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
@stephenszabo236119 күн бұрын
Blanchard Oklahoma?
@dreamstate207Ай бұрын
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!
@scottsummers6357Ай бұрын
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 👍
@vintagesimpilot26233 ай бұрын
Prepping? Is the world coming to an end?
@321CatboxWA3 ай бұрын
What is Hopping RX and why can't I turn it on?
@MindKontrolleProject4 ай бұрын
You were wall to wall and tree top tall at 1 mile 😊
@MindKontrolleProject4 ай бұрын
Push it in good and hard.... Giggity😊
@davidziegler67824 ай бұрын
Do I need a license to use as a walkie?
@bobbob-uv1oi4 ай бұрын
Frs no, gmrs yes. Frs are always limited to either .5 or 2 watt depending on channel. Gmrs have significantly higher power limits on certain channels. Gmrs License is easy to get. It's like sixty bucks and last for I think five years. No classes needed.
@davidziegler67824 ай бұрын
Perfect, I’ll pay the fee easy as long as there’s no class
@DavidOswaldSLC3 ай бұрын
@@bobbob-uv1oi GMRS license is $35 for ten years, and applies to entire family. Also, although these can communicate legally with FRS users, these are classified as GMRS radios, so the FCC requires a GMRS license regardless of configured transmit power level. (Part of the reason is true FRS license-free radios have fixed, not removable antennas, and don't support repeaters or wideband, which this radio does.) The GMRS license requires NO test; just pay your $35 and you, and your family are good to go for a decade. I guess navigating the confusing site is the real test. :)
@kchedville4 ай бұрын
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.
@user-nk1gt4bf3d5 ай бұрын
Can it get police and fire frequencies?
@peter.vanburen5 ай бұрын
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
@dwtimmons5 ай бұрын
That is correct from my understand. I did that... The website is whacky so be aware. I believe I paid on one page and registered on another...
@michael.w.salter5 ай бұрын
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.
@middleagemike83376 ай бұрын
Is this the 8 watt one?
@kashtronic5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I came here because I was very surprised that Baofeng claims this is 8W on Amazon, as expected, it's actually 5W.
@vampiregoat696 ай бұрын
The Amazon reviews say that those radios are locked and you can't talk on them at all
@Shwarzencofmenmozer5 ай бұрын
They work fine. Wife inside in and me 3.5 miles away with buildings and trees we talked with squelch on 2 no problems.
@SK-rj1ti6 ай бұрын
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.
@crashdsnowman16 ай бұрын
2mi is terrible.
@2148aa6 ай бұрын
During covid I walked 7 miles a day and did what he did with 2 GM30s and a simplex repeater. 8 foot tall green corn field ground level you can't talk 1/2 mile. Hill in between/// not even a half a mile. Rock face mountain to bounce a signal off of/// 6 miles. Mississippi river talking between 2 lookouts. Very clear with 12 miles line of sight. I still do this daily walking the dog locally with a J pole antenna on the house roof and the same two GM30s. 3 miles is about what they will do. Less with leaves on the trees and I have noticed with spring time sap running in the trees. The distance has been cut some.
@TREEHUGGAH17 ай бұрын
excellent video Sir.
@terryrauh66478 ай бұрын
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.
@jeannetteriddle90298 ай бұрын
Thanks for your good efforts.
@policeofficer658 ай бұрын
I tx a good 15 miles Simplex no problem!
@2148aa6 ай бұрын
Ducky antennas, 5 watt transmit. Ground level. You lie.
@ColeShelton-oo8hh6 ай бұрын
@@2148aait’s a bot
@bluetech77538 ай бұрын
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.
@bluetech77538 ай бұрын
Have you checked it real closely to see if yours has a removable antenna cuz like I said my died there might be a tiny little screw hole on the side where you might have to loosen a tiny screw.
@rickkimbley89918 ай бұрын
Where can I learn how to program and hit a repeater in central Iowa? Thanks for any help. Im new and lost
@beansmalone130510 ай бұрын
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.
@michael.w.salter5 ай бұрын
I have found that the 771 to be superior to the stock antenna that comes with the GM - 15 pro.
@MindKontrolleProject4 ай бұрын
Smiley 5/8 duck 465 MHz is very good. A 15 1/2 inch antenna in a holster is in your armpit. PIA
@MindKontrolleProject4 ай бұрын
The 771/g is mainly for air band I believe. Not totally sure.
@SwordslingerCustomHolsters11 ай бұрын
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.
@2148aa6 ай бұрын
PL/ or tone the receive on the radio on the repeater. I did that next to a microwave tower. The microwave tower started tripping the squelch on and off on the radio and had the simplex repeater fried in less then a hour.😪😪
@DalePGatorcq11 ай бұрын
Why don't people get everything setup fistvand operational
@silver_inferno11 ай бұрын
I have a set of these radios and the sound quality and range is great for the price of the 2 . Thanks
@policeofficer657 ай бұрын
I txt to a guy that was 13 miles simplex no problem!
@TheNugentFamily11 ай бұрын
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. :(
@Reloadeez10 ай бұрын
Range won't be good in urban environment on handheld to handheld. There is 3 open gmrs repeaters you can use in the Houston city limits that have good range though.
@TheNugentFamily9 ай бұрын
@@Reloadeez thanks, guess I need to learn how to hit those repeaters and learn more about GMRS radios.
@TheNugentFamily11 ай бұрын
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. :(
@HawkeyePierce19815 ай бұрын
Which channel? Different channels have different power settings. Also what antenna were you using?
@kevingp123 ай бұрын
Use the long range antenna
@user-jn2mf6fs7y Жыл бұрын
Thanks great video
@GMRSRadioonaBudget11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jamesmoore8868 Жыл бұрын
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???
@GMRSRadioonaBudget11 ай бұрын
one thing that I thought of is when getting out some distance when you transmit. this unit will record your audio plus any noise coming in with your carrier, and then rebroadcast the noise along with the voice so you may get more noise with this then you would if you were talking to another person.
@policeofficer658 ай бұрын
I tx simplex a good 15 miles no problem
@joelynch1059 Жыл бұрын
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. 👍
@GMRSRadioonaBudget11 ай бұрын
we can only hope, my wife has little to no interest in radios now days, she used to love to talk cb back in the 80's
@414RadioTech Жыл бұрын
you're better off with the SR 629 model full duplex I use one myself to re-broadcast railroad audio from my scanner
@GMRSRadioonaBudget11 ай бұрын
I will have to look into that
@AsciiWolf Жыл бұрын
You did not have any counterpoise. It would work much better if the ht/antenna was properly grounded.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget11 ай бұрын
the radio it's self in the ground,
@seewaage Жыл бұрын
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.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget11 ай бұрын
that is nice to know, Marine radio not much use in Oklahoma, now if I still lived on the coast in Washington State, it would be nice to have
@ddflafun Жыл бұрын
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
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
Not that I know of. I don't think they cover the same frequency range. you may have to get a ham radio that cover the frequency's that you will need. find out what frequency they use and go from there, buytwowayradios.com may have what you need
@HarryHamsterChannel Жыл бұрын
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.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
their are many Ham's that get a Gmrs license, why would someone prop an antenna up against an aluminum ladder? they must not know much about radio's and antenna's, if you are talking about the ladder in the video, it is a wooden ladder, I think I even mentioned it in the video, and I have never had to beg for a pl code, most are public they want people to use their repeaters
@RobertJohnson-xk9lz Жыл бұрын
If you take a close look at the ladder, I believe that you will see that it is made out of wood at lease that is what my old eyes see I could be wrong.
@phillipnelson6076 Жыл бұрын
Unlike amateur radio, there's no coordinators for GMRS. As long as you don't create a collision with another PL Tone it's fair game. And as it's a simplex parrot the repeater channels should be irrelevant.
@jlchavis0844 Жыл бұрын
Found the sad ham
@ThatAppalachian Жыл бұрын
My local repeater automatically broadcasts its own PL tones several times a day or whenever someone keys up after it’s been silent for a while.
@almirria6753 Жыл бұрын
Question; all in all how happy were you with the unit?
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
the repeater? seems to work as it should, I like that I can test the range by myself. the wife sometimes doesn't like to talk on the radio. it is small fit's into a shirt pocket, only problems that I have had with it is battery dead and not getting the plug pushed in all the way
@MissingLinkMTB Жыл бұрын
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.
@ToddReuterOutdoors Жыл бұрын
The USB C charging is hard to beat. A proprietary cradle charger is pretty annoying, especially for travel.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
I need to get a waterproof one for when I am out on the kayak
@echols2010 Жыл бұрын
Do i need program anything if i want to be able talk to my kids walkie talks as well as use in an emergency??
@ToddReuterOutdoors Жыл бұрын
No. You can use this right out of the box, they come preprogrammed with all of the GMRS frequencies.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
no for family use just pick a channel and tune both radios to the same channel. channels 8-14 are shared with FRS radio and power will be cut down to 2 watts, so best to use channels 1-7 or 15 and up
@Gta2O13 Жыл бұрын
Return it💩
@mwnahas Жыл бұрын
it does have a removable antenna. mine came with the antenna off, i had to screw it on.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
Thank you, yes I did a follow up video where I did a power check on the radio, I ordered a nagoya 771G antenna for it yesterday, so I will be doing a video on how far it will talk and if the nagoya helps any. Thanks for watching
@mmaaddict788 ай бұрын
I think that has been changed in the recent runs of this device. Mine also came with the antenna detached inside the box. These used to come with the antenna attached and a set screw holding it on.
@djsoundzentertainment42 Жыл бұрын
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.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
ok thanks, I was looking at that hole. I have a better swr meter coming in tomorrow so I may check it out. and see the power that it is putting out. I was out in the shop today and picked up some traffic on the repeater. about 28 miles as the crow fly's from me. I will try to put the nagoya 771G on it and see if I can hit the repeater with it. Thanks for watching. 73 ...WRKV263
@djsoundzentertainment42 Жыл бұрын
@@GMRSRadioonaBudget It has an SMA female end on the radio so you will need an SMA male antenna.
@GMRSRadioonaBudget Жыл бұрын
@@djsoundzentertainment42 Thanks I took the antenna off today, it took a 1.5 mm allen. the female SMA was the first thing that I noticed, I may do a quick video tomorrow on taking the antenna off and how much power it puts out. I may buy a nagoya 771 and see if I can hit the repeater with it. I am only 28 miles away from it as the crow flies. Thanks for your help