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Greetings and questions


DrHypno

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Greetings all.

Thank you for allowing me to join here.

I am a prepper-light type and so got interested in emergency communications.

I've taken a few HAM classes and will eventually take the test (severe math phobia)

Have my GMRS call sign now. obviously.

Upon researching this subject I stumbled upon GMRS and MURS.

I have some handhelds and have been trying different antennas by running a scan of all gmrs frequencies with several identical handsets.

I have purchased a few upgraded antennas and fate would have it, the original factory antennas are more sensitive -wierd...

I've asked permission to use a group of local GMRS repeaters, but haven't heard back yet.

 

I've been running a continuous scan of all local Seattle) repeater input frequencies and haven't heard anything yet.

Newb question. Do we listen on the output frequency to see if they are in range?

I'm concerned that my radios can't hear them or vs versa.

Cheers

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All repeaters around me (that identidy) use Morse for ID. Some don't send the Morse with CTCSS so it's not always audible to a proper receiver. Doing so is compliant with the rules and doesn't distract the operators, so long as the Morse isn't interrupted by repeater traffic. I prefer that mode of ID, but that's rather uncommon to see. I'd expect most (identification-transmitting) repeaters to send Morse ID with CTCSS, a handful to send Morse ID without CTCSS, and the rest to use voice ID because those repeater owners want to watch the world burn.

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