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On our community emergency list I think all the people with call
signs use them. At least intermittently. There are a few people
who don't use their call signs. Nobody asks.
bp
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I am gonna try a pair of Baofengs and a pair of the
Retevis and see how my guys like them. I got a license so
that will cover family. I guess I will claim the guys are
adopted if we get busted. Will probably buy them licenses
as time goes on.
Does anyone really use their callsigns in a legal manner
on GMRS? My wife and I are used to it being hams for
decades but not sure how well it will go over with the
guys. I guess telling them it is a $25K and 10 years
penalty might get them to do it. Seems silly.
Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Hanoi talkies
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.
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
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On
5/6/2019 1:22 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Baofeng are hard to program.
They seem to work ok.
Sent from my iPhone
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.
Hanoi handi potatoe potato
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