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Introduction to GMRS for new users


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"Most GMRS radios are designed for simplex operation and can't transmit on these frequencies. Which mostly doesn't matter because there are very few GMRS repeaters out there."

 

idk if I'd agree that there are very few GMRS repeaters out there when this site lists over 1700 repeaters. Even if only half of those listings are accurate and active repeaters, that's still not an insignificant number of GMRS repeaters.

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idk if I'd agree that there are very few GMRS repeaters out there when this site lists over 1700 repeaters. Even if only half of those listings are accurate and active repeaters, that's still not an insignificant number of GMRS repeaters.

 

Well, the continental US (lower 48 states) are around 3,119,890 square miles. If all the repeaters in the listing were active, that would still only be 1 repeater for every 1,853 square miles. And then, many repeaters serve  the same general area, especially in larger cities.

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This article is a goldmine of information, and it includes links to GMRS radio manuals.  I bookmarked it.  Learning how GMRS radio's implement privacy codes, sub-codes, interference eliminator codes, all mfg slang for CTCSS or DCS is very helpful.  I appreciated how Baofeng implemented them in a similar fashion to HAM radio (example: DCS code 023 is Baofeng D023N).   

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