Ha. I tore tags off my mattress and furniture....not afraid of FCC...lol
On Tue, May 7, 2019, 7:11 PM Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would be careful about any of the Chinese radios. I don't know anything
> about Ham stuff and they may meet that are off rules. I know a few of the
> people that head up licensing agencies and they say many, like Baofung,
> violate FCC rules. Those rules may not apply to you though so take that for
> what it is worth.
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2019, 12:15 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 5/6/2019 1:22 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>>
>> Baofeng are hard to program. They seem to work ok.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank You,
>>
>> Brian Webster
>>
>> www.wirelessmapping.com
>>
>> www.Broadband-Mapping.com
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com <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
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On May 6, 2019, at 1:06 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Retevis-Radios-Range-Scrambler-Speaker/dp/B00PVQ5LO8/ref=asc_df_B00PVQ5LO8/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312039479427&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15843251035210015126&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013962&hvtargid=pla-569078696569&psc=1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Gmrs? Anyone know this radio? I had it recommended to me this morning.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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