago, RayDiddio said: Welcome to the fray! I love the way you put that. 10 hours ago, SteveShannon said: Watch out for that Steve Shannon, though. He will teach you things. Yep, he's bad about that. WRUU653, SteveShannon and RayDiddio 3 Quote
WRUU653 Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 Welcome @WSEV474KennyS . 13 hours ago, SteveShannon said: And don’t be surprised to receive a stupid answer; I do it all the time. Don’t believe him Kenny, he really doesn’t, Steve’s one of the smart ones. SteveShannon 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 2 minutes ago, WRUU653 said: Welcome @WSEV474KennyS . Don’t believe him Kenny, he really doesn’t, Steve’s one of the smart ones. I’m not worthy! WSEV474KennyS and WRUU653 1 1 Quote
WSFP451 Posted November 2 Report Posted November 2 Greetings y'all. Another noob here. I recently bought two UV5Rs and got my GMRS license in hopes to have some sort of communication in the case of the shtf. Unbeknownst to me was that the nearby repeater is not GMRS. The nearest one is at least 13 miles away plus lots of trees. So I have a nice pair of moderately priced walkie talkies to use when my son and I go riding on our adventure bikes lol. Anyway, I'm looking forward to learning a lot from y'all. I was a truck driver for 30 years and still have my old Cobra 29, but this is a whole new world to me. I programmed the radios with CHIRP, jotted down usable repeaters around the area and plan to keep one of the radios in my pickup in case whatever. Cheers WRUU653 1 Quote
WRXB215 Posted November 2 Report Posted November 2 @WSFP451 welcome. In the case of shtf, repeaters likely won't be available. At least not for long. After hurricane Berl, my favorite ham repeater was down but fortunately my second favorite one was still up as well as my favorite GMRS repeater. Any way, in the case of shtf, try to keep your loved ones close enough for simplex if you can. The shorter distance will also help you get to them quickly if need be. WSFP451 1 Quote
Paulie Posted November 2 Report Posted November 2 Greetings! I'm Paulie from Chicagoland. I recently bought a couple GRMS handhelds and the license, so I can have some fun with the younger kid and spouse while we go walking around the neighborhood and across the parks. Also got some different size antennas to play with, so we can see how far we can go with barriers to LOS. We still end up texting via cell when out of range and to change channels. It's something to do with the old man that isn't gaming, can't be all bad right? lmao WRXB215 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted November 2 Report Posted November 2 7 hours ago, Paulie said: Greetings! I'm Paulie from Chicagoland. I recently bought a couple GRMS handhelds and the license, so I can have some fun with the younger kid and spouse while we go walking around the neighborhood and across the parks. Also got some different size antennas to play with, so we can see how far we can go with barriers to LOS. We still end up texting via cell when out of range and to change channels. It's something to do with the old man that isn't gaming, can't be all bad right? lmao Welcome, Paulie! Paulie 1 Quote
Brownie79 Posted Monday at 04:05 PM Report Posted Monday at 04:05 PM Good morning all, long time listener first time poster. Now that I have time on my hands I plan on learning as much as I can. Hope you all have a great day. WRUU653 and SteveShannon 2 Quote
SteveShannon Posted Monday at 04:53 PM Report Posted Monday at 04:53 PM 47 minutes ago, Brownie79 said: Good morning all, long time listener first time poster. Now that I have time on my hands I plan on learning as much as I can. Hope you all have a great day. Welcome! Quote
WRUU653 Posted Wednesday at 03:40 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 03:40 AM On 11/18/2024 at 8:05 AM, Brownie79 said: Good morning all, long time listener first time poster. Now that I have time on my hands I plan on learning as much as I can. Hope you all have a great day. And you as well. Welcome WRXB215 1 Quote
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