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Aced my GMRS license
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nd5y
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3rd class license and broadcast endorsement hasn't existed since about 1978. Maybe a few years after that. Then all you needed was a RR until about 1990 or so. Now you don't need anything to be a broadcast engineer or tech. The licensee is responsible for determing if you are qualified to read meters or operate the transmitter.
I will confess to one thing this baofeng picks up my anolgs better than any scanner I own. My county is anolog, but listen to Greenville most of thr time because Pickens came in weak, so no waste of money for me, works better than my scanners.
And that's pertinent because........
It beats the living daylights out of my 996 and modded 668, other than that it sucks.. All analog here and it works great. For $45 it is great in analog VHF, Bye the way we were having fun here, why the crash and burn back to I am a expert?
I'm sorry but I'm not gonna get involved in a whole different subject for this thread about licensing.
Another instance of a angry old ham, does not want to hear anything that others believe or know to be true. My little radio to try is a POS, but it was just to try. I said one thing that it does well and a instant slam. No wonder the hobby is on the downslide. God forbid if you try stuff not approved by the masters.
That still has nothing to do with the original subject of the thread. I'm out of this one. See ya!
The_NotARubicon
GMRS Hobo To The Stars aka Randolpho (Randy) Cafe
They prefer it when you call them "Sad HAM".
prcguy
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Have you ever met KK4JUG? Your judging someone on just a few of their radio opinions? BTW, I also think your radio is a POS, I own about six Baofengs so I really know they are junk. Very sensitive yes, especially on a service monitor receiving only one signal or out in the extreme boonies where their inherent problems may not show up. If you don't get lots of intermod from strong out of band signals consider yourself lucky. So am I now an angry old man? If so my wifee will probably agree but for her its nothing to do with my intimate knowledge of Baofeng POS radios.
Lets see here, maybe I should add something relevant to keep the moderators at bay. Did I mention the last time I renewed my GMRS license there was no link to payment and I had to nuke it and start over? Second time I got a link and it worked just fine. First time I got a GMRS license in the late 70s there was no online option, sure is a lot easier these days.
And the Baofeng is still a POS and everybody knows it!
It really is good to have some fun here, thanks for letting me vent.
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This whole thread was a fun thread that even you participated in. That is all it was and has been for days. One person had to jump in and take the fun out of it, why is everything so serious here? My god it was fun until one of your buddies made it serious, while you were partaking in the fun.
prcguy
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Meanwhile I'm sitting in my house in the dark with the drapes closed peeking out a small hole to the front yard and the wifee is looking out back in the alley for any moderators cars to pull up. I don't dare fire up a GMRS radio in fear someone will DF my LO leakage.
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