What did I do wrong?

[Guest PG3]

I just installed a midland mxt275 with midland nmo cable and 6db antenna. It’s on my jeep for trail runs but after the install I was using my SWR meter on channel 1 and after hitting the talk button to get a reading someone said get off this channel. I at first figured they were not talking to me. So I noted my meter reading and hit the button again to confirm the number on the meter. Someone again said this is the local police get off this channel. So I quickly changed channels and have been trying to understand what the heck did I do? After reading a bunch about GMRS I thought police did not use GMRS? How do I figure out what channels I can’t be on? Thanks 

[OffRoaderX]

What you did wrong was believing some clown on a GMRS radio that was claiming to be the local police..

TL;dr .. he lied to you..

[WRUE951]

6 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

What you did wrong was believe some clown on a GMRS radio claiming to be the local police..

TL;dr .. he lied to you..

sounds like somthing that SOCAL guy would do

[OffRoaderX]

11 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

sounds like somthing that SOCAL guy would do

if we're being honest.. I've done that more than once.. But it was with little kids goofing on their radios so it's ok!

[Socalgmrs]

Nope I’m not a jerk I just speak truth that others don’t like. They like to live in a fantasy land.  I like reality and I never listen to gimmicky ads from manufacturers.  I also do lore home work then 99% of people.  If you took the time to get to know me you would know that. But I’m no gender confused queen   
 

id say the first thing you did was buy a midland. Gullible!  Second thing was to believe some moron on a gmrs frequency with a gmrs locked radio.   Gullible.   
 

if it was me I’d make a police report and an fcc report.  That’s what I would do.  Anyone that knows me knows I’m a stickler for the rules/laws.  That’s impersonating an officer.  Next time ask for his name, badge number, call sign, and rank and record it on your phone. Then take that info the the local leo s 

[Guest PG3]

I was hoping that it was someone messing around but being it’s my first GMRS I’m still trying to understand it. Just an old CB guy with new technology to me. 

[marcspaz]

You definitely got lied to. Every channel is free to use. No one owns a channel or has a channel allocated to them. Law enforcement almost never uses these channels for official business and when they do, you still have as much right to use the frequency as they do.

 

Most of the time, when FRS/GMRS is used by the government, it's not police. Its typically a civilian liaison acting as a go-between for U/SAR volunteers or volunteers working in support of some type of remote response to things like mass casualty incidents. I'm pretty sure you would know if there was a mass casualty incident close enough that you can hear another user directly. 

[WRQI663]

One time in San Francisco there was a moron who cross banded 146.550 to the SFPD --- Their dispatcher told us to

get off their channel but it was they who were on our frequency (of course we refused to budge) - that guy was caught,

but believe it or not, he was eventually able to get an amateur license - but we did not want to talk to him and ignored him.

[WRUE951]

Yea

[WRUE951]

10 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

if we're being honest.. I've done that more than once.. But it was with little kids goofing on their radios so it's ok!

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Yea,,  but SoCAL says hes an old man so he like us already went throught that stage..  He never grew up.......

[marcspaz]

37 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

Yea,,  but SoCAL says hes an old man so he like us already went throught that stage..  He never grew up.......

 

What I don't get from SoCal is, he either says or has strongly implied that pretty much none of us know what we are talking about, always wrong, and a bunch of NotARubicon nut huggers (sorry, Randy.  You know I love you).... and, he seems like he's always mad at us.  So why the heck is he wasting his time and talent on this forum?  I've asked him... but no response.  Maybe it's like watching a car crash.  Its so horrific that you can't look away.

 

Anyway Guest PG3, just ignore the stupid stuff he says and try to pull something useful out of it.  Honestly, recording the experience if it continues to happen and then filing a police report with local PD isn't a terrible idea.  You just need some proof it's happening and you may get some traction.

[WRUE951]

29 minutes ago, marcspaz said:

 

What I don't get from SoCal is, he either says or has strongly implied that pretty much none of us know what we are talking about, always wrong, and a bunch of NotARubicon nut huggers (sorry, Randy.  You know I love you).... and, he seems like he's always mad at us.  So why the heck is he wasting his time and talent on this forum?  I've asked him... but no response.  Maybe it's like watching a car crash.  Its so horrific that you can't look away.

 

Anyway Guest PG3, just ignore the stupid stuff he says and try to pull something useful out of it.  Honestly, recording the experience if it continues to happen and then filing a police report with local PD isn't a terrible idea.  You just need some proof it's happening and you may get some traction.

I think his problem lies with misery.   Miserable people want everyone around them to feel the same way..  You are right   the best way to to deal with miserable people is keep them away and just ignore.   

[WRYZ926]

1 minute ago, WRUE951 said:

I think his problem lies with misery.   Miserable people want everyone around them to feel the same way..  You are right   the best way to to deal with miserable people is keep them away and just ignore.   

Yes ignoring them is the best as sometimes killing them with kindness only makes them worse.

For GuestPG3, you had some sad person messing with you, just ignore them too. As mentioned, police don't use GMRS frequencies.

[SteveShannon]

4 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

I think his problem lies with misery.   Miserable people want everyone around them to feel the same way..  You are right   the best way to to deal with miserable people is keep them away and just ignore.   

I think he’s just attention seeking. 

[PRadio]

12 hours ago, Socalgmrs said:

Nope I’m not a jerk

Yes, yes you are. 

[Bogieboy01]

1 hour ago, marcspaz said:

 

What I don't get from SoCal is, he either says or has strongly implied that pretty much none of us know what we are talking about, always wrong, and a bunch of NotARubicon nut huggers (sorry, Randy.  You know I love you).... and, he seems like he's always mad at us.  So why the heck is he wasting his time and talent on this forum?  I've asked him... but no response.  Maybe it's like watching a car crash.  Its so horrific that you can't look away.

 

Anyway Guest PG3, just ignore the stupid stuff he says and try to pull something useful out of it.  Honestly, recording the experience if it continues to happen and then filing a police report with local PD isn't a terrible idea.  You just need some proof it's happening and you may get some traction.

Crazy fan fiction theory.....Socal is an evil alternate acount of notarubicon....dr jekkyl/mr hyde kind of stuff.....

 

only joking, as i know "i" and Randy's "best fan"....he told me so in a video.....

[WRUE951]

I got the SoCal guy ignored but his stupid post are still coming thru???    Something not working?

[WRUU653]

46 minutes ago, Bogieboy01 said:

Crazy fan fiction theory.....Socal is an evil alternate acount of notarubicon....dr jekkyl/mr hyde kind of stuff.....

 

only joking, as i know "i" and Randy's "best fan"....he told me so in a video.....

Every super hero needs a nemesis 

[SteveShannon]

10 minutes ago, WRUU653 said:

Every super hero needs a nemesis 

@Socalgmrs to Randy is like Kiteman was to Batman. 

[Bogieboy01]

2 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

I got the SoCal guy ignored but his stupid post are still coming thru???    Something not working?

Is the original post coming thru or is it one that someone else quoted? 

[Bogieboy01]

2 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

@Socalgmrs to Randy is like Kiteman was to Batman. 

Lets see how deep you go in the batman fandom....maybe more like Red Hood? Lawless bloodshedding vigilante?

[OffRoaderX]

[SteveShannon]

1 hour ago, Bogieboy01 said:

Lets see how deep you go in the batman fandom....maybe more like Red Hood? Lawless bloodshedding vigilante?

I go back to the 12 cent comics but nothing in the last few decades.

[WRUE951]

1 hour ago, Bogieboy01 said:

Is the original post coming thru or is it one that someone else quoted? 

his.   

 

[SteveShannon]

19 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

his.   

 

Look at the selections you made for ignoring him.  It’s possible not all are checked.