yeah, but you get what you pay for... that's what a decent radio cost these days and prices are crazy high right now.I am in. A 40-50 Watt is kinda pricey, $200-$300 but looks far better than CB.
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yeah, but you get what you pay for... that's what a decent radio cost these days and prices are crazy high right now.I am in. A 40-50 Watt is kinda pricey, $200-$300 but looks far better than CB.
Yes, the older UV5R radios can be programmed for the FRS and GMRS channels; I've read that due to complaints from the FCC newer versions of the radios (UV5R-V2) can no longer be programmed to operate outside the ham bands. I've not dug into it, but I suspect there's a hack for that... Legality is the issue in that the UV5R is 'certified' by the FCC for use only on the ham bands and using it to transmit on the FRS / GMRS bands is technically illegal. The same applies the Anytone radio I mentioned above and other flavors of programmable radios; while it can be programmed for these other radio bands (or 'services' as the FCC refers to them) it is illegal to transmit on those bands with the radio as it is only certified for the ham bands. So, transmit at your own risk.So my UV5R can already do the GMRS? If I am using it for that how do I switch to HAM? Do I have to just toggle frequencies?
FWIW I've been running Btech radios for a few years now in two rigs and they work great. Easy to program with CHIRP and obviously more umph than the handheld. I've got mine hard wired Currently running the BTech mini 25x2Thanks Bud, do you know about the
UV-50X2
All indications on the interweb are yes the UV-50X2 can be programmed for operation on GMRS FRS... with the same disclaimers as previously noted.FWIW I've been running Btech radios for a few years now in two rigs and they work great. Easy to program with CHIRP and obviously more umph than the handheld. I've got mine hard wired Currently running the BTech mini 25x2
But, the ham license fee went from $0 to $35 as well...FYI, GMRS license fee has changed to $35
The FCC GMRS license fee has finally dropped! - The Gadgeteer - https://the-gadgeteer.com/2022/04/20/the-fcc-gmrs-license-fee-has-finally-dropped/
$35 for 10 years isn’t so bad. Just a little more than most of us have probably spent of flowers for our wives in the past 10 years .But, the ham license fee went from $0 to $35 as well...
$3.50 a year seems like a bargain to me!$35 for 10 years isn’t so bad. Just a little more than most of us have probably spent of flowers for our wives in the past 10 years .
So it looks like you custom made the mount for btechs, any chance of making one for my ham radio or a potential generic one that is single din size?How convenient. I just installed mine. Behold, dual Btechs.
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It's a Kenwood TM-281AI think so. What model of Ham? This is BTech's size so am not sure if it's standard but I can modify the design.
Dimensions (W x H x D), (Projections included) | 160 x 43 x 126 mm 161 x 43 x 170.5 mm |
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maybe add a cell phone holder/slotIt's wider , longer, and a little taller, (4mm). I think we could easily fit one of them. It would be good if I could get some measurements with calipers but I could make a prototype with what's here. I am working on finishing the latest air box for Tim's 60 which will take about 4 more days. After that I can crank out of these. I forgot, what year is your 80?
Since there is going to be some extra realestate we could probably a 12V/USB port or something like that too.