Roger beep and "call"

[BonziBuddy]

They really should stop adding that horrific call button to GMRS radios. The same goes with roger beep. I have set all the GMRS frequencies I have programmed to skip... because every time I drive anywhere I will here some kid hold down the call button for 10 min straight.

Roger beep serves absolutely no purpose. Anybody with half a brain should be able to determine when a transmission is over and it's time to speak. The "call" button is even worse. If you need to call somebody you call them by name... not by sending an annoying noise over everybody's radio, and then having 10 people say "are you calling me"?

If I ever get GMRS radios for my kids to play with, I'm taking them apart and disabling that button.

 

[WQFM513]

wouldnt be a good idea to get your kids gmrs radios to play with. min age for license is 18 and a license is required to tx on the gmrs freqs. i like my before tx roger beep. makes sure i give my repeater a chance to rx me and start txing and activate the link to the other repeater. but yeah, it is very irritating to hear some kid playing with the call button. most of them in this area have been run off the air by me and another guy. now we just gotta get the construction company at les schwab off gmrs, and the nursing home. none of them have licenses and they chose to "hang out" on my repeaters tx freqs. another case of unlicensed users interfering with repeater operations.