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Recently discovered your channel. I really appreciate the great info on all things GMRS. Thanks for breaking info down and keeping it grounded in reality. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to more!

did you do the press and hold to unlock it for hand frequencies

REAL men use GMRS!

As an ARES member I totally agree. Didn't I just see something about gmrs repeaters becoming illegal by the FCC? If that's true the MARS mods will become even more popular.

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Dick and Liz: A nuclear warmonger and His Daughter The deep state news media is orgasmic with joy and pleasure that someone has unlocked the gates of political purgatory to let Dick and Liz Cheney walk hand to hand on the face of God’s Green earth and endorse Harris. If Harris stands for the democratic process in America; if she stands for the will of the American voter being honored, why hasn’t she immediately repudiate the endorsements of Dick and Liz? If the leaders of the Democratic Party love democracy and cherish freedom for the American people, why haven’t they spoken up and rejected the Cheneys’ endorsement of Harris. Harris’s lack of intellectual prowess is blatantly obvious and everyone “Down on Funky Broadway”, with any common sense, knows that Harris became a rising political star in the Democratic Party only because of her association with mentees of Harvey Weinstein’s such as Willie Brown of San Francisco and not because of her intellect or education. It is obvious why Harris has not rejected Dick’s endorsement - she once again is prostituting any moral values she has for political gain; and, furthermore, she is too undereducated (maybe too uneducable), too uninformed and blatantly lacks the intellectual prowess to make logical, commonsense decisions on her own. Obviously none of “The Party” leaders - puppeteers and ventriloquists - have told her what to think or say about the endorsement of Dick Cheney - the war mongering mad man. “The Party”, Big Brother, the “Deep State”, has left it up to The Party’s television news outlets to portray the endorsement as further proof that Trump is a threat to Democracy everywhere the sun shines simply because he does not have the endorsement of the Dick Cheney and some “Deep State “ Republicans who have endorsed Harris. Anyone who believes anything Dick and Liz have to about being stalwart guardians of democracy and freedom must have been on drugs during the Dick’s reign of terror and tyranny (1970s to 2010) and probably believe the earth is flat. Dick was and is a war mongering, megalomaniac and tyrant. As vice president, he used secrecy, deception, illegal and unconstitutional means to make himself the unelected President of the United States, while the elected president, George W. Bush, was nothing more than a brainless mannequin, a puppet manipulated by the master puppeteer -- Dick Cheney. If Harris is elected president, like President George W. Bush, she will be nothing more than a mannequin, a puppet manipulated by puppeteers and ventriloquists such as Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Leon Panetta, John Podesta and, God forbid, Dick and Liz Cheney. On July 11, 2009, CIA Director Leon Panetta told the Senate and House intelligence committees that the CIA withheld information about a secret counter-terrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from Cheney. Gorman, Siobhan (July 13, 2009). "CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2009. Why do Dick and two-hundred other Deep State Republicans want Harris to be president? The answer is as plain as the nose on my face, they know she has limited capacity for independent, intellectual development and can be easily programmed, reprogrammed and persuaded to the extent that she will swear that the earth is flat if doing so will win her votes. Dick is too feeble to walk and talk on the face of the earth for long without having a heart attack; by daybreak, he will, like a vampire, have to return to his tomb - his political purgatory - and let his daughter and two-hundred other deep state operatives manipulate Harris and lead America into a nuclear war because, unlike Trump, they do not know the “Art of Negotiation” and would rather have limitless wars (one of which will be a nuclear war to end life on earth) so that the Military-CIA-Industrial-Complex (which includes companies such as Halliburton and Black Water), of which Eisenhower warned us, can make billions of dollars off of the blood, sweat and tears of American soldiers, families and American tax payers. Dick and Liz have the nerve of a brass-ass-monkey calling Trump a threat to democracy and freedom when, as Vice President, Dick overthrew democracy and made himself unelected president of the United States. If you want to know the extent of Dick’s evil and the type of evil ideological influence he might contribute to a Harris administration, read the following articles; then, ask yourself, why is Harris so stupid and why are the leaders of “The Party” accepting Dick’s endorsement with glee? Ask yourself how much influence is the war mongering Dick Cheney, who advocated using nuclear weapons in Iraq and Iran, going to have over Harris and her foreign policy; will he advocate for nuclear war or Trumtonian negotiation - peaceful negotiation with strength? ua-cam.com/video/LiG0AE8zdTU/v-deo.html www.google.com/search?q=nuclear+war+add+run+against+berry+goldwater+in+1964&sca_esv=1c23d3a7d6e37ba2&sca_upv=1&hl=en&source= www.ongsono.com/go/1b6e09412a13b6176e973fc7f914479d/george-bush-sr-book-reveals-a-more-dangerous-dick-cheney-than-anyone-knew.html www.transcend.org/tms/2015/11/iron-ass-cheney-and-arrogant-rumsfeld-damaged-america-says-george-bush-sr/ How Cheney took control of Bush's foreign policy www.salon.com/2007/11/09/house_of_bush_3/

I’m licensed for GMRS and ham, I intend to find some CB stuff too. In this day and age, you can find the info to do a lot of this on the cheap. My suggestion is to hop into something and work the kinks out before “it” does hit the fan.

What's nice is that it doesn't have to be either/or. Find out what the people who you want to connect with are using, and get that setup first. Find out what the local repeaters use. Radios are pretty inexpensive. I just purchased a few extra baofeng uv5r for $17 each. These have combined HAM and GMRS capabilities!

People like to GMRS with ham radio like GMRS can do something that Ham cannot do. GMRS is UHF only and Ham has UHF too and frequencies with more power. Talking about license and can handle to anyone? Let's do MURS radio, not GMRS.

Good presentation, thanks! Your dog, in the background be like, “…heard all of this before, Dad, gonna take a nap…”🤣

Frankly, I don't understand how someone cannot simply get a tech license and GRMS for emergency preparedness. One thing I've learned from Helene is practice and comfort with radio communications makes it work so much better. Sure, GRMS has the option of repeaters, but the FCC appears to be shutting down the linked ones. People keep forgetting about the digital tools and need for practice ham operations provide. For example, we were sending out supply requests, pictures, and wellness information via digital rf means. This keeps the analog repeaters free for more emergent issues and information distribution. While in the valleys and hollers, GRMS radios provided benefit, it was ham operated repeaters sitting on mountains run by net controllers (who had practiced and knew how to run net control) 120 miles away that did much of the work. Of note, the Mt. Mitchell repeater being used heavily in Helene recovery efforts never went down and only runs at 5w. Location, location, location... GRMS is unlikely to get similar access. To summarize, both have benefits, but if you are solely focusing on GRMS as a survival radio, you will be disappointed.

It depends on what your shtf is. Should the shotgun be everyone's primary? Nope. Should every household have one for its power and versatility? Yep.

@ 1:16 @ 1:30 WRONG WRONG and WRONG 😂 11M on 4w can do 10-15 miles And a 10M radio can do like 200watts and 40-60mil on a NONE skip day. But what You fail to understand is antenna and counter poise is key, so your lil 50w $400-$500 GMRS is garbage in any mountainous area 😂 or heavy vegetation, unless you use a repeater and you know that's what some will use wich they are NOT public. But if you are a flatlander with "line of sight" you will be fine thats if you are not in a heavy WiFi location either. And HAMs don't point antennas to the sky 😂 they are not satellite dishes. And then you still need a license to operate on GMRS anyhow unless it's a handheld @ 1/4w ch 1-7 If you want real unlimited distance anywhere coms ? Get a satellite radio, but it's not cheap. But I suggest you actually learn what HAMs actually do because you just vomited a bunch wiki info lol

You need to explore groundwave and NVIS. 160m band is amazing for local comm's. Also a lot of Ham's don't even use vhf/uhf at all. Some strictly use HF. Plus with HF you can pretty much take anything metal and make it an antenna. Also it doesn"t cost 4k to 5k dollars to get into Ham radio. It just takes the willingness to learn. A 20 watt G-90 is 450 dollars. power supply 110 dollars. 50 ah lifpo4 battery for portable operations 105 dollars. 10m-80m antenna 110 dollars. ABR Ind. rg8x coax 75ft 140 dollars. Thats under 1k dollars. You can use a cheap spool of speaker wire and make just about any type of antenna you would like. I made an antenna out of a piece of wood and coat hangers to use the repeater on the ISS. Knowledge is what save's you money. I hope you enjoy your journey into all things radio. 73's

@3:42 or you could push 10,000 watts its CB no one cares.

I think there are some great arguments for GMRS as the top radio service if you only had to choose one for people of all stripes to invest in. The first radio service I spent a decent amount of time transmitting on outside of the military was GMRS. I think GMRS is a good way to link neighborhoods and sometimes cities given its interoperability with FRS and ability to utilize repeaters. All that said, amateur radio really is something you should look more closely at as a prepper. Your advocacy for simplicity is admirable, and at no time will you see me encouraging people to get into ham radio who are better served with a blister pack FRS radio. But you, as someone with a platform and in a position to coordinate communications in an emergency, absolutely would benefit from having more hands-on experience with amateur radio. For better or worse, that means memorizing enough of the answers to at least one, if not two 35-question multiple choice tests to pass. You'll be able to reach a larger group of people and relay GMRS traffic to them. You'll have greater opportunities to work with emergency communications organizations and establish relationships which can teach you a ton about radio and how to be effective in a variety of SHTF events. You can even take your exams online for free, making the buy-in no more than GMRS if you use free study materials. I'd be happy to have a conversation with you about amateur radio if you're open to it.

I agree that GMRS is the most useful for most people, everyday. For emergency-minded preppers, all of the above. Have it all plugged in to your unlocked radio capability. FRS/GMRS, MURS, and don't forget Marine, particularly channels 16, 9, 68, 69, 71, 72. This is because these radios are what people tend to have laying around and may pick up in an emergency. On marine, it will probably be on 16. You can take them to 68-72 to carry on the conversation if necessary. Also, some CBs are sold as 10m ham radios and have more power.

Ultra heavy recoil? Eat your wheeties, boy.

Yes mine are doing the same thing

You do realize baofeng manufactures btech radios lol

I am both a Ham and GMRS licensee. I agree with you - GMRS is fun, simple and requires no test. I would recommend GMRS to anyone and ham for more advanced geeky folks.

Excellent video! 👍

This ham totally agrees with you. Friends who prep ask me about this alot and I always steer them toward it, esp. since we have some repeaters in the area. I think you couldn't explained the channelization better, telling people just set the radios to the same channel number and they're in business for simplex.

You know nothing about ham radio, stick to something you think you might know

Great channel. I have the BTECH radios as I am licensed . Where did you purchase the taller battery for BTECH V2 ? Thanks

The UV-5RX is no good a or ......

Thanks for this video. Very well done, timely, and helpful. I just got my GMRS license for the very reasons you stated.

IMO, the fact that GMRS and FRS radios can talk to one another is a definite advantage in SHTF scenarios. FRS radios are everywhere. If you can talk to people near you and relay that information to people further away, that greatly enhances your community's comm capability. Of course, it doesn't have to be one or the other. I have a GMRS license, but after observing the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, I'm going to get a HAM license, on the principle that more options are better. GMRS repeaters are sparse in my area, but HAM repeaters are all over the place.

I have my GMRS license but really don't know the best radio with the best range we do have repeaters in the area but don't know if I could hit them any suggestions on a good radio,I have been researching them since these hurricanes popped up and I to think my wife and I could use them.

Im so confused...i have two btech gmrs v2 radios and want to be able to keep in contact with my wife if shit were to hit the fan. at the furthest were about 25 miles or so apart....i cant figure out have to ge the two radios synced together where we can communicate if need be

Low HF is great for local communications. 40m/60m/80m NVIS will provide local communication without repeaters that overcomes hilly terrain where VHF and UHF can't reach. I can ruck a small HF station anywhere I can walk and have excellent frequency and mode agility. I'm not running beams or rotators to make this happen. I yeet some speaker wire into a tree or across some fiberglass poles. The real disadvantages are you almost always have to stop and set up the station before you can operate, and it excludes Technician class operators almost entirely. I also have a GMRS license and encourage my local ARES organization to monitor and relay GMRS and FRS traffic to the local EMA. This is not an either/or affair. What it all comes down to is what works in your area. There's no VHF or UHF service that works consistently across my county, even with repeaters. We also need the ability to pass data across weak paths or on low power. We have to work NVIS into our emcomm plan, and my club works with local Technician class operators to get them upgraded to General so they can participate fully in our PACE plan. Sure, start with whatever you can afford, go out and practice with it in the field, and build your kit based on what actually works in your area.

I have a GMRS license and am an Amateur Extra ham operator. For the most part, I agree with you. I personally use two radios: a Quansheng UV-K6 that is unlocked for GMRS (which covers 2 M and 70 CM) and a Xeigu 6100 (which covers my HF needs). With that I use an end-fed wire antenna of the appropriate length, which is easy to make if I am in a pinch. If you get nothing else, get a GMRS radio. You will be able to communicate with people local to you. Also, GMRS operates in the same band as FRS, which are the little handheld radios that you see at Walmart and sporting goods stores. So, there will likely be a lot of people with them. That being said, having a ham license, even a technician license (the entry level license) is going to be important for communication in a lot of natural disaster situations. Many emergency services will be monitoring ham bands, and ham operators practice all the time to help out in emergency situations. Being just outside of Washington DC, we do have a lot of repeaters around. The down side to ham is that there is a test to get your license. The good news is if I can pass it, you can too! I want to have long range communications to check on family in other areas of the country, and possibly get information from outside my immediate area. Another good point with a ham license is that you can modify your radio, so (for example) my UV-K6 can also pick up Air band, marine band and HF, although it can not transmit effectively on them. Whatever you choose, make sure you practice with it. When the SHTF occurs you will act exactly as you have practiced. If you haven't practiced, don't expect much. Rest assured, whatever you choose there will be people like me and others monitoring bands to help out.

This came up in my feed again, so I'll clear this argument up for good:😂 For preppers, YOU want ALL of it. If you have the ability to monitor ALL of it, you can gain information and can also help others who are cut off from help. The radios people tend to have laying around (FRS/GMRS, MURS, Marine, and CB, even old color dot business band radios) are what you should be scanning for. Some CBs can scan too. (Some CBs are 10-meter ham radios too. Cheaper way to get HF). If you can scan it all, then you stand a chance of acting as a local EMCOMM for your own people , independent of the "official" disaster replsponse. Then a good HF with a waterfall display for monitoring other areas, but also for getting the word out if you are cut off from civilization like the mountain folk in NC. Bottom line: You want ALL of it.

Thanks for the video man! I also love GMRS but mainly because my whole family is licensed under my callsign. In my area (NYC) the VHF repeaters are the most dominant imo surprisingly (range wise). We also had Tropospheric ducting over the summer and had people from Connecticut 100+ miles come down here on simplex. It was pretty cool. 😎

Great video! Thanks>

We are going to need both GMRS and Ham radios when the SHTF !

There are lessons to be learned from Helene and its aftermath. Comms are essential. Thank you for this instruction, very interesting.

Good point, but I don't GMRS. For licensed free communication UHF I use FRS very low power, for low power VHF MURS, and for HF QRP CBRS on AM/FM/USB/LSB modes. I think GMRS is good with the 50 watts privilege, but you need to have a license. Maybe that's why I don't like it. License Free is for those who love privacy or freedom. Can you send an image over GMRS? MURS stations may be used to transmit data or image, and of course, voice.

As a truck driver that travels your primary area heavily, got any good advice for using gmrs? I just purchased a uv 5r and looking to get my gmrs license

Your Ignoring Some Important Things with this video. Your Location and What Service is Most Active in your area, How Well Organized/Prepared for a SHTF situation are the people in your area, Will others come in from outside your area to help and are they Trained to work together to do so, AND will you have a Need for Long Range communications. Take the current Florida Hurricane Disaster situation as an example… Hams came to help with communications, setting up Networks (Nets) using V/Uhf for Local and HF (40 meters : 7.268 MHz, See Below) for longer range (about ½ of the USA) where needed. We have Contests we participate in yearly, like Field day where we set up Emergency Stations using Emergency Power, Battery, Generator, Solar… and try to make as many contacts all over the World as possible. So we many of us are already Equipped with Radios, Antennas, Alternate Power Sources and are Experienced in Operating in less than optimal situations. There’s POTA (Parks On The Air) stations where many set up temporary stations in Parks and try and make as many contacts as possible… and others, because its fun to Compete and see how well you can do. Sure, with currently placed and operating GMRS Repeaters YOU can talk to 4 states when you live close to 3 other densely populated states, BUT what if like most people You Don’t? OR not many, if any people use GMRS in Your Area? Will those repeaters be in operation in a wide area SHTF scenario? Will the knocked out repeaters owners be able to, and if so willing to quickly put up other repeaters, and have Battery’s and alternate means to Charge them? Will GMRS operators in other areas stop what their doing and come to your aid bringing in needed communications equipment and have the knowledge and experience to improvise stations, repeaters… ? As for Ease Of Use, most if not all Modern Ham Radios have memory channels. Once programmed for your particular area they are as easy to use as a CB, MURS, FRS or GMRS Radio. And much more flexible when needed. The Amateur Radio Service (Ham Radio) is in existence to have trained knowledgeable, proficient radio station assemblers and operators at the ready to Help, When and Where Were Needed. Sure, most of the time its our Hobby, BUT the other fractional percent of the time its our Duty. We have to pass a test to become Hams, or to upgrade for additional Privileges, and to Earn the right to have more and better bands, run up to 1500 watts, use more modes (FAX, Slow Scan and Live TV...) , talk through Satellites, use more frequencies... Hams are Volunteers, like Volunteer Firefighters… to Serve the Community when needed! You hear of a Disaster, you Also hear about Hams coming to Help, Every Time, Across the Globe! Can you say the same for CB, MURS, FRS,GMRS... which are intended for, and used as easy alternate means of communications for day to day life? 73 mike *** Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center WX4NHC Amateur Radio HF Frequencies - (single sideband mode) 20 meters : 14.325 MHz Hurricane Watch Net (Main frequency during Hurricanes) 40 meters : 7.268 MHz Water Way Net (secondary frequency) Maritime Mobiles Net 80 meters : 3.815 MHz Caribbean Net, (Alternates: 3.950 : North Florida / 3.940 South Florida) Amateur Radio EchoLink / IRLP EchoLink Conference: "WX-TALK" Node 7203 EchoLink Alternate Conference: "VKEMCOMM" IRLP Node 9219, Alternate Node: 9508 or 9123 Amateur Radio VHF/UHF Frequencies VHF : 147.470 MHz simplex - Coordination frequency for NHC ops. (official use only, please) VHF : 147.000/146.400 repeater, (146.925 backup repeater PL 94.8 Hz) UHF : 444.600/449.600 repeater (PL 94.8 Hz) APRS mode Frequencies HF : 30 meters : 10.151 MHz (LSB) VHF : 2 meters : 144.390 MHz simplex

Good packed info. Thx

your thoughts on the baofeng 21 gmrs radio just got a few days ago , any other radio you think i should get

I'm just now getting into GMRS handheld radios, but I do listen to some ham users and some of the local emergency services around me with these radios. The main thing I see with ham radios during a shtf situation is just keeping in the loop with what may be going on in other parts of the country or world if you have connections or people you want to keep in contact with further away.

If you decide to go take thd ham test, without too much expense and knowing the similarities of 70cm and GMRS, comparatively there are more potential frequencies in 70cm, especially for repeaters. Like installing a repeater for either, there's no special license to own and operate one. Output power and range are the same as is similarities in equipment. The main difference is, taking the test. Sure, you could do without the test and just buy a limited license for a limited service, being either equipment, people or both. 1.25m (220Mhz) depending on your local area, is either widely used, or not. We here on the east coast states enjoy a wide area of coverage of linked repeaters across the region and, also interlinked w/Echolink (kinda like Zello). Just study up on the test. There's no need to go world wide, unless you want to. There's plenty of local traffic on repeaters and on simplex (direct to other radios, no repeaters). Many groups either way. Also, there's plenty of digital comms, much less fm hash noise and other annoyances. Don't take the test, you'll never know what you miss out on. Maybe someone will answer your call for help, if they trust you. Don't take the test, you wont be vetted, either.

Wanna communucate after the collapse ? Walk out to your fence line and talk with your neighbors , theae radiis suck now and will suck even more when SHTF

477 mhz in Australia can go a lot of distance with 5 wats in the right area with hight and cooler conditions

I am a Ham. I say get gmrs first and then study for the ham if you like radios.

Thanks for the breakdown. I'm currently studying to get my technician license but am going to get my gmrs liscense as well so my son can use it to communicate with me in the event of a bug out type of event

But i programed my Ham with CHIRP which has GMRS etc