Guest Rugged Guy Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago OK, so I am one of those. Buy a radio and read a lot, YouTube a lot and still lost. Is anyone able to assist. What are the rx/tx CCr language abbreviations? is there a list of language abbreviations that can be shared? I have rugged GMRS 2 Plus but am staring at it... If you have time, it would be appreciated. RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalgmrs Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Join up here on the site with your gmrs call sign and read read read then ask specific questions. Gmrs is pretty darn simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 59 minutes ago, Guest Rugged Guy said: What are the rx/tx CCr language abbreviations? RX = Receive TX = Transmit CCR is a derogatory and racially motived term that "some people" use when describing a radio that does everything their very expensive radio does, but it costs 10X less monies. kirk5056, WRUU653, WRXB215 and 2 others 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreggInFL Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago The GMRS lingo tends to be a subset of the HAM lingo, which is extensive: https://www.arrl.org/files/file/EC-016-Course/Glossary.pdf You don't need 99% of that for GMRS. (CCR = Cheap Chinese radio) SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 hour ago, Guest Rugged Guy said: OK, so I am one of those. Buy a radio and read a lot, YouTube a lot and still lost. Is anyone able to assist. What are the rx/tx CCr language abbreviations? is there a list of language abbreviations that can be shared? I have rugged GMRS 2 Plus but am staring at it... If you have time, it would be appreciated. RG CCR is Credence Clearwater Revival if you’re my age, but around here it is shorthand for cheap Chinese radio. As @OffRoaderX said it’s intended to denigrate. There are a few other abbreviations that you’ll run into: PL is short for Private Line, which is what Motorola marketed as their implementation of CTCSS. There are other abbreviations for this as well. CTCSS keeps your squelch closed (radio audio output silent) unless it detects a specific audio tone included in a transmission. DPL means digital private line and is the same thing except with a digital code instead of an audio tone. It also has several other names such as DCS and DTCSS. Neither DTCSS nor CTCSS provides any security but they do serve to reduce interruptions. Elmo777, WRUU653, kirk5056 and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 minute ago, SteveShannon said: CCR is Credence Clearwater Revival if you’re my age Davichko5650 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreggInFL Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 minute ago, SteveShannon said: CCR is Credence Clearwater Revival if you’re my age... Aw man, why didn't I think of that? (< Slaps forehead) SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosw Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Tones (PL, CTCSS, DCS, Tone Squelch): All of these are just names for a way to filter out unwanted transmissions so that you only hear the ones you want, and so that others only hear you if they either have no tone set, or set a tone and use the tone you're transmitting with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Tone-Coded_Squelch_System PL: Private Line (But it's not actually private, so it's poorly named) CTCSS: Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System DCS: Digital-Coded Squelch DPL: Digital Private Line (Not actually private. Same as DCS) TX/RX: Transmit, or Receive Often used in the context of tones: If you set a Tx tone, you transmit that tone so others can use it in filtering out those transmitting without the tone. If you set an Rx tone, you will only hear those transmitting with that same tone as their Tx tone. Repeaters usually require you to use a Tx tone so that the repeater wakes up and listens to you. Repeaters may use an Rx tone so you can set your radio to only hear a channel when the repeater is transmitting that tone. Often used in the context of reception: Example "My Rx is good, but nobody can hear me when I transmit", or "People hear me but my Tx is causing the radio to heat up." CCR: Cheap <Some country starting with "Ch"> Radio Funny thing is that almost all radios are made in that country nowadays, regardless of the price. And if not that country, some other country that is not the US. SWR: Standing Wave Ratio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_wave_ratio Fars: A humorous term for describing how far a radio will communicate, paying attention to the fact that it is not typically reasonable to assert a given radio will transmit for a very specific distance in units like miles or kilometers. Rather than saying "Will transmit 38 miles", which is almost always incorrect for a given situation, people say "lots of fars" to indicate that the radio transmits about as well as any other radio, or "more fars" to indicate that with an antenna up high, the radio seems to have better propagation. Any other terms you need ad-hoc explanations for? WSEZ418, SteveShannon, WRUU653 and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo777 Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 43 minutes ago, SteveShannon said: CCR is Credence Clearwater Revival if you’re my age, but around here it is shorthand for cheap Chinese radio. As @OffRoaderX said it’s intended to denigrate. There are a few other abbreviations that you’ll run into: PL is short for Private Line, which is what Motorola marketed as their implementation of CTCSS. There are other abbreviations for this as well. CTCSS keeps your squelch closed (radio audio output silent) unless it detects a specific audio tone included in a transmission. DPL means digital private line and is the same thing except with a digital code instead of an audio tone. It also has several other names such as DCS and DTCSS. Neither DTCSS nor CTCSS provides any security but they do serve to reduce interruptions. Bahaha, CCR is short for creedence clearwater revival, I just felt old!!!! SteveShannon and WRUU653 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreggInFL Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 1 hour ago, Elmo777 said: Bahaha, CCR is short for creedence clearwater revival, I just felt old!!!! They were playing it at my recent high school reunion. Free beer to the first person to guess which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo777 Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 8 minutes ago, GreggInFL said: They were playing it at my recent high school reunion. Free beer to the first person to guess which one. 55th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreggInFL Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago ^Close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, Elmo777 said: 55th 50th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, GreggInFL said: They were playing it at my recent high school reunion. Free beer to the first person to guess which one. 53? SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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