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56 minutes ago, amaff said:

On a scale of "it is so over" to "we are so back," how back are we?
 

I don't know about the rest of the country.  The linked systems around me were shut down (unlinked) for a while (maybe a couple of months).  The national one is back up tonight; that's all I know right now (I've been monitoring mostly 2m for hurricane relief).  I'll listen more to see if I hear discussion about it.

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On 10/16/2024 at 11:00 PM, UncleYoda said:

I don't know about the rest of the country.  The linked systems around me were shut down (unlinked) for a while (maybe a couple of months).  The national one is back up tonight; that's all I know right now (I've been monitoring mostly 2m for hurricane relief).  I'll listen more to see if I hear discussion about it.

There was the "pay to play" group.  They rightly dropped their link.  Then came Helene and they used the excuse of "disaster/emergency" to re-activate their toy.  From monitoring them, the re-linking, as before, served no useful or legitimate purpose.  It just ensured that multiple repeaters across a 75-100 mile stretch were clogged with conversations that sounded like 99% of the time, were taking place on one repeater.  As before, one conversation on  one repeater rendered multiple repeaters useless while it was in progress.  As before, it was poor stewardship of available repeater and frequency resources.  But hey, "we are in a disaster/ emergency". 🙄  It also ensured that some clown playing with DTMF tones was "enjoyed" by all, as were occasional lengthy bursts of white noise in the system.  They seem to have finally de-linked, at least until something else can be used as an excuse to re-activate their toy.

Then, there is the more local bunch that was part of a network with a name that sounds like something to do with fuel effeciency.  Looking on-line, that network appears to have all but fallen off of the map, yet listening to that system, it sounds apparent that it is still hooked into something and not a stand-alone.

 

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2 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

At last count there are about 3 of them the FCC is keeping tabs upon...  Before you get all excited 'Randy'   I never reveal my sources.

Probably because you are making it up. But when the FCC puts them in jail I will be the first to say I was wrong.

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13 minutes ago, Raybestos said:

There was the "play to play" group.  They rightly dropped their link.  Then came Helene ...

Then, there is the more local bunch that was part of a network with a name that sounds like something to do with fuel effeciency.  Looking on-line, that network appears to have all but fallen off of the map, yet listening to that system, it sounds apparent that it is still hooked into something and not a stand-alone.

 

I haven't taken time to monitor the pay-to-play group that I used to be a member of - too busy following NC hurricane relief.  I agree that this sort of emergency/disaster is not a good reason to link; stand-alone repeaters might even be more useful in that scenario..

That other one is the one I was referring to.  I heard the former regular user from the Chicago area say he was glad to be back so I know there was some kind of link active.  And they did mention the same network by name but no details.

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58 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

Probably because you are making it up. But when the FCC puts them in jail I will be the first to say I was wrong.

you know they won't put them in jail.  I don't think the FCC as ever put anyone in jail..  Put for sure, they will draw the hammer  

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40 minutes ago, WRXS592 said:

https://www.change.org/p/demand-fcc-to-allow-all-network-connections-to-gmrs-repeaters-and-radios
 

Demand FCC to Allow All Network Connections to GMRS Repeaters and Radios

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Uhhh....no.....

I am not going to ask or demand that the FCC allow unnecessary clogging up of the eight few channels we have for repeater and 50W simplex use, thereby turning GMRS into something it was never even remotely intended to be.

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