Guest Sean Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Im a new license holder, im taking my ham Technician exam in February. I have bought a mini 8900 and have set up a fixed base station with a 2m 70cm ground plain antenna. I would like to connect to a repeater and see whos out there. An open repeater is on 462.550 . Again im new , would i program that in and be able to connect or do i need to do anything with the offset and tones ? Any input is appreciated. WREW961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted December 25, 2019 Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 The offset on GMRS is the same (+5 MHz) as it is on 70cm/440 MHz ham. The repeater probably does use tone squelch, so you will need to find out what it is and set the transmit tone accordingly. You don't absolutely have to use a receive tone if you don't want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcspaz Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 As RCM mentions... just set the proper offset and tone and you should be good to go. I would recommend checking the SWR. Many dual-band antennas do not go all the way to 470 MHz, but rather, are not rated above 450 MHz. BTW... I looked up the mini 8900 because I haven't heard of it before. Wow, that thing is tiny! LOL I hope you have good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRAF213 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 That radio lacks any type acceptance, even Part 15. Don't use it on a service like GMRS, where type acceptance is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman1971 Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Like WRAF stated. No type acceptance, don't use it. That thing Is on CCR class on its own, with too much power, spurious emissions off the charts... and a piss poor receiver. Its classified as an UCCR (or Ultra Cheap Chinese Radio) Just like VHF, UHF, etc you have CCR, VCCR, UCCR, RSCCR, etc... you get the idea. Don't use those on high power near valuable electronics, like monitors, as it will damage them. Don't ask me how I know. Oh, and the neighbor's Superbowl game might (or might not) catch all kinds of static/digital artifacts when you operate that thing nearby with a giant antenna... G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkhunter521 Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Hmmmmmm, if you dont like your neighbor??....................,!! Logan5, gman1971 and kipandlee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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