GMRS Trave Frequency?

[Northcutt114]

1 hour ago, WRTC928 said:

Ignore him. Anything you paid less than $1,000 for isn't a "real" radio to him. The rest of us actually live in the "real" world.

I would have liked this post but apparently "I can not give any more reactions today." 

As to your advice. I plan to. Reference my avatar. 

[SteveShannon]

Just now, Northcutt114 said:

I'm familiar with the button and it is on my radio. It removes tones, too? I thought squelch and tones were different?

Matching tones (CTCSS or PL) or codes (DCS or DPL) are both ways of squelching the audio. The other way is commonly referred to as “carrier squelch” where the radio requires the signal to surpass some level before unsquelching (desquelching? I’m not sure what the verb is).

Pushing the “Mon” (short for “monitor”) opens all forms of squelch so you can hear anything that is on the frequency. 

[Northcutt114]

1 hour ago, WRTC928 said:

I don't know what radio you have, but I have the upper (50 watt) channels duplicated with CTCSS/DTCS tones for such a contingency. It's not perfect, because when the tone opens your squelch, you still may pick up the other traffic on the frequency. It also requires that your buddy program his radio the same way. Still, it mostly works because if you're traveling with someone in another vehicle, likely you're close enough that your signal will "beat" another signal originating further away.

Gotcha. So the same with CB.

You know, all you radio dorks are about to have another member in the fold. I've been talking on CBs for almost 30 years and I never gave it a single thought. They were just channel numbers, not frequencies. Then awhile back I got the President CB in my Jeep and started noticing mHz numbers below the channel numbers. That got me thinking and then I started digging into HAM and GMRS and slowly began realizing why 4 watts was the limit on CB band because HAM techs were in that band on HF and talking across the country. So essentially the Kilowatt Klub on CB is bypassing the FCC in the same way the Pistol Brace Bois are bypassing the ATF and NFA. And then I realized that I really don't have enough contempt for federal regulation. But I digress...

 

[Northcutt114]

1 minute ago, SteveShannon said:

Matching tones (CTCSS or PL) or codes (DCS or DPL) are both ways of squelching the audio. The other way is commonly referred to as “carrier squelch” where the radio requires the signal to surpass some level before unsquelching (desquelching? I’m not sure what the verb is).

Pushing the “Mon” (short for “monitor”) opens all forms of squelch so you can hear anything that is on the frequency. 

You know, for someone who is "too good to help people [and] just want[s] to complain about them not knowing anything but, don't [sic] want to help, just start crap," you're remarkably helpful.

I was only familiar with the latter part of the definition, the "carrier squeltch" side of it. Today, I have learned a thing.  

[UncleYoda]

43 minutes ago, Northcutt114 said:

It removes tones, too? I thought squelch and tones were different?

It doesn't remove them from channel memory; it suppresses them while you hold the button down.

 

Squelch and tones are different ways of suppressing audio, but they do interact through that magic monitor button.  Ain't radio fun!

[Northcutt114]

Just now, UncleYoda said:

 Ain't radio fun!

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