Some help please: have a new Tidradio 2nd gen H8 GMRS radio

[streaksf]

In southwest Florida and cant hear anything but preprogamed NOA weather stations how and what i need to do to start transmitting and recieving on this radio.
Radio is a Tidradio 2nd gen H8 GMRS radio, i can get Ham on it too. i like to be able to listen to some scanner channels gmrs ham, i got odmaster program on my computer, chirp, radioreference and others any help will do. thank you

 

[CM718NYC]

Same GREAT radio, got last month!
1. Get GMRS license
2. Get a programming cable (PC03 FTDI cable Dual Pin) - ODMASTER SUX compared to CHIRP or TIDRADIO software!
3. Watch YouTube & learn! (NOTARUBICON is pretty funny & very informative)
3. I'm a noob too .. programming aint that hard!

Not alot of GMRS peeps around by you, start a GMRS group ... Ur gonna need it when SHTF (SOON!)

CM718NY

 

[Dmkpit401]

Same GREAT radio, got last month!
1. Get GMRS license
2. Get a programming cable (PC03 FTDI cable Dual Pin) - ODMASTER SUX compared to CHIRP or TIDRADIO software!
3. Watch YouTube & learn! (NOTARUBICON is pretty funny & very informative)
3. I'm a noob too .. programming aint that hard!

Not alot of GMRS peeps around by you, start a GMRS group ... Ur gonna need it when SHTF (SOON!)

CM718NY

I have license and tidradio blue tooth adapter where do i find list of local frequencies to program? buy or download? ive spent countless hours and still only can just punch in frequency but i want ones that people are on not dead air, i havent found anyone to just give a basic break down, i want for emergencies not a collage education on ham radios, some help would be great, thank god for Bearcat scanners atleast i can hear whats happening

 

[madrabbitt]

1. Its a great radio. I wanted to grab one to be shipped ahead of me before my hurricane assignment, but amazon delayed the shipment and it wasnt in my hands until i was leaving florida, but now that i've had time to play with it, its a pretty nice piece of equipment.

2. an international forum isnt exactly the place to find what frequencies are in use locally. theres a big difference between listening to business, or public safety frequencies that are licensed and published, as opposed to low power personal use radio services. You want to listen to people, you have to find the people. Start with the florida specific forum, but your better bet is finding local forums, groups and websites. Also, remember that GMRS isnt intended for station to station communication, its intended for personal communication between a licensee and their immediate family. Yes, they ARE used for station to station, such as off road clubs or local neighborhood use, but that wasnt the intent.

 

[TKitchens]

In southwest Florida and cant hear anything but preprogamed NOA weather stations how and what i need to do to start transmitting and recieving on this radio.
Radio is a Tidradio 2nd gen H8 GMRS radio, i can get Ham on it too. i like to be able to listen to some scanner channels gmrs ham, i got odmaster program on my computer, chirp, radioreference and others any help will do. thank you

hold the ptt button and the 0 key when it pops up int. gmrs hit the menu button