Over 40 years of using GMRS, as well as Land Mobile Business use of Conventional Analog Radios. You Sir, explained the use of GMRS radios very well!!!

@totallyjonesin

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know gmrs existed 40 years ago. I was just giving up interest in cb at the time.

Thank you so much. You explanation was so clear. I was able to contact the repeater and establish a couple of long range communications from my garage with my portable unit. You were the last drop I needed to make it happen. Much appreciated.

Great video! I learned a number of useful things/resources in this video.

I have a room temperature IQ when it comes to radios and GMRS… but you explain it in a way to make anybody understand! So thanks Matt for the great video bro 😎

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

Thanks James! Love that new XJ bumper you just put on!

@johnmadsen37

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. And it’s a cool day. My handheld always shocks my balls when I try to find a repeater.

@dennis8309

5 ай бұрын

By crowbaring in bro at the end, as the hip phrase of the year makes your IQ probably closer to 62...

@nats50

29 күн бұрын

Tell me it's in F, not C. 😂

Watching your video and I was just blown away that on your example of Weekly Repeater Update it shows the little town in Alabama that NO ONE has ever heard, Ranburne Alabama where my grandmother grew up. This is a very small, rural town. Now I'm even more excited for my next visit when her church does their yearly homecoming the first Sunday in May.

@neiljohnson6815

2 ай бұрын

My maternal grandfather was a native of Ranburne.

@Shadow750Jax

2 ай бұрын

@@neiljohnson6815 He didn't happen to have the last name Beam did he?

Excelente información, GRACIAS !!

I am a licensed General amateur and learning GMRS as an adjunct radio system for emergency (SHTF) use. Thanks for helping me understand how this system works. It helps that I have my FT-60 set up with all the local repeaters. I understand the principles.

@terryparker1694

8 күн бұрын

You still have to get a license. Your ham license is no good for GMRS.

Gmrs queen 😂love Randy

Thanks, this was very useful. I wish you would show step by step how to do the third method on a Vouxun KG-935. Thank you!

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

I will try to get that into the next batch I’m working on. Seems like there is a lot of interest in things you can do with the 935 being just basic programming.

Nice info

My trunked scanner has close call on it when the repeater is in use or it sends out its address my scanner will light up with the frequency and the tone number

Do I have to do this step before using my GMRS call sign I got recently? "Official Authorizations from ULS". Or can I just use the radio without that step, seems I didn't have to deal with it when I got my Ham license, started using my Hams just as soon as my call sign wast posted on the FCC site.

The irritating part of living in Rapid City South Dakota is, there is ONLY one known ACTIVE repeater in the area - 462.600/467.600, BUT some company nearby uses 462.600 simplex for their communications without a tone so I can't monitor the repeater without having to listen to their daily traffic. I usually get tired of hearing them and turn off the radio.

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

We had that issue here with a local business doing the same thing. A couple of guys who used the repeater went down and talked to them and explained the situation and how they were bleeding over. Took a couple of tries, but they finally did stop using the channel. Guess you could try that if you can locate them. The, of course, you could go full HAM Karen on them and tell them they’re in violation of a bunch of FCC rules, but we all know how that usually plays out.

@glenh2159

7 ай бұрын

If the repeater you are monitoring has a pl tone on the transmit side simply include that tone in your receiver setting on that frequency and use your radio in pl receive mode. This will cut audio on the undesired traffic. This is the intended purpose of the pl tone, so multiple users can share a frequency and not have to listed to each others traffic.

@chrissewell1608

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like the repeater / business owner, didn't do their job to verify any conflicts of radio frequency.

Pl tones are normally used I would think. Great advice

Also, you have to be careful that some repeaters are in a linked network, and may confuse a new user, not knowing that you have to pause for a couple seconds before and after transmitting.

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

Good point, I do believe I touched on waiting for the tail to drop it in my GMRS etiquette video, but that was to keep the repeater from timing out. Might have to follow up with a linked repeaters specific one.

Will have to try one of the later methods out when I get my first grms radio, I live in a pretty rural part of Nevada and no repeaters are listed on mygrms in my area, but of course there's 10-15 ham repeaters lol. If I can't find one I'm thinking of setting up a solar powered rt97 up on the mountain at 6500ft since that would cover all of the town + has line of site of 2 valleys for about 15-20 miles in each direction

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, might be worth a try. It’s crazy how many ham repeaters are out there, and how many of them never get used! I tried several when I was in Montana last summer and never made a single contact. Maybe we should start petitioning some of these ham repeaters owners to reprogram their 70cm repeaters to be GMRS ones? I love rural Nevada! I can only imagine what kinda range you could get in one of those long valleys, even with a low wattage repeater like a rt97!

@Catboy-hr2qp

Жыл бұрын

@Matt Kester looking at potential repeater locations on google earth some spots have up to 40 mile lines of sight in one direction those locations are also where the ham repeaters are so maybe i can get permission from the local club to put my grms one up there if i decide to go that route, don't know if the 5 watts of the 97 would reach that far though even with a high gain antenna increasing its ERP

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

@@Catboy-hr2qp I think it’ll surprise you. I’ve talked from one mountain top with an HT to a repeater on another well over 180 miles away and people had no idea I was that far from it. UHF with clear line of sight is pretty incredible.

We're neighbors as I'm in North Phoenix (Desert Hills) new to GMRS repeaters and you explain it very well

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

Howdy neighbor! What’s your favorite local repeater so far?

@notwrkn2mch

Жыл бұрын

@@MattKester Still waiting for my call sign and antenna to come in and hoping to reach White Tanks or the one in Scottsdale..... Crown King would be a blessing as i have a direct line of site to that area. I'll let you know and i have a lot to learn yet. Are you anywhere in the north valley without giving your location away?

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

@@notwrkn2mch I’m in North Scottsdale, kinda near Westworld. You probably should have no problem with the Towers 575 and 600 in Crown King. Those repeater have a huge footprint and the 575 has a pretty healthy chatter on it with an amazing cast of a characters every evening. White Tanks/AZGMRS 550 I’ve found doesn’t have a lot of ongoing chatter, but the rush hour traffic is cool and the weekly nets are a great place to interact with folks, especially if you’re new. They’re open to members and non-members alike.

@notwrkn2mch

Жыл бұрын

@@MattKester You have been a big help and especially with tower 575 in Crown King. Definitely Subscribed to try and stay in touch......Thanks Matt :) ps... I hit the dislike button by accident, sorry and now i fixed it

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

@@notwrkn2mch no worries. Let me know what your call sign is when you get it. Mine is WRKX996. Hopefully I’ll hear you on the 575 sometime soon!

So my is Rod and I purchased the wouxon kg uv 9 gx and since I'm a first timer it's hard for me to understand this method I inserted the 141.3 and I can't get zilch and I'm in central jersey

can anyone install a gmrs repeater? thank you kindly Sir.

What is kerchunk?

Love My KG-935G Plus Radios

What is ctcss?

I don’t want to sound cheap but if no repeaters in my rural setting in northwest lower MI would deter me from getting a license for a radio. Anyway I can check out that info with joining a site? I checked one website and only came up with 17 available in MI near bigger population areas. Thanks

@MattKester

3 ай бұрын

I believe you can view the map at MyGMRS without being a member, but you have to login to receive a specific repeaters tone data.

So I’m kinda confused on method 3. Will I hear a transmission from a repeater with all tones off? I’ve been trying to find someone to talk to in my area for the last few days and I’ve got nothing so far.

@wooleynathaniel

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you will hear a repeater with all tones off. So here is the break down: if you are familiar with what a squelch does... (turning off the receive unless the signal is strong enough to open it). A ctcss tone is a continuous tone coded squelch system. If you have this turned on for receive, your squelch will ONLY open if it hears this frequency. If you have it turned off, you will hear every station with a signal strong enough to open your normal squelch regardless of whether they are transmitting a tone or not. Keep in mind that some radios call them privacy tones. This is NOT accurate. If you have a group set up with these tones, outside people will not be able to interfere with you unless they find the proper tone, but anyone with an open receiver will still hear you.

Hi thanks for the video tutorial- I’m on Maui and just received my tidradio’s I charged them up and was doing the od Bluetooth programming and can’t find any gmrs repeaters , I checked my gmrs and they didn’t have - I was gonna get my license tomorrow but probably won’t know because I basically have walkie talkies - can you check Maui on your my gmrs account see if you see anything Greatly appreciated or if you have other tips - thanks and aloha

@MattKester

3 ай бұрын

Aloha! I was actually in Kona a couple of weeks ago and looked to see if there was anything I could use before I went, ended up not bringing it because there were no repeaters on the big Island. The map on MyGMRS shows a total of three repeaters in the state, two on Oahu at Ewa and Aiea, and one on Maui at Wailuku. Looks like that one is near a residential area at Wai’ehu and doesn’t have a whole lot of elevation to it. My best guess is you’ll probably only be able to hit it in the Kahului area, maybe a little further to the east on the coast, but it’s hard to say without being there.

@taonow369

3 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for the reply, how do I go about using that repeater ? It wasn’t on the Odmaster software?? I’m new just got my radios Thanks for the help I have tigradio hs-3

It seems like the club in my area of Georgia, makes you join their club before you can use their repeaters. While the fee is used to keep the repeater(s) up!

When using a GMRS hand radio to reach a GMRS repeater,... how far can you talk on that repeater? Does that repeater send your signal to another repeater so you can reach a friend in another state or part of the world

@williamlowry9585

Жыл бұрын

No

@shaus81

Жыл бұрын

The maximum power output for GMRS repeaters is 50 watts, so that would give it a range of about 25 to 30 miles from where it is. Your handheld portable radio would only give you a range of a few miles at best, so you would have to be pretty close to a repeater to be able to hit it. But if you can reach the repeater and are able to use it, then you can benefit from its increased range. If you want to talk to someone in another part of the world, you would be best to get your amateur radio license because it gives you access to many more frequencies and a maximum power output of 1500 watts, depending on your class of license and frequencies used. Some of these repeaters are also connected to the internet giving it infinite range.

@johnmills837

Жыл бұрын

Hell no!

I always had an interest in GMRS and repeaters as it exists in the US, unfortunately I live in Canada and GMRS is totally impractical here except for, forklift operators mall worker crews and keeping track of your kids. little better than FRS.

Does ch 20 repeaters have an offset too?

@MattKester

11 ай бұрын

Every repeater in GMRS has a +5 MHz offset. Basically 462.xxx transmit and 467.xxx receive.

ITS GREAT THAT YOU MENTIONED THE TRAVEL TONE 141.3, ALSO NEEDED IS THE TRAVEL CHANNEL 19 /FREQUENCY 462.6500 RX - 467.6500 TX.

@christophersmith1155

Жыл бұрын

@@SecularSkeptic MY TYPO MISTYAKE

@ramrod175

Жыл бұрын

@@SecularSkeptic 462.6500 without going thru repeater (simplex). If using a repeater add 5.000 to this no. ( positive offset) so transmit frequency is 467.6500 recieve frequency is 462.6500. most GMRS Radios will do the offset automatically if you are on a repeater channel

@amop33

4 ай бұрын

So not 19 simplex… must use tone and offset. This whole time I thought it was travel channel 19 simplex. 😂

Could you just transmit to a repeater input channel with every possible tone and wait for it to respond on it’s output channel? This would be pretty easy as there aren’t that many tones.

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you could brute force it like that.

This is probably the 10th video on this topic I seen and still don’t understand - can anyone recommend a video on using repeaters in basic English?

@daveengstrom9250

2 ай бұрын

Its simple really. Repeaters use a "split frequency". That means they receive on one frequency and transmit on a different one. Repeaters with a PL tone (sub audible tone) need to hear that tone before it opens up (turns on) for use. The PL tone is sent by the user on the repeater's RECEIVE frequency. The user says whatever they want to say and the repeater simultaneously retransmits it on its transmit frequency. YOUR radio needs to be set to transmit on the repeaters RECEIVE frequency and listen on the repeaters TRANSMIT frequency (backwards from that of the repeater). On a radio that displays the frequency in use, you will notice that when you push the transmit button, the frequency shits to one frequency on transmit and when the button is released the frequency comes back to your "listen" frequency. See?

What is default travel tone?? You didn't explain what is.

@daveengstrom9250

2 ай бұрын

A travel tone is another name for a PL tone. It is a tone what is common to many different repeaters hence the name "travel". Some repeaters have different PL tones. It is up to the owner of the repeater how it is set up. Some are private, some are open, some are not. Each repeater is owned by some person, not the FCC or some other thing. Repeaters cost money to set up and operate, so some are not made public.

Canada does not require a licence to transmit in the GMRS frequencies. How does MYGMRS apply to us here?

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

I don’t believe MyGMRS has any support for Canada as it deals with US fcc licensees

@rickjohnson6818

Жыл бұрын

@@MattKester Ya, because of that we're feeling very isolated here and much closer to the Arctic Circle despite the majority the population living south of the 49th parallel.

@MattKester

Жыл бұрын

@@rickjohnson6818 dang, you must be my former neighbor, I grew up in Alaska!

@rickjohnson6818

Жыл бұрын

@@MattKester Yup, the further north ya live, the further away your neighbors are. Akaska must be beautiful.

Thanks for a great video. A brief edit though. Just after the 4-minute mark you mentioned the travel tone as 141.3 MHz. Just a slip of the tongue I'm sure but it's actually 141.3 Hz, not MHz.

Just got a couple of Baofeng UV-5G GMRS radios, though not yet licensed, have been monitoring chatter. When I heard someone speaking, the screen showed GMRS 20 and below that, REPTR6. What does this mean, exactly?

I got couple months with my GMRS License. I buy good equipment etc, But no one used the GMRS frequencies, on Simplex and the repeater like 3 are free but anyone talk on it. I live in NYC and the GMRS hobby is turning in Boring. Where is traffic, you have to pay. Is Crazy..

@eijentwun5509

11 ай бұрын

Same here, what's worse is there are no Queens NYC Repeaters which is bizaree...and Broadnet is flooding the hell out of Repeaters yet not a single one in Queens.

@chrissewell1608

6 ай бұрын

​@@eijentwun5509Rumor has it, the Queens repeater kept getting stolen! What did you expect?

That guy you highlighted is Not a Rubicon

I’m a super newbie and became lost shortly after method two. 😮

Holy smokes, for a new person all of what was just said may as well be greek and without written instruction I doubt any new person will undersand what was just said or how to do it.

@Brandy2024.

5 ай бұрын

Agreed

my only complaint is most gmrs repeaters want you to pay to use them. As a ham we dont have to pay to use our repeaters. As a repeater owner I understand there is a large cost to owning and maintaining a repeater. For hams some repeaters are owned by individuals and some are owned by clubs that want to help. There are also repeaters on our hospitals usually owned and maintained by clubs to help in times of emergency. And ARES repeaters located at county EMA offices. I have a gmrs repeater I have yet to install the antenna on the tower for. Looking forward to see the footprint of it.

@alan.macrae

Жыл бұрын

What is the legality of anyone charging to use the airwaves, ie repeaters, on shared GMRS channels. I agree with @mikemcdonald5147 about the cost of operating them however, is it legal for someone to set up a GMRS repeater and charge people to use them? Personally, I'd be happy to support repeaters that I might use in my geographic area but, I'm just trying to understand how the 'pay to use' thing works.

@nimblehealer199

Жыл бұрын

@@alan.macrae I'm a member of a repeater group, they charge each member $30 a year. I think that they charge to use the repeater because usually they are on a parcel of land that they lease.

Everyone knows Randy. Lol.

What is one bank of the repeater channel? You mention a whole bunch of terminology that newcomers just dont know or have no way of knowing what it is.

The problem is there's too many squirrels that get stupid on the air and the repeater owners get pissed and shut off everybody. I only use these repeaters for a survival situation and when I can no longer access them I no longer go off road. Here in Arizona you lose your cell phone signal as soon as you leave the paved highway and at 76 years of age I'm not going anywhere without having contact with the outside world.

@eijentwun5509

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have sadly encountered these GMRS Karens. I thought Karens only existed in the HAM radio world. Wha is it with men that they love feeling Important and in Control?

I gave this video a "like" just because of the beautiful pittie over your shoulder. The dog looks like my girl. Btw, informative video as well.

49.95 a month

There is someone in Monroe County Kentucky. And believe it’s been put up illegally.

I've been a Ham since the late 80s and I don't remember EVER being asked to pay for a Repeater Service. And now I've seen some GMRS CLUBS/REPEATERS asking for a "Subscription" in order to be allowed to use their Repeater. That's Ridiculous. I paid for the Permit ($35.00) and got a License but i won't pay for anything else. Otherwise I stick to my Ham Radio 📻 like I've done for decades! 73s from KJ4BGW

@memery261

Жыл бұрын

If you pay Dues to a Hamradio club you are helping pay for the repeater's upkeep. Since you paid the fcc for the license you are allowed to transmit on the air. That doesn't grant you the rights to use other peoples equipment. Most repeater owners let everyone use their repeater for free but they do have the right to charge for the use of the system.

@carltechmobile3983

Жыл бұрын

Repeaters cost money to run. If you don't like the rules that fine. Ham clubs have dues and if you don't pay you are not in the club.

@slowmo7500

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you found a repeater owner👆😂

please help i want to how to anthor country reoeater know please please help

Travel tone should be in hz not Mhz

So you say , but try to talk to someone. Thats a dirrrent story.

GMRS Repeater use is very crude coms. Key overs and rambling like CB

@coyotesden

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the system, AZGMRS prides itself on being family friendly and loves to help those who want to learn.

plum silly how people of today need a video for common since things its like folks cant use there brain any more??? you did a really good presentation but there are tons of videos out there just the same..