Darel
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- First Name
- Darel
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- Mountain Top, PA
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- '21 JT Rubi Sarge Green; '08 JK
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OK, so I hardmounted a CB in my Gladiator because that was what everyone had 20 years ago, when I was last into wheeling. Come to find out, no one uses CB anymore, they all use GMRS. Fast forward 20 years, get my Gladiator, getting back into fourwheeling, but no one uses CB anymore. OK, so I poke around in this subforum and it seems like most guys are using these Baofeng radios, so I got two, a UV-5R and a BF-F8HP. Well, one group I wheel with uses FRS radios. I tune the Baofengs to their freqs and I can listen but I can't TX.
So to make a long story short, the Baofengs won't talk to FRS. I thought they were GMRS, they're not. I guess they're actually HAM, which in reality requires ANOTHER license, a different one, that requires a test.
How in the hell are you guys using these Baofengs? And since I have now bought THREE radios (including the CB) that are WRONG, how do I know the next radio I get will actually allow me to talk to someone when I go out fourwheeling?
Here's the noext one I'm looking at, will this work?:
https://www.amazon.com/Firmware-Rad...511465&sprefix=gmrs+base+radio,aps,91&sr=8-34
Frustrated,
Darel
So to make a long story short, the Baofengs won't talk to FRS. I thought they were GMRS, they're not. I guess they're actually HAM, which in reality requires ANOTHER license, a different one, that requires a test.
How in the hell are you guys using these Baofengs? And since I have now bought THREE radios (including the CB) that are WRONG, how do I know the next radio I get will actually allow me to talk to someone when I go out fourwheeling?
Here's the noext one I'm looking at, will this work?:
https://www.amazon.com/Firmware-Rad...511465&sprefix=gmrs+base+radio,aps,91&sr=8-34
Frustrated,
Darel
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