WQOX597 Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 Are there any plans to create regional boards in this forum? I think it would be helpful for support and to have local discussions. I am from Massachusetts and some of us are just starting to get some repeaters on the air in the central part of the state. http://millburygmrs.blogspot.com/ - Rob Quote
PastorGary Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 Rob - Thanks for the inquiry. If you have a moment, please go to the main Repeater List website https://www.mygmrs.com/ and use the CONTACT button in the top navigation bar to send Rich D, that inquiry. That would be the fastest way to receive info about forum plans. Thank you. Logan5 1 Quote
n4gix Posted January 30, 2016 Report Posted January 30, 2016 As few people who're using this set of forums currently, it seems a bit pointless IMHO... mainehazmt 1 Quote
coryb27 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Posted January 30, 2016 As few people who're using this set of forums currently, it seems a bit pointless IMHO... I agree, I have been trying to add my projects and insight in an effort to get people talking again. Quote
WQOX597 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Posted January 30, 2016 As few people who're using this set of forums currently, it seems a bit pointless IMHO... I agree, I have been trying to add my projects and insight in an effort to get people talking again . Good points but let me add why I asked that question. As a longtime GMRS user (I have been reading the forum and following the website for well over a year) I was surprised that there wasn't a mechanism on mygmrs.com to allow searching for other local members. There isn't a profile entry in our accounts to voluntarily add our location that I am aware of or is searchable. I live in an area that has very few known repeaters but there are a lot of licensees. I thought mygmrs.com would be a good way to find other active users in my area and network with them. Once I put up my own repeater and listed it here several other local repeater owners (not listed on mygmrs.com) contacted me to let me know about their systems. I also received over a dozen contacts from users as well. As a consequence I started some side conversations with the owners regarding getting more users on our repeaters and possibly starting a network. All our repeaters are open, community-based systems and do not charge fees. [side note: I did suggest they list their repeaters here and anticipate that they will.] It may be different for other members but personally, being able to have a place to congregate with other local users/repeater owners has significant value. Things like sharing spare equipment, loaning test equipment, tower locations, etc. are all things that are useful at a local level. I understand that many GMRS repeaters are closed systems and are not looking for users but here in my area that appears to be the opposite. As mygmrs.com currently seems to be the preeminent online location for GMRS I thought it might be reasonable to add the local/regional component to it. I know in my case it would have stimulated postings from me a year ago when I was looking for local GMRS information. I participate in two forums that create regional boards based on requests for them hence the reason I made my request here. Since there are close to 20 other GMRS users/repeater owners in my area that I just met who are looking to have these conversations, I looked first at mygmrs.com as the place to do it. It may be possible that others are looking for the same feature now or in the future and this would stimulate more postings to this forum as a result. - Rob coryb27 1 Quote
uniden278 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Posted January 31, 2016 Rob, Thank you for your new repeater. It looks like it covers central Mass fairly well. I have a home brew repeater with linking capabilities NOT currently on the air due to several factors, but I'm hoping to cover the North Shore area. There are also very few known (read: public/open systems) in my area. The south shore area has a few open/published repeaters with sufficient coverage (the Kingston 600 repeater being the widest coverage, but others may find differently). I also applaud your efforts to better network with local users and repeater operators. Let me know your thoughts/interpretation on repeater linking. I'll be closely watching this thread. -Greg Quote
JSmith Posted September 22, 2016 Report Posted September 22, 2016 I also have been trying to find away to connect with people on a more local level. I belong to a few GMRS FaceBook groups with people from all over.Until I can find a better way, I have just created a state GMRS FaceBook page (Louisiana GMRS). It is to supplement the national pages and sites like this one. My intention is to allow people to connect and coordination on a localized level. The hard part reverts back to the original issue, finding and getting the locals to join. I guess the best way is to get the word out somehow...so I'm not sure if it's ok, but I'll add the link and they can remove it if not.https://www.facebook.com/groups/547576682098668/ Quote
WQYC236 Posted September 26, 2016 Report Posted September 26, 2016 Another thought is the FCC data base allows searching specific, towns and counties for all the GMRS licence holders. Maybe a group email would work. Quote
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