Nothing wrong with "budget" radios as long as they do the job required by you. I have several gmrs and a couple hams here. Being where we are at, very very rural..lots of mountains and hilks and treess in the way of signals...i have gotten up to 4.6 miles away on radio to radio comms. Some comms is better than zero comms in a shtf senerio, if cell towers or internet or both go down...something is a whole lot better than nothing...also p.s. that little hole in the base of the antenna takes a hex key to loosen it up and remove it if you want to replace the antenna...the vonnectiin of the antenna will be a sma male on the antenna..most handheld are a sma female on the antenna. Great video

Blanchard Oklahoma?

I love this radio. Mine came with a 15 inch antenna. I was listening to a couple of guys talking and one sounded like he was sitting right next to me indoors! 23 bucks form Amazon. 28 with tax. And the keypad lights up!

I live in The Village, Nw Okc, and just found your channel. How is this radio working out for you now after a year? Ive subscribed and will be checking out your other videos. Thanks 👍

Prepping? Is the world coming to an end?

What is Hopping RX and why can't I turn it on?

You were wall to wall and tree top tall at 1 mile 😊

Push it in good and hard.... Giggity😊

Do I need a license to use as a walkie?

tHAT DARN PLUG -- LOL -- same thing happened to me for about an hour--- then i watched a video with a Radio Store guy doing a review -- he said be sure the Plug on the unit is all the way in -- i got up and looked at it and sure enough -- it was lacking about 3/16 of an inch -- i shoved on it and wala-- it began to work... also found out, Turn on Unit First -- the plug in your Radio in on off mode -- then turn it on -- the Unit will recognize it. Nice Video.

Can it get police and fire frequencies?

I got these just learning about radios etc mainly got just in case cellular power etc goes out. Do we just go on FCC Website and pay a fee to get our GMRS license?? Then we can talk on GMRS channels correct

Thanks for the video. Is there a reason you went with simplex instead of duplex? Sure come makes both and they're just about the same price. If I pick one up I'll use your Amazon store.

Is this the 8 watt one?

The Amazon reviews say that those radios are locked and you can't talk on them at all

This radio has one of the best receivers on the market. Correction about the channels you can program in. It is not just about different CTCSS/DCS tones on the same GMRS frequencies. You can also program in listen-only frequencies from this radio's entire receive range.

2mi is terrible.

excellent video Sir.

Repeaters are few and far between here in northwest Oklahoma. I can’t get anyone on my GMRS base. I live on a hill and and have a 50 ft tower with a good antenna. I guess there is not anyone with GMRS radios.

Thanks for your good efforts.

I tx a good 15 miles Simplex no problem!

I looked up your call sign I just bought this radio about two weeks ago on Amazon mine does have a removable antenna. I will be getting my GNRS license later yeah I get lots of kids in my area on those FRS radios I do have a pair of those too they're cobra it's also kind of funny because a dentist office that's not too far from my house they use FRS radios to communicate from within the office from room to room so I can listen to all their transmissions I don't talk to them but I listen you won't get any personal information but you can kind of hear some interesting things that they're talking about yeah they're at work and discussing their personal lives sometimes.

Where can I learn how to program and hit a repeater in central Iowa? Thanks for any help. Im new and lost

I have a Nagoya 771 and the 771G and even though people swear by them I just don't see a huge difference over the rubber ducky.

Thanks! I have been wanting to get one of these small repeaters in order to put it and a small radio in a tree to make a cheap repeater.

Why don't people get everything setup fistvand operational

I have a set of these radios and the sound quality and range is great for the price of the 2 . Thanks

Was only able to get 3 block away before I lost communication. I was walking the dogs and calling into my daughter. I was expecting to get better range. Granted it's a neighborhood in Houston, but very disappointed on the range. We were on GMRS channel. :(

Was only able to get 3 block away before I lost communication. I was walking the dogs and calling into my daughter. I was expecting to get better range. Granted it's a neighborhood in Houston, but very disappointed on the range. We were on GMRS channel. :(

Thanks great video

Line of site is key. I got 30+ miles on this. Channel 15 on high, hitting a repeater. That said I was elevated and so was that repeater. I was told by fellow gmrs s that would get 50 miles of that repeater but the had 50 watt units. Fun fact with the Motorola talk about I got 8 miles line of site over water. Neat item you have there... beats having someone on the other end responding to can you hear me now???

I orderd a 2 pack. One for me one for my wife. Hopefully she will find them fun and join me in my ham radio hobby. 👍

you're better off with the SR 629 model full duplex I use one myself to re-broadcast railroad audio from my scanner

You did not have any counterpoise. It would work much better if the ht/antenna was properly grounded.

I have one of these GM-15Pro, it can scan Marine radio channels (I have a marine radio and tested it and it works). It can also scan the HAM hailing frequency too.

thanks for the review, can you get airport frequencies on these? i use drones for inspections around airport spaces and i need to hear airport chatter. thanks

Is there a reason to get a GMRS radio instead of an amateur HT, and then programming it yourself? Maybe learn something? Like not to prop an antenna against an aluminum ladder? You'll still have to beg for PL Codes from the locals and enter those.

Question; all in all how happy were you with the unit?

Ordered a pair like you. Same color even. I also bought some gmrs-uv9's and a uv5r. The 9's are waterproof. Already got CHIRP downloaded and ready.

Do i need program anything if i want to be able talk to my kids walkie talks as well as use in an emergency??

Return it💩

it does have a removable antenna. mine came with the antenna off, i had to screw it on.

TOT (Time Out Timer) is for when you are transmitting, the radio will automatically stop transmitting for the time you set it for and would need to rekey the radio to talk again. The antenna will come off if you have a small HEX key to loosen the set screw in the little hole.