Repeaters missing from the map

[WRYQ772]

There appears to be many repeaters missing from the myGMRS map.  What is going on?

[amaff]

The owners of those repeaters haven't put them on the map.

[WRXB215]

You may also need to turn on "stale" repeaters.

[Socalgmrs]

Yup.  Repeaters are not public unless the owner wants them to be and puts them on mygmrs or other sites.     

[SteveShannon]

5 minutes ago, WRYQ772 said:

There appears to be many repeaters missing from the myGMRS map.  What is going on?

There’s no magical connection between starting up a repeater and it appearing on the map.  If the owner doesn’t make the effort to place it on the map here and repeaterbook it doesn’t appear.

[WRUE951]

21 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

There’s no magical connection between starting up a repeater and it appearing on the map.  If the owner doesn’t make the effort to place it on the map here and repeaterbook it doesn’t appear.

There is a very very small count of owners not submitting coordinates for their repeater..  The last time i counted these, about 6 months ago, it was less than 15 overall for the complete database.  

[WRYQ772]

On 10/22/2024 at 10:22 AM, WRXB215 said:

You may also need to turn on "stale" repeaters.

Yep, that helped.  I don't remember having to do that in the past.  Specifically I was looking for Conroe 700 which was on the map 2 weeks ago.  Even turning on stale and offline repeaters doesn't make it show up.  The search function doesn't find it either.

 

ETA: It is listed on TxGMRS.  Maybe that is where I saw it 2 weeks ago and not on myGMRS.

[WRUE951]

26 minutes ago, WRXB215 said:

You may also need to turn on "stale" repeaters.

more than likely where the missing repeaters are hiding..   defiantly not due to owners not posting their coordinates..   That number is very very low

[MarkInTampa]

The largest public repeater in my neck of the woods doesn't show up on the map anymore. From what I was told is if the repeater owner/operator doesn't check in with myGMRS within 12 months the repeater is removed from the map. It's still listed (with the map) if you go the the list view and click on it. The owner just got tired of repeater requests so he publicly listed the tones, called it open and disabled access requests and hasn't updated the status in over a year.

[WSDM599]

If someone other than the owner knows the locations can that person add to the map? location was given out on a gmrs group page.

[OffRoaderX]

18 minutes ago, WSDM599 said:

If someone other than the owner knows the locations can that person add to the map? location was given out on a gmrs group page.

You would have to add it as "the owner", which "some people" or even the actual owner might not like.. So while it is possible, it is not advisable.

[WRXB215]

1 hour ago, WRYQ772 said:

It is listed on TxGMRS.  Maybe that is where I saw it 2 weeks ago and not on myGMRS.

Yep, I've learned to check both places. I think it was about a year ago, not sure exactly, but suddenly a lot of the ones that were listed in both places disappeared from myGMRS.com. I don't know why.

[WRXL702]

Use The URL Not The App.

The App Sometimes Just List Repeaters In Your Immediate Location, Based On The Parameters You Have On In Preferences.  

[WRUU653]

6 hours ago, WRXB215 said:

You may also need to turn on "stale" repeaters.

This ^^^

If the repeater is open and free to use it's easy to fall into the stale category. If it's been more than a year since the owner has logged into their repeaters on the site it goes stale. It happens to a friend of mine every year. A year goes by faster than you think.

[GreggInFL]

On 10/22/2024 at 11:58 AM, MarkInTampa said:

The largest public repeater in my neck of the woods doesn't show up on the map anymore. From what I was told is if the repeater owner/operator doesn't check in with myGMRS within 12 months the repeater is removed from the map. It's still listed (with the map) if you go the the list view and click on it. The owner just got tired of repeater requests so he publicly listed the tones, called it open and disabled access requests and hasn't updated the status in over a year.

This is exactly what happened in the Orlando area.  The biggest repeater went stale.  35 miles through the woods makes it a beast by local standards.

[JBRPong]

On 10/22/2024 at 11:22 AM, WRXB215 said:

You may also need to turn on "stale" repeaters.

Noob question.  What are "state" repeaters?

[SteveShannon]

2 minutes ago, JBRPong said:

Noob question.  What are "state" repeaters?

Not “state”, “stale”, like old bread.  The repeater isn’t actually stale, the data in the database is stale, meaning it has sat for too long without being touched.  It doesn’t mean it’s wrong, just that the person who placed the data there hasn’t been seen for a while.

[JBRPong]

Ah... sorry.  Should have my glasses on.
Thank you!