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Yep, grab your popcorn and beverage and sit in the corner
Nah, I'm good. I'll save myself the headache. Adios!
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New GMRS Band Plan
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Nah, I'm good. I'll save myself the headache. Adios!
When something stupid gets my dandruff up I don't sit in the corner, I fire up my Cat D10 and go to work.
Yep, grab your popcorn and beverage and sit in the corner
russbrill
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So you kinda dodged the question.. So if you had to take your repeaters off the air because they're non-compliant, how many users would be impacted? Like 5 people???
Allowing digital modes would bring in some new users. Adding channels would do nothing and for those who would not want to upgrade repeaters, some areas could find themselves without a repeater and usage goes down. It sounds like a bunch of nonsense that causes a lot of paperwork and energy for no positive outcome.
russbrill
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Stupid!!! Several other regular users of Radio Reference have asked the same questions about and proposed Narrow Banding GMRS!!!
I don't have a number to quote at the moment but a better question is how would your or your borrowed proposal do anything positive?
russbrill
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I never proposed adding more channels, Narrow Banding would allow users greater flexibility with what's already there...
How so?
There is one repeater in SoCal, for example with 40+ active users. I know personally of repeaters here with well over 100. Those are 2 repeaters in the entire country. There will be a lot of users affected.
Doesn't matter how many other people have proposed narrow banding GMRS, its still a bad idea.
Why don't you start a poll here and see who might be for or against this? If it were 10 to 1 against the idea would you still pursue it?
Why don't you start a poll here and see who might be for or against this? If it were 10 to 1 against the idea would you still pursue it?
russbrill
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I listen to GMRS a lot, and I would bet a large number of the repeater owners are just parking on their pairs doing nothing with them.. Why, because I don't hear hardly any repeater traffic, but I hear lots of simplex users...
bill4long
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OP is a solution in search of a problem. Although, I'm all for digital.
russbrill
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I'm sure those folks would come up with the money to upgrade if it was required...
russbrill
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There are areas without GMRS Repeaters, none at all... I don't think narrow banding would be the end of the GMRS world, it would survive and thrive...
But why should they have to? You have not come up with a single benefit for your changes. What are the benefits?
bill4long
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Going narrow solves what problem?
russbrill
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Bill you say that all the time to lots of people.... Sheeeeesh...
russbrill
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Look at the chart, more power and external antennas for GMRS users on channels 1 thru 14...
bill4long
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Huh? Cite where I've ever said that until now.
You don't have to go narrowband or add channels for that to happen. The FCC could go to work tomorrow (well...Monday) and make both of those changes without making ANY other changes. So again, what benefits come from your plan? So far I've heard none.
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