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[FlatTop]

GMRS is dying, so Radioddity is bundling the DB20-G with an magnetic antenna mount, handy dandy cup holder mount for the radio, programming cable, and a book about how GMRS can help you family for a mere $89.   So I have one on the way.  I really haven't noticed a lack of traffic on the three repeaters I can hit from my QTH (location for you non-hammers). 

Spend freely and support the economy! 

 

[TrikeRadio]

3 hours ago, JoCoBrian said:

GMRS is dying, so Radioddity is bundling the DB20-G with an magnetic antenna mount, handy dandy cup holder mount for the radio, programming cable, and a book about how GMRS can help you family for a mere $89.   So I have one on the way.  I really haven't noticed a lack of traffic on the three repeaters I can hit from my QTH (location for you non-hammers). 

Spend freely and support the economy! 

 

I guess it is sort of like the stock market... when everyone is freaking out because they don't understand the reality or the long term ... time to buy at a discount.

[WRQC527]

3 hours ago, JoCoBrian said:

GMRS is dying

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start an argument, but how do you figure? 

[FlatTop]

24 minutes ago, WRQC527 said:

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start an argument, but how do you figure? 

It was satirical.  A joke.  I was making fun of all the SAD GMRSers.  

[WRQC527]

44 minutes ago, JoCoBrian said:

It was satirical.  A joke.  I was making fun of all the SAD GMRSers.  

Ahhh. In that case, !

[Hoppyjr]

Oh give me a break and a thumbs up...  I'm just trying to beat out Randy

Randy has a dry sense of humor. Many people enjoy that.

You, not so much.

[WRUE951]

12 minutes ago, Hoppyjr said:

Randy has a dry sense of humor. Many people enjoy that.

You, not so much.

Yea,dDry as a s salt peter  -  thank you for acknowleding 

[SteveShannon]

50 minutes ago, Hoppyjr said:

Randy has a dry sense of humor. Many people enjoy that.

You, not so much.

Exactly!  At least a sense of humor, even dry, is enjoyable.

That other person is more like the obsessed person who stands on the street corner shouting at passersby and waving a sign that says “Repent, linked repeaters! The end is nigh!”  

[WRUE951]

1 hour ago, SteveShannon said:

Exactly!  At least a sense of humor, even dry, is enjoyable.

That other person is more like the obsessed person who stands on the street corner shouting at passersby and waving a sign that says “Repent, linked repeaters! The end is nigh!”  

and your sense of humor is like a wet noodle in a pet rock parade  

[Hoppyjr]

and your sense of humor is like a wet noodle in a pet rock parade  

^ Quoted for posterity.

The reply looks like it came from an 12 year old in 1975.

Ignore button time.

[WRUE951]

14 hours ago, Hoppyjr said:

^ Quoted for posterity.

The reply looks like it came from an 12 year old in 1975.

Ignore button time.

 your imagination is wild  

[Tip10]

Methinks there’s a number of folks on here that need to heed my sig line….


Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

[WRXB215]

Yeah, what @Tip10 said. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for picking on people with no arms.

[Raybestos]

On 9/10/2024 at 1:14 PM, WRXB215 said:

Yeah, what @Tip10 said. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for picking on people with no arms.

A man worked in a factory and augmented his meager income by playing guitar at bars and special events on weekends.  He was in a terrible industrial accident that claimed one of his arms.  The factory fired him, saying they had no work for a one-armed man.  Of course he could no longer play guitar, something he enjoyed doing, with one arm.

The poor man decided to end it all and was standing in a chair, rigging a noose on the ceiling of his third floor apartment.  Just as he was about to put the noose around his own neck, the man, facing the window on the front of his building, sees a man with no arms, walking down the sidewalk, whistling, and occasionally jumping in the air and clicking his heels.

The man felt bad.  Here he was, about to end it all and yet here goes a man with no arms, walking down the street, happy, and apparently content with the world.  The man threw the noose to the side, jumped off of the chair he was standing on, and ran downstairs to try and catch up to the happy man with no arms.

It took the man about a block to catch up to the man with no arms, who was still jumping in the air and clicking his heels at regular intervals.  He asked the man with no arms to stop and he did, growling "What do you want?"

"Sir, I was about to end it all a minute ago.  Then I saw you walking down the street, apparently very happy, whistling and clicking your heels every few steps.  How do you do it?  I must know", said the one armed man.

"How do I do what?", snapped the guy with no arms.

"How do you remain happy with your disability, which is worse than my own?"

"I'm not happy", snapped the man with no arms.

"Then why are you jumping in the air and clicking your heels every few steps?, asked the one armed man.

"My butt itches."

 

 

[WRUE951]

On 9/9/2024 at 12:25 PM, WRQC527 said:

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start an argument, but how do you figure? 

just got back from Los Angeles and GMRS is defiantly not dying.  The zoo is alive and well, as always

[kurgen99]

If I could get access to the two repeaters in  my area of LA, I'd be a happy man.

[WRUE951]

On 9/23/2024 at 12:51 PM, kurgen99 said:

If I could get access to the two repeaters in  my area of LA, I'd be a happy man.

If you are talking Los Angeles as in LA, you should be able to log into a small handful..  I can hit 7 different repeaters driving N/E from Fontana to San Clarita..  From San Clarita north to Lone Pine i can hit the repeater on El Paso.   You might have to fish the tones on aa couple, if there is traffic.   I never had an issue doing so..  I think 3 of them including El Paso are open..   

[TrikeRadio]

On 9/23/2024 at 12:51 PM, kurgen99 said:

If I could get access to the two repeaters in  my area of LA, I'd be a happy man.

Which specific repeaters and what is your "area of LA"?

[WRUE951]

5 hours ago, TrikeRadio said:

Which specific repeaters and what is your "area of LA"?

i live in the Desert north of Los Angeles but i travel to and out of the Los Angeles basin often..  Have you looked up available repeaters in your area on MYGMRS and to to log into them?  Make sure to set PL tones if required, some repeaters require permission..  That info is all on MYGMRS..  Looking at MY GMRS map, looks like there are a dozen + repeater in the basin..  

[kmcdonaugh]

I would just like to thank everyone in this thread for the 20 minutes of entertainment you guys just gave me. 

[LeoG]

You're entirely welcome

[BoxCar]

1 hour ago, kmcdonaugh said:

I would just like to thank everyone in this thread for the 20 minutes of entertainment you guys just gave me. 

We aim to please

[kurgen99]

Sorry for not replying. I'm in Pasadena, and there are two powerful repeaters in the area owned by the same person.  I have made requests, and I will just have to wait it out. I did receive a nice email from WRXP381. Otherwise, the radios I purchased work well for communicating simplex with my hiking partner in the mountains.

 

[WRUE951]

2 hours ago, kmcdonaugh said:

I would just like to thank everyone in this thread for the 20 minutes of entertainment you guys just gave me. 

Well, if you get bored any further, you can always watch Randy's videos

[WRUE951]

32 minutes ago, kurgen99 said:

Sorry for not replying. I'm in Pasadena, and there are two powerful repeaters in the area owned by the same person.  I have made requests, and I will just have to wait it out. I did receive a nice email from WRXP381. Otherwise, the radios I purchased work well for communicating simplex with my hiking partner in the mountains.

 

try ELAC, its open.  Where do you hike in the mountains??  Desert areas ?? you should be able to hit El Paso Peak..  Two repeaters up there are open, i've actually hit that with my handheld from Palmdale.  Those two get out pretty nice.