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North Georgia GMRS linked systems

jeepsandradios

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While I agree with the concept of linking I think its killing GMRS. GMRS is going thru a craze of the 2022 CB Craze.. Everyone is jumping on it, 4 wheel clubs are pushing it and very few get a license. The ham crowd are putting up repeaters so they can have control over just one more thing and are setting up links on all sort of link systems. mygmrs used to only allow repeaters and now folks are just throwing mobiles on a pi and using simplex only nodes. Its a mess in some areas. Other areas are quiet as can be. People believe they need to talk 100 miles on a $20 radio and the only feasible way for many is to link the repeaters. I believe in the next decade GMRS licenses will be a thing of the past just like CB and folks will be using any digital format they want on it. (well some are already)...

I've been using GMRS for over 25 years and its definitely changed...alot...
 
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jeepsandradios said:
I've been using GMRS for over 25 years and its definitely changed...alot...
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Using a really odd PL tone always kept me happy. Some (not all) radios will do 254.1Hz. That kept just about everything out of the radios. DPL works well, also.

GMRS is what CB should have been. UHF, FM. FCC finally allowing FM on CB comes a bit late to the game.
 
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When i was in the atl metro area, i was talking to the guys all the ay from the border to the sc/ga border, they was real nice to me, and wished me a good trip.
i liked that system, and when i go back thought, i will use it again!
 
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