GMRS Is NOT A Hobby! Difference Between Ham Radio & GMRS - Amateur Radio Vs. GMRS

[@KeystoneInvestigations]

It's interesting you refer to yourself as a "queen"! Now we know what kind of disgusting sub-human you really are!

[@TheNotaRubicon]

What do you have against Royalty? Are you some kind of Royalphobic?

[@Adamsik505]

@@TheNotaRubicon so its true? you are a dude with boobs and a lady of the night! lol niceeeee

[@Woodworker-gi9wb]

Ah. From the keystone state? That says it all.

[@RedStripeMedia]

You're implying that someone who calls themselves an earned title subhuman? I hope you don't meet any other titled professional. Go outside and enjoy yourself and our Free Airwaves.

[@bendeleted9155]

Is this a "some people" or a "sad ham"? I can't tell.

[@OverlandOne]

I am just here to watch for spurious emissions.

[@MrStanwyck]

Your comment is gold…. LOL 😂

[@AndrewAbraham83]

And of course Randy pinned one of those Spurious Emmissions.

[@GatorAaron]

Probably gotta use the Baofeng UV light to see these emissions.

[@icebrakernh]

Let’s wait and see if they show up😂

[@i_am_a_fungi]

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[@rongeissr]

You nailed it! I can see why SomePeople get triggered by your videos. I knew there was a good reason I chose GMRS, but couldn't put it into words until you deconfukulated things.

[@dennisbrummett3047]

For me GMRS is my reliable communications with friends/neighbors and home base family in my secluded area where cell coverage is spotty at best and non-existent down in the hollers... a lifeline to help should this old 74-year-old get hisself into a fix he can't get out of as I putter around the homeplace or while riding the trails around here. Spent 34 years as a big city cop where the radio was my lifeline. Still is on the mountain.

[@bendeleted9155]

Exactly. My 80-year-old mom actually asked me how will we communicate in an emergency, after AT&T went down, so I set her up with GMRS. We have a good repeater with backup power that will last long enough to tell her I am on my way or meet me halfway, etc. Thanks for your service on the mean streets. Congrats an 74 years too.

[@kchaney56]

I chose GMRS for this very reason. I still listen to HAM and talk sometimes but GMRS users are much easier going.

[@MrStanwyck]

The FCC needs to make GMRS license free like FRS and MURS. I don’t know anybody who uses their call sign like we have to on the ham bands. Just open it to everybody…

[@jeffbailey4073]

@@MrStanwyckwe have hundreds of people using my GMRS repeaters and everyone has a call sign and identifies accordingly.

[@JerseyMiller]

What happens if people don't use their call sign on the repeater? Can you ban them?​@@jeffbailey4073

[@Mgoblu87]

@@MrStanwyckit is open to everybody. As long as you have $35.

[@spudhut2246]

Well said. They are cordial, helpful and will actually make the time to talk to people when their equipment is not working. HAM guys (I am a HAM operator too) will just say, get this book, read it, you will know it [In their minds - Stop bothering me kid, your not at my level]

[@thetravi1348]

Radio dork here. Radio is my hobby. But GMRS is the working side of my hobby. It’s way more user friendly and easier to get into than ham. I always advise potential future radio dorks to start with GMRS then maybe move on to ham. So far no one I have told this too has gotten their ham license but use GMRS every day. I’ve made a bunch of friends on my favorite GMRS repeater and we even started monthly meetings. Kinda like a club some would say. From my first Boofwang to my latest Yeasu, I owe it ALL to Randy. (I am also a ham now, but a happy one)

[@idahoron]

Thank you Radio Deadpool

[@robzingarelli2609]

Nailed it.

[@vicrod74]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 - Am I the only one that finds this guy entertaining? He's awesome!

[@fizza001]

💯% I'm not even into radios, I just sub coz he's a comedy genius.

[@weirdweaver149]

>guy has 222k subscribers >”aM i ThE oNlY oNe WhO fInDs tHiS gUy EnTeRtAInG?”

[@poivre22]

He’s a bit of a pompous jackass. But he is mildly amusing.

[@KeystoneInvestigations]

@@poivre22 100 percent pompous jackass. Not even close to being amusing!

[@eric180db]

Super funny

[@GettinAuld]

I’m a KZbin Superstar watcher.

[@johnsmith7676]

So, a voyeur.

[@K1NGA-EM74]

…and apparently a Grinder App using KZbin Superstar!!! 😂👍🏽. What more do we need?

[@ih8frd2]

1st, GMRS could be considered "ham radio light", if you're only comparing the cost of the equipment (GMRS $-$$ to ham $$$-$$$$). But it is true. I heard people on the ham repeaters just calling out, begging for someone to start a conversation. Checking your signal, sure, let me talk to you for a half hour while you're trying to set up your rig. But on the GMRS repeaters around me, it's mostly someone calling someone else directly, call sign to call sign, people that know each other. And yes, GMRS is more "utility", especially since your whole family can use it. I get together with the in-laws somewhere, I have GMRS radios to hand out. If there's a repeater nearby, conveniently my call sign is written on the radio for them to use. I find radio interesting and have both GMRS and ham. But the money that I would have used for that tri-band $1,200 ham radio, I've put towards my GMRS base station, antenna, and HT's. Why you ask? Because comms with my family trumps comms with strangers. Coincidently my GMRS base station can scan through important ham frequencies and other frequencies worth monitoring for information, but that's all I really need during an emergency from ham, to listen, and not SHTF emergency where rules don't apply, more like hurricanes. I've also been finding that "Happy Hams" usually posses a GMRS license as well. So keep up the good work explaining the confucularities with your ofactions Randy. Keep em coming.

[@EvanK2EJT]

You succinctly said exactly what I was about to say

[@Stan_Rich]

Another good vid Randy. GMRS plays an important role with our family & friends as we spend alot of time together fishing, hunting, camping, off-roading & more. Since early 70's, (up until 2020) CB's were our comms in the same outdoor activities we enjoy now and with many of our same family & friends with the addition of Kids and Grandkids that have come into into the mix. Now even our mid elementary school grandkids are on the radios in our outings. About the only time I connect with someone I may not know, is when I call for a radio check.

[@dillinger63941]

CB, GMRS, HAM or whatever, just get out there and enjoy life. I have all three in my vehicles.

[@eem3iii]

Well said! I use both ham and GMRS. Ham on HF frequencies is a “hobby” with roots in electronics tinkering for making random contacts to inconsistent locations. Ham on UHF/VHF frequencies is mostly local line of sight contacts to sad or happy hams unless using digital modes (another topic). GMRS is mostly more purpose driven for local line of sight communication.

[@m2003h]

Randy The Great. Please Bestow your Glorious Information!

[@MOzarkMike]

I have GMRS for farm work. I am an extra class ham which lets me yack with folks in far away lands about weather and what kind of rig they are talking on.

[@bendeleted9155]

Yes, GMRS is just too easy not to use it instead of much else in the ham bands.

[@Dazdigo]

Knowing the NATO Phonetic Alphabet is incredibly useful. I taught myself it because I was getting frustrated with how our work phone system really distorts English letters making them all sound the same.

[@fondy44]

Letters that sound similar to the letter-B through a crappy radio transmission: C,D,E,G,P,T,V,Z. And then you have F,S and X which sound similar. The only good reason I can think of to not use phonetic for your call sign is if you're trying to make it unintelligible to the listener. 😂

[@rcfreeman]

Still laughing about Disney...TRUTH

[@tangle70]

The grinder app thing at the end was funny also.

[@ecossearthur]

💯 %

[@DM-qm5sc]

GMRS is my favorite thing to do! I have found so many rare GMRS's already even though I just started. A guy I was talking to while GMRSing told me I must be really good at GMRS and I should come over to teach him, so after dinner im gonna go over there!

[@CreakyCricket]

Use protection.

[@yinglyca1]

He probably said you had a "bedroom voice "on the radio, Just saying....

[@byrd4mgt]

Be sure to use your call sign when you feel a pinch....

[@beerbuzz62]

Boy you got (SOME PEOPLE) cranked up.Gotta love it

[@richardking2439]

Oh, that was GOOD! Really enjoyed it. Laugh for a bit.

[@wooshkey]

This is your best work yet, solid gold genius! I'm predicting many, many more pins! Posibly a pinning record!

[@kandr4439]

I have both GMRS & HAM Technicians licenses. Both are very useful around our ranch where cell phone coverage isn't reliable. I guess I should look into Grinder as a back up to my back ups! Hahaha!

[@badcompany1967]

funny thing. we had a great GMRS repeater in out area, families and friends used it quite a bit. then they linked it statewide and then then the HAMS took it over even ran a net last on it that took forever. With that I have been a ham for a long time and enjoy both systems. But I recognize the difference, GMRS is talk around for family, friends etc and ham is a system for experimentation, long haul comm and emergency service. All enjoy both, stay in your lane and have fun. Or not.

[@641northwestgeorgia]

Sounds like what happened here in Georgia. The repeater pair monopolists (at least they are in my part of the state, among other areas) decided they’re going to keep their two dozen linked repeaters going for now, and they cover parts of adjoining states as well. Oh yeah, and they use Zello. Since they’re the largest such org in the country, I suspect it won’t be long until they are forced to comply, much to the delight of many normal GMRS users such as myself.

[@MrRustydawg]

Love your work Randy. Keep it up man. always look forward to your next video.

[@GarySchiltz]

WTF did I just watch? I guess the only benefit I derived is adding the word "confuckulated" to my vocabulary.

[@craigdavidson2977]

Did you miss it? 1:59 Stay with me, now. You watched a video of Randy explaining that GMRS is not a hobby. Its not intended for trivial chit chat like ham radio. Are you having trouble understanding the difference between trivial chit chat and important communications?

[@paulandrews171]

I make contacts on GMRS and say 73. There is a repeater in my area that has a grinder net and we share grinder contact stories.

[@ScottWanasek]

I'm dying here😂 Thank you for the entertainment and laughter

[@squallywally]

Is there an affiliate link for the grinder app?

[@rustynail6819]

Underrated comment

[@busymoms]

Thanks for sharing, I found like always your video very informative, I really like learning from you.

[@MrRobertSpearsJr]

Epic!!! When Jason ranted about how normal people were ‘just too lazy’ if they didn’t have their HAM license. I laughed. He also acted like he and the SAD HAMS owned the frequencies they transmit on. It was hilarious. The Call Sign Club couldn’t be more wrong.

[@thomaslano1910]

I got "into" GMRS for 1 purposes. Where I live we lose power often in the winter months sometimes only for a few hours sometimes a few days. Since my cell connection relies on Wifi I loose the use of my cellphone. GMRS allows me to contact family a number of miles away in the event I need any assistance. I do not use it like the CB service or the Amateur radio service

[@DarkShadowCustoms]

You hit the nail on the head! I got my GMRS license to stay in contact with my deer camp group while out in the woods since the area we hunt in has spotty cellular service. If I want to chat with someone in another part of the country, or the world, I will use ham radio.

[@brucegreen4359]

Thank you queen of Gmrs Love your videos they are informative and funny

[@ALavaPenguin]

Thank you so much for your channel. Every so often I think about getting a HAM license but then I think about it and realize I can't think of anyone I would want to talk to on it.... While with GMRS I got my license and I can just hand a family member a radio or something, or I can hand a friend an FRS radio and talk to them that way. I think that is my big issue with HAM radio, unless you got some buddies who are already deep into it.... there is just no way I am going to get any of my friends and such to go study and take that test. Plus if there ever was a real emergency I could just transmit on those HAM frequencies if I really needed to anyway for emergency reasons. Don't get me wrong, I get there are some use cases for HAM but honestly for the every day person who just wants to be able to talk to friends and family in any sort of useful way, I just got myself a really nice scanner, some GMRS radios [along with some FRS radios to compliment them] and a MURS just to see what the heck that is [plus my GMRS ones are unlocked anyway soo......] and it just fits in 95% of all practical uses, and that extra 5% is pretty much just edge cases or stuff only radio Karens [cough often HAM guys cough] And you were the one that showed me the truth! Look, I am not saying there are not cases for HAM, but for most people.. well honestly there just are not over the alternatives. But for some people it is great and good on ya.

[@Muirtty]

Radio dork here. Love your vids. Lots of weirdos in my hobby. That's what makes it fun.

[@zsn1gman]

I like hams, and I like the radio, so clearly, this channel, is... for, me.

[@michaeleber4752]

Oh great Queen of GRMS we bow to you for spurting out your deep and glorious knowledge.

[@Ian-Johnson]

‘C’mon baby u know u wana drop the jerky hams call sign. Call em out’ - my wife We both love your show

[@paulNC]

Height is might! More power, more distance, more more...GMRS baby!

[@alienhunter3]

"That normal people do not care about one bit!" I'm rofl over here! Great stuff.

[@jeffskaggs2585]

Awesome video dude...

[@charlescox7672]

Oh, my gosh - I'm so glad I wasn't drinking anything while viewing the last 30 seconds of this video, else I would have a terrible mess all over my desk and keyboard! That comparison was Gold, my friend! 🤣

[@RLSHINK]

As a ham I can say this is completely accurate

[@jeffkeiper]

As neither a Sad Ham, nor a Sad GMRS I can say in my experience as "everyone else" I could care less about any of this. great video by the way, love your content.

[@MadisonvilleMel]

Just give them a wedgeee and let's go out to the playground for lunch. Love how you give them a hint for following up n their other hobbies at Grinder.

[@anon-means-anon]

If they want me to use my call sign on GMRS they are going to have to remove the public database. I wouldn't walk down the street yelling my full name and address.

[@spudhut2246]

🤣

[@rustynail6819]

100% agree!

[@fondy44]

I've seen a lot of people respond to this concern with "Just get a PO box." I've never had a PO box but I'd imagine there's some sort of rental fee. Maybe that's the FCC's motive behind making the database public - to increase revenue for the postal service. The call sign rule makes no sense. The troublemakers aren't going to dox themselves. So why do they need a public database for those who already follow the rules?

[@kevinoutdoors4861]

greetings from the UK I've been watching you for a while now love your content you never fail to make me laugh over here we're well known for our deadpan and sarcastic humour hats off to you randy I salute you sir you are a master love it keep doing what you do please

[@kc8mwt]

Good info! I hope people that are doing this are responsible enough to read and follow these simple rules. And again I was even unfamiliar with the new regs on gmrs. I was still on lower 2 to 4 watts lol

[@dhayes9537]

This has to be your best video !

[@lorellhathcock]

Enlightening and informative!

[@FlyingCarp583]

Quote the old grinder men, “I thought you said 73?”

[@EvaderGuy]

Good explaining. No longer defukulated.

[@johnpublic6582]

A few days ago I was on the GMRSs for a while. At one point I went more than 15 minutes without using my call sign. The next day Space force fired a giant "space laser" at my house and burned down the whole perperty. Please, everyone, follow the rules closely or the FCCs *will* get you. Lucky for me I was offroading, hence the GMRss, so I lived through it as the FCCs only knew my physical address from my FRN.

[@kidvision564]

😅

[@Mgoblu87]

That’ll teach you !! 😂

[@yinglyca1]

And for gods sake ,use Your "Wristy Strap"

[@bendeleted9155]

Did Oprah send a rep to make you an offer yet?

[@kidvision564]

Since my smartphone doesn’t have enough space to install the grinder app, I’ll keep watching this channel

[@patricia9027]

A true Sooperstah! Nice shirt dude!

[@ThePromptWizard2023]

The video preview pic of the fat sad ham is amazing

[@jameslee522]

Happy ham here. This video is great.

[@boblewis2892]

To funny Randy! Keep it coming. Upset them some people.

[@cuddlybear4524]

If I wasn't already subscribed I would subscribe just for the thumbnail alone.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Lmfao at the End And the Grindr App 😂😂😂 5:20 to hilarious Randy @NotaRubicon Productions

[@puppetuninterrupted1257]

Nice shirt dude!

[@COMMIEFORNIARELOADED]

Omg I'm dying 😂 great video

[@minorturkey]

This is gold Randall.

[@Macgyver46]

Gmrs city scanning is my hobby. Can be very entertaining at times. There's also a gmrs club in my city.

[@yinglyca1]

Good videos as always.

[@DRCK-sp2gt]

You, Sir, are my hero!

[@revrocks]

Thank you, the grinder route definitely saved me some time and aggravation in lieu of a license.

[@Detritus0311]

This is my first video of the channel and for the following 3 reasons I love it:

[@5914DL]

All I know is the 2 UV-50X2s, the UV-25X4 and 90% of the Baofengs I bought the last few months all work on HAM and GMRS frequencies. God Bless America! I got my GMRS permission slip but after listening to HAM clubs take roll twice a week for an hour I don't know. I probably will anyway.

[@CreakyCricket]

It's brutal listening to drills. "Work with me people! I say the name and address, you write it down, and read it back. Write last name first, first name last, then the address. Ok, from the top, Let's try again everyone.

[@FishOnIsMyHandle]

Well worth the 5 minute review if for nothing else but to experience the punch line

[@ajtaylor560]

The last thing I wanted to do in the army, other than sharing the hole beside me in the 2 hole thunderbox we took everywhere, was radio watch in the CP! Talk about rules!!!! At least until the bullets started flying! The FCC description is perfect. Keep in touch with fruends and famiy, how simple. Industry Canada is so laid back it doesn't even a demand a license for GMRS! I think cell phones messaging and Zello have pretty much punched a stake through the hearts of these radio zealots.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

I agree 1000 percent Gmrs Is not a Hobby like Amateur Radio 0:31 @NotaRubicon Productions

[@dustyroaddestinations]

When I want to "play radio" I use my amateur radio and when I'm offroading I use GMRS. Seems like *most people* don't have amateur licenses anyway. The sucky part of FRS and GRMS is how many people are on the radios so you have to bounce around channels to try and find something where it's open but anywhere around San Bernardino seems to have a ton of people...

[@cmdrx5099]

Good source.

[@jimf1964]

Geeze, if that’s how you "try not to offend anyone", I’d hate to get on your bad side! 😂😂

[@marc_cooper2]

He's a sociopath,

[@stevenharvey1375]

Both Ham and GMRS serve a purpose. It's easier for my friends and family to use the GMRS when we are off roading. I use my ham license to talk to people i do know and people i don't know. Do not understand why there this big war between GMRS and ham radio.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

There is no war.. If "some people" could just understand what GMRS is for, nobody would be complaining..

[@kalebcantr5241]

This was notarubicon brutal and I love it.

[@Kq4hcuDan]

Im here to learn and potentially, get my GMRS license and continue with amateur radio hobby as well. Had i could started over i would have started eith GMRS, then my technician as i still struggle with 10m for qrp and pota.

[@RonaldLong-vx7qq]

Question: What is the use of the programmed frequencies on a new BF-17H Pro GPS?? I have deleted mine and loaded GMRS channels.

[@rvermill47]

That was f'kn awesome!

[@kumasu]

That's the best way to describe the difference: GMRS is generally for talking to people you know; ham radio is generally for talking to people you don't know (at least on HF). Well done.

[@ChrisV_WP4PUV]

Yes! That, and: in GMRS you use radio for the benefit of a non-radio activity, and in ham radio, using the radio IS the activity. Both great descriptions I’ve found in the NotaRubicon comment section. Thanks guys!

[@Mgoblu87]

I haven’t talked to one person that I already knew, on GMRS.

[@bendeleted9155]

​@@Mgoblu87 one good thing about it is GMRS radios can be so cheap now that you could buy a few and map them exactly like yours and hand them to family and friends that are close enough you can hit a common repeater or even go simplex. They won't necessarily get interested until they see a benefit firsthand. I've used radios my whole adult life out of necessity, but only recently got friends and family using them, in exactly that way. I can't get ANY of them interested in ham though 😂

[@kccreations5945]

Such a funny video! Question: I just got a Baofeng AR-5rm, can I utilize that to communicate via GMRS without a ham license?? Thanks!

[@johnmoss4624]

hey Notarubicon, somehow you got a real life picture of me for your video thumbnail and it triggers me timbers

[@kb5miqbigboy]

GREAT VIDEO!!! HAM HERE AND ENJOY YOUR CHANNEL!!

[@tatermang]

'Finding anonymous men to chat with' 🤣 It's true but when you say it out loud...

[@RBMD2A]

Excellent video.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

I know.

[@RBMD2A]

@@TheNotaRubicon You are the Queen of Understatement. Randy, have you approached Trump about becoming an FCCS Commissioner. You would be great.

[@frankisback774]

I love you brother.I am a ham and your the man.

[@KeystoneInvestigations]

If he is a man, why does he refer to himself as a queen?

[@paulbrach5778]

I feel cheated … there was no chewed up pencil pointer in this video. ✏️

[@jasentenney6907]

Excellent! I laughed. True that ham radio is for anonymous men who have a strong desire to chat with other anonymous men. 😂

[@GoodCitizen1300]

The best part of the old hams? As they kick off, I buy their gear for pennies on the dollar. Let em continue moaning and complaining. I'll be at their house .. consoling the sad. And TAKING THAT GEAR!

[@HarryTwoDogs]

The same FCC page you referred to for GMRS info seemed to equate it with the CB radio hobby. 🤔

[@TheNotaRubicon]

GMRS is often referred to as "CB 2.0"

[@michaelsteyn5325]

I felt a squack in the force, had to come and read the pinned comment... Alpha Sierra Alpha Papa... Never dissappoints

[@patrickesteban6698]

Hahaha another Great video!!!!

[@Kruton1122]

Randy is really loving the new grok image generations lmao

[@rags1734]

Randy…the TOP G-mrs!

[@rugersoldier]

My locals are touching down on gmrs repeaters to make friends or to see if they can hit it, then making friends. Recently hit one and through several counties, about half the state but between about 10 or less people, we gave each other live local weather updates during tornado type storm activities. Many reported loss of power in real time.

[@bradleybays6736]

I appreciated one of your recent videos about emergency comms. I have recently heard that the satellite communicators were on death row???

[@Bob12913]

I am totally speechless 🌈 LOL!!!!!! I will never look at GMRS or HAM the same way again...... LOL 🏳‍🌈

[@lorellhathcock]

I use GMRS as the broadcast method for my off-road comedy act!

[@bendeleted9155]

To sum it up gmrs is a workhorse. Ham is a hobby but could be a workhorse if segments of it were allowed to operate similar to gmrs especially on VHF. I know there is business VHF, but there should be a gmrs segment of VHF. I know, HF is so variable that it doesn't fit with that model but they make the general and especially extra class tests so unnecessarily difficult that it seems designed to keep newcomers out. It's like asking a Private pilot to become an airline transport pilot just because they are interested in flying. The two aren't very related