Every GMRS Radio Setting Explained & How it Works

[@roniniowa1661]

New to GMRS. This was very informative, spoke so I could understand, answered many initial questions. THANKS

[@an__hooo]

Wow, I have been looking for a video like this several months. Thank you a lot. The best explanation on KZbin!

[@waverrider714]

I have had my GMRS for four years and now I finally understand it.😂keep up the good work.

[@carnellbutler6678]

This was for me!!! The radio dummy. Thanks, I feel like a pro now

[@DaddyyCrab]

Thanks for the education and keeping it simple! 😎

[@citizensurvivalplan]

Thanks alot!

[@brucethomas6296]

Dude great video I will be watching this multiple times, great learning opportunity !

[@citizensurvivalplan]

Thanks alot friend I am glad you enjoy this content!

[@vailmatthew79]

Great video breaking down the settings for us newbies! So hepful I downloaded the video for future reference.

[@jonathanj.jimenez375]

thanks little by little i can understand and learn how to use radio

[@rickroemer8391]

Very helpful, thanks. Most people just spew out these terms assuming we all know what they're talking about.

[@petersullivan1367]

Extremely helpful being I just purchased GMRS radios Thank you

[@АлександърДжеферов]

great video for beginners.

[@A4152-p8l]

Thank you for explaining the basics for the newbies..

[@kwelliottsr]

Very good explanation of the menu. Thanks for all of the hard work you put into this product.

[@toddshook1765]

Great info. Thanks for breaking it down. I have ham radio and fairly new to gmrs and the different settings for gmrs. Will save and refer your video for future use.

[@brucethomas6296]

I really appreciate your platform. I hope it grows big, you give great honest insights !

[@anthonygallo3576]

Dude,u are my new best freind. I must have watched hundreds of videos and asked hundreds of people how to get the channel to display instead of the frequency. You called it in that video with MDF -A. I will be programming all my for GMRS radios according to your tips and recommending your channel to everyone I know as well as subscribing myself thank you. (Oh and by the way right now I'm on my hands and knees bowing to you)

[@citizensurvivalplan]

Lol I am glad the video helped.

[@anthonygallo3576]

Haha, I just turned the radio on ,it no longer had any voice when I go from channel mode to VHO mode and no longer says anything when I manually input a channel. Is it suppose to do that or did I hit a wrong bullet. Uv 5 g plus thanks

[@citizensurvivalplan]

@@anthonygallo3576 no but did you possibly turn voice off?

[@anthonygallo3576]

Let me go back in and look.

[@anthonygallo3576]

Well ,u sir are a genius. I got it mixed up with box and turned it off .thank you for getting back to me

[@Trd2020]

Great video

[@joeymertle9809]

Great video. Just what I needed.

[@stevedickerson5447]

Great video. Very informative. I am just starting out trying to learn about GMRS. Thanks!

[@CrenshawDawg04]

Just got my radios in and needed help. Thanks for sharing!

[@bett059]

Thanks!

[@geobloxmodels1186]

Thank you! Edit: This is a masterclass in how to make a YT how-to video. Short and to the point explanations indexed by topic so people can find exactly what they need and be on their way in a few minutes.

[@sixshooter4570]

Great video explaining all of the settings. I have a Wouxun KG-UV9GX and it didn't have a proper manual although I do have a spreadsheet explaining the various settings. I'll now fire up Chirp, I also have the extra CD and plug that I purchased for programming this radio. Thanks for your time and effort. I'm also thinking about purchasing a set of the Wouxun KG-935G Plus radios.

[@theblindsharpshooter]

Is the UV9GX compatible with Chirp? For anyone reading these comments, the 935G is not compatible with Chirp; you have to use the "935G specific" software that should be provided by the retailer.

[@sixshooter4570]

​@@theblindsharpshooter It's supposed to be, I haven't gotten to it yet.

[@CreativPret]

Thank you! Very helpful review.

[@stone4bread]

Very good presentation! Well done.

[@EJB24103]

Great Video and tutorial, thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@eijentwun5509]

VOX is one of the MOST important features for certain purposes. I personally use it to monitor my Dog when I am a few yards away from my home. When he barks, it transmits to let me know he is distressed or in trouble. I also use it as a Door alarm. If someone breaks into my home... a low alarm goes off and the VOX mode transmits that to me instantly...I come runninghome with a Bat in hand to protect my home. it is also useful in a Kidnapping situation...or some situation where you cant grab your radio OR dont want anyone to know a radio is listening...like someone who is about to harm you but started with a conversation...you can yell HELP and your buddy on the other end comes running! VOX is absolutely an important feature. I would literally not buy a radio that lacked this feature, just like I wouldn't buy it if it didnt have broadcast FM radio and Flashlight. LOVE my TD-H3

[@mtbohana]

Good info in this video. Thank you.

[@dowjones9827]

Such a good explenation! Thanx man!

[@polyesterdreamboat]

Great video, very informative

[@sloppysquab]

great video, ill watch this a few times to process it all lol

[@perrymahnke886]

Really great video for a Newbie, thank you very much! Do you have a video on other terms used for GMRS or a recommendation of a good source for the terms?

[@Dadecityfloridanews]

Great channel and excellent content

[@meganpingatore431]

Really helpful - thank you 🙏

[@NickBEADG]

Awesome video, very informative!

[@Dblackarialallstars]

You got my Sub Thanks for the helpful content!

[@eduardoguizarmx]

Excellent explanation, thank you very much.

[@ailivac]

Extra operator here who took tech back in 2010. I breezed through most of the ones you missed (except that ionosphere junk - never really had a reason to remember any of that), but that's only because i've been building electronics even longer than i've been into radio. Also guessed on most of the DMR questions since I haven't done anything with digital. Definitely couldn't pass extra again from memory though.

[@citizensurvivalplan]

I passed my Tech last night.

[@tjk1968slice]

Great job. Thank you!

[@EvergreenOG]

Great video. Great work

[@Melody666Nikki]

thank you. great video.

[@jim3922]

thanks for going through these setting. it’s helping a little. I bought a pair of TidHD radios because… youtube people were really excited about them. I just wanted something I could talk from home to work with the wife, a few miles. but that thing is way too complicated. i’m not even sure how to get started. I haven’t even showed my wife because she’s just going to shutdown when she sees it. My area’s radio club doesn’t have a GRMS repeater listed on their website. So I feel like half the functionality of these fancy GRMS radios isn’t going to be used by me. maybe I should have bought a higher quality set of FRS radios instead…

[@citizensurvivalplan]

GMRS radios really are not any more complicated to use simplex (radio to radio) then frs. If you are going a few miles you will not reach with FRS. remember you can set up your own repeater its really easy and also you can use a 20 watt base station radio in your car from the outlet this will give you alot more range then a handheld.

[@jim3922]

@@citizensurvivalplan interesting. maybe i should look into my own repeater. i have a two story house and could possibly put an antenna in the attic. I don’t want to be climbing my roof, so while the chimney would probably be a great place to mount something, I’m not interested in the climb.

[@darkexitus8579]

Had to Sub. Awesome video

[@citizensurvivalplan]

Awesome thank you!

[@gjalino2281]

Thank you!!

[@chrissewell1608]

Good job explaing all the ANI code stuff. I just wonder if there is some computer program out there that actually recieves and decodes all the DTMF tones? Because its pretty useless for a group of folks to use the features if they can't tell who is talking or in trouble!

[@citizensurvivalplan]

The kg 935g can decode them and the btech phone app can. I am sure that a computer program can too you will just have to find one.

[@Relayer1974]

Squelch on direct conversion radios like Baofengs is mostly binary. It's either on or off, with very little variation in squelch levels. Notarubicon Randy has some good commentary on this across his videos. While the range advantage of narrow vs wide on FM handhelds is pretty small, wideband does the opposite of giving you "as much range as possible". Wideband spreads your power across a larger area on the spectrum. That means any part of that signal contains less power, and will be weaker on the receiving end. The more narrow your mode, the more power is sent at any point within your transmitted signal. This is why a common feature of modes which perform well with weak signals is a very narrow bandwidth, as small as 20Hz in some cases. Maybe you mention this elsewhere, but so-called "privacy tones" do not provide any privacy at all, and cannot be used to keep transmissions private from others. This is another thing Randy emphasizes often.

[@justaverage7576]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@omywonkenobi]

@citizensurvivalplan, You have explained the different menu items on this particular radio very well and easy to understand language. I see how the explanation is very similar to the menu items on a TidRadio TD=H3 which a lot of people are talking about in the forums. Thank you very much. Question: Do you have access to a TidRadio TD-H3 and can you make the procedure on how DTMF codes are programmed and used on the TD-H3?

[@citizensurvivalplan]

You need to do DTMF in chirp like I did in the video. Pretty much all the menu items I cover in the video on the btech/ baofeng radio are in the TidRadio TD-H3.

[@Chirnak-J]

Great video. But now what I need is WHY you would use some of those settings - the ones that matter for transmission and reception, particularly the tones. I understand those that are needed to trigger a repeater, but what about all the others you can set at BOT, EOT or both. Why would you use them? What's the pros and cons of using these you described?

[@NickBEADG]

Wide gives you better range, but penetrates obstacles less. Narrow band is shorter range but penetrates better. So if you are in a crowded place, but close, use narrow.

[@citizensurvivalplan]

Through extensive real world tests I have not found that be be true only in theory. Is there a very specific setup that would produce this result.... probably. For general use wide band is best.

[@2WheelShenanigans]

If you do it, it also awards it to everyone in your lobby 🤘🏻

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

The only handheld duel band radio I trust for Survival use is the Yaesu FT-60R radio. ✅ This radio uses a rechargeable battery pack and an optional AA alkaline battery tray.

[@poncho6784]

New to radio hobby and started watching your channel. It’s helpful stuff. But the repeated sound/video out of tune effect gets old after the first couple of times.

[@blcdad]

There is a lot of great information in this, but a couple of things aren't clear: 1. What is CHIRPS? 2. What kind of things is DTMF generally used for? I can't think of many applications for it.

[@citizensurvivalplan]

1.Chirp is a free computer program you can download to program your radios from the computer here is a link.chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home 2. DTMF is prob something you will not use I really don't to be honest but like I showed in the video it can be assigned to a radio to identify the person/radio in distress if turned on for the alarm mode. This is was really included so I could cover every setting as most people working with GMRS really don't want to try and explain it. Thanks for this comment I hope this helps!

[@bett059]

Hi, please tell me how to stop the RSSI Down n bottom left corner . It’s a constant annoying sound. ? TY for video you do 🙏

[@shadowpapito]

Thank you ..

[@didotb01]

4:42 it's actually the opposite, the narrow band would "reach further" but practically doesn't do much in your everyday transmission in vhf/uhf bands. What this does best however is save space, so an entire wide fm band can now be used by 2 different groups of people; and, what I actually believe the most important, is it saves you battery power in exchange for audibility. If you average the total power transmitted over WFM and NFM, NFM would be much more efficient albeit harder to understand the transmitting side. Imagine a 5w transmitter on 1st floor and a receiver on the 3rd floor, and getting a 59 signal report on WFM vs a 49 on NFM Did the narrow vs wide started with the AM vs SSB? Only on those modulations do I actually think it'd matter a lot.

[@terrymaine4121]

What kind of distance can you expect to transmit and receive with two of the handheld radios?

[@bett059]

What should DTMF be set to on for Radioddity ? Thank You

[@JackSparrow-sq1nn]

Like this comment to remind me to watch the video again

[@phakeAccount]

What is the purpose of the ANI-ID and S-CODE if they don't appear on the receiver's screen? Is the listener expected to know the tones and the correlating numbers?

[@djsoundzentertainment42]

Shift Direction and offset has everything to do with GMRS. How else would you set the repeaters input frequency to open the repeater on your handheld?

[@citizensurvivalplan]

It's fixed on gmrs the radios come with the offset preprogrammed in its not like ham.

[@djsoundzentertainment42]

@@citizensurvivalplan Not everyone is using an actual GMRS certified radio. Anyways, on UHF it's still 5MHz + direction for ham and business radios.

[@citizensurvivalplan]

@@djsoundzentertainment42 The video is about GMRS.....

[@djsoundzentertainment42]

@citizensurvivalplan But the UV-5R radios were ham radios.

[@giannismarkidis9546]

Hi perfect Video . Can i ask pls,,?? i have the same 2 baufengs, But, when i transmit or i receve in 30m distanse betueen in my 2 CARs by 20 miles/h speed/car in PMR frequensis , i have NOT a clear sound. when i am STOP the sound is perfect CLEAR. I have programed the In Software CHIRP in NFM , mode and NARROW ( I dont know if this is the problem ) Can you pls text me What setings i must chek, to have perfect Sound? ( if i use Midland PRM, i Have Clear soud) Thanks for your time JoHn from Greece- Athnes

[@jonathanj.jimenez375]

good

[@travismuse7430]

TDR-AB has to do with transmission channel when in dual mode

[@flyslinger2]

What Midland repeater do you have?

[@citizensurvivalplan]

MXR10

[@JustMe-xc6gc]

up and down arrows on the left display missing on baofeng uv-5r What can i do to fix this please can you Help

[@dennisbishop1818]

How do you get one of those small repeater.

[@citizensurvivalplan]

I made it video here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH2wko14hJZrl5Y

[@StevieB-jj9fz]

How do I scan only certain channels?

[@theblindsharpshooter]

if you use software to program your radio/s, you can pick and choose which channels will be in scan

[@Trd2020]

Why do some channels have a +- on my screen?

[@citizensurvivalplan]

The plus or minus symbol indicates the radio off set when you are on 462 and have a plus offset its transmits up to 467 (the repeater frequency) watch this video it may help you understand kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmLWcqSIns1lqdE

[@PinkFluffies]

How do you listen to others?

[@985shane]

Gmrs is ham radio made simple for the non dinosaur era

[@nunosapunso6239]

What about Rx Hop(frequency hopping)?

[@citizensurvivalplan]

what about it?

[@johnpekarski5030]

I live in Pennsylvania north central area I hear nothing on my radio, gmrs19r

[@citizensurvivalplan]

There is a lot of repeaters in north central PA.

[@bett059]

Radioddity GMRS 30- plus… need help Sir

[@chrissewell1608]

The phrase "Privacy Tones" is misleading. There is no privacy or secure frequency in radio!

[@citizensurvivalplan]

Yes this is why I explained just that in the video.

[@godfree2canada]

Be Carefull with auto sending dtmf codes that are same as echolink or 73

[@edl617]

Lay up listen on the radio. Don’t broadcast no transmitting

[@attribute-4677]

In a SHTF situation, talking on the radio to strangers will be the last thing on your mind

[@ram89572]

Uhh, who said that talking to strangers was the idea? The idea is to be prepared to contact someone else for help when normal communications are down or to communicate with a group to aid in survival

[@burningneutron6884]

Getting information about the city and coordinating with others will be critical.

[@Timmortician.Official]

When you are desperate to survive you will try anything to get help.

[@ProjectRoadsideFaith]

I know it's easier said than done but please for the love of God touch some grass

[@jargero8203]

Why narrow your ability to gmrs. JUST GO HAM EVERYONE! GmRS is ONLY UHF... Toddler radio

[@jondough4116]

To many sadd hams out on the airwaves harassing people for their call sign even before you speak to them..like a cop asking for ID as soon as you speak to these road pirates...

[@theblindsharpshooter]

you obviously dont understand GMRS. GMRS is typically a family radio service where one license covers all of the family members. Amateur requires a test and everyone to be licensed. GMRS is talking with friends and family; amateur is talking with strangers. GMRS is a great upgrade from the CB world.

[@giannismarkidis9546]

Hi Do you have a email to text you a question pls? Thanks

[@citizensurvivalplan]

[e-mail]

[@bett059]

Thanks!

[@citizensurvivalplan]

You bet!

[@OneFearOffroad]

Appreciate the explanations. Very helpful video.