Re: [AFMUG] OT Hanoi talkies

Tue, 07 May 2019 10:15:57 -0700

We use the Baofeng UV-5R with a 15" whip. Using the available programming software makes them relatively easy to set up. We ran a radio drill this last weekend through our new repeater, and everything seemed to work pretty well. I've got some concerns about the location the group picked for the repeater, but overall, not bad at all.


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On 5/6/2019 1:22 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Baofeng are hard to program.  They seem to work ok.


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On May 6, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Brian Webster <i...@wirelessmapping.com> wrote:

Technically you are supposed to only use radios on GMRS that have FCC type certification for GMRS service. Some will say that part 90 certified UHF radios are allowed to be used in GMRS, I recall that rule was only for radios that were certified part 90 before the part 95A (I think that’s the section for GMRS) was set up as a requirement. Now if you aren’t so concerned about that certification use these. I have quite a few various Chinese radios and I have never heard of this brand, so personally at that price I would go with a more known Chinese brand such as Baofeng or Woxoun. Since there are actually still wide band GMRS channels (not the splinter channels for portable to portable comms only), I would shop around for some real radios such as Motorola UHF portables that will be more durable. You should be able to get the old wide band versions cheap. Likely will need new batteries and maybe antennas but they should last. Commercial radio services are all narrow band now so wide band only radios are no longer legal in those services. Sometimes you can find a nice deal on a set in a gang charger. If you do look at any particular models ping me off list and I can let you know which models are good and bad to use. I can point you in the right direction for programming and such as well.

 

 

From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2019 3:08 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Hanoi talkies

 

Hanoi handi potatoe potato 

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On May 6, 2019, at 1:06 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:





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