GMRS/FRS chatter?

[oldradioguy2010]

Is there much GMRS/FRS chatter in Las Vegas?
Just trying to figure what HT to carry out to Vegas next week.
I will have lots of time while my wife gambles my retirement away.

DW
So. Cal

 

[alcahuete]

A ton....like every channel regularly busy with some sort of traffic. That said, you're going to hear a lot more businesses than anything else. Hotels use them for their day/night clubs, stores use them, tours use them, etc. Then you also get the tourists, kids, etc. But yes, lots of traffic.

 

[oldradioguy2010]

Thank you.

 

[oldradioguy2010]

That is kinda what I thought.
Also maybe some visitor like me chatter.
With all the DMR and digital I was not sure about the radio. I am analog.

DW
So. Cal

 

[mmckenna]

That is kinda what I thought.
Also maybe some visitor like me chatter.
With all the DMR and digital I was not sure about the radio. I am analog.

DW
So. Cal

While it is possible to hear some digital on GMRS, it's analog by rule and you will predominately/overwhelmingly hear analog.
There is only one legal experimental license that allows running DMR on GMRS, restricted to a small area of Northern California by a very small group of people under the FCC issued experimental license.

 

[30319]

Do FRS channels use PL tones? No, right?

 

[oldradioguy2010]

That is up to individuals choose on PL tones.
I run a open squelch.

DW
So. Cal

 

[ecps92]

Do FRS channels use PL tones? No, right?

varies by Make then model, then user(s) - most would (from my observations) have some privacy codes (defaults to 1) usually 67.0

 

[oldradioguy2010]

I did not ask, what about MURS traffic?

DW
So. Cal

 

[30319]

I did not ask, what about MURS traffic?

DW
So. Cal

I don’t understand your question. Are you asking if PL tones are used on MURS frequencies?

 

[jeepsandradios]

Leave the radio at home and enjoy Vegas.

 

[oldradioguy2010]

That is how I enjoy LV.
My xyl is the gambler.
I f#$%ing hate going there.
I hope the answer you stupid response


DW
So. Cal

 

[wtp]

he is just saying relax.
ok i get it, YOU relax with a radio, i understand.
and on that note, what radio/s would you be bringing ?

 

[oldradioguy2010]

30319, no I was asking if there was much MURS traffic out there.
I run with a open squelch and PLs don't affect monitoring.
Thank you

DW
So. Cal

 

[alcahuete]

That is kinda what I thought.
Also maybe some visitor like me chatter.
With all the DMR and digital I was not sure about the radio. I am analog.

Oh yeah, plenty of visitors using them.

I did not ask, what about MURS traffic?

The only people I have ever heard on MURS there are businesses. I have heard some sort of taxi company and parking attendants...sounded like valet. Of course you get the usual Walmart stuff. But GMRS is by far the king in Vegas.

 

[oldradioguy2010]

Thank you Alcahuete.

 

[alcahuete]

Thank you Alcahuete.

My pleasure! I'm up there usually every other week or so for work. Depending on where you're staying and how high up your room is, it can literally be overwhelming, the amount of traffic you hear. You have line of sight to darn near everywhere if you're up high. Heck, I even hear a ton of traffic on DTR/DLR radios.

 

[geartow]

There is only one legal experimental license that allows running DMR on GMRS, restricted to a small area of Northern California by a very small group of people under the FCC issued experimental license.

there has been one issued for Pittsburgh,pa area.

 

[smittie]

DMR on GMRS will be my ticket back down to CB radio or just using my cell phone.

 

[mmckenna]

there has been one issued for Pittsburgh,pa area.

Got a link to it? I'd like to look at their justification and compare it to the one in California.