So what is the point of the video? Are you being paid to advertise this over priced Lenovo/junkarola radio? Back in the late 70's I had a UHF Mocom 70. It was actually made in the USA. Anybody can buy a simple mobile radio that is more than your "40" watts and program it on the key pad. You have to have a computer to do that radio and pay for the software and cable. You must be obsessed with using computers, made in china of course. Thank God you are out in commiefornia and not in Kentucky so I don't have to hear you on my radio's.
The point of the video is to trigger low-IQ people into leaving pointless comments complaining about my radio from their devices that are made in China.. Looks like its working!
I’m here to monitor all activity in the video and In the comments, and report anything I find illegal to absolutely nobody. I’m really here to check the state of his pencil.
Thank you NotaRubicon For making it so Perfectly Clear that you would NEVER ask your Favorite Audience Members to Ever "Hit that Like And Subscribe Button". So I did it on my own.
Not to mention the RF signal on that Motorola radio is likely cleaner than most part 95 radios available anyway.... very nice rig - jealous. Thank you for producing your content, have always enjoyed it since entering the hobby. I look forward to the info on LMR license hints and tricks.
Part 90 radios are such a good option for mobile install GMRS usage and were the ONLY option for many years before Midland and the Chinese companies started making them
As a well-experienced first responder, I'd like to point out a highly technical term of which we utilize within our professional field. Please refer to an 'ambulance' as a Boo-Boo Buggy. The term 'Boo-Boo Buggy' eliminates any potential confuculation with those in society who may not possess experience dealing with a medical emergency. Thank You Muchly!
I am in black hills, we have a dmr company nearby that has trucked dmr service. For $30 a month I got myself 2 TGs and I can go encrypted if I want to, their repeaters don't care. The beautiful thing about it, I can jump to other companies who are renting tgs from them, and talk to them if needed. I am using my channels for friends in the area trail riding and hiking. It's kinda nice to have that encrypted from other ears.
Really nice radio, you got a nice setup! It would be nice if it was dual band but only the really expensive and fancy new commercial radios are multi band… the ones I can’t afford 😂
Hi...im watching your channel from 3 weeks because i purchase 2 baofeng uv-5r and you make more easy to stand the basics. Im Italian but im leaving in Quebec from 12 years and b4 in my younger ages i play with a old midland cb radio! but now is time to do serious stuff 😅.
I would love to get a ham license but I have traumatic brain injury courtesy of Uncle Sam and can’t retain the study material to get my per permission slip. it took me three days to get past the GMRS application which I did finally and when I told the gal at the FCC how long it took she had a good chuckle. WSDN 336 out .
3 days is only slightly slower than the average time for uninjured people to navigate the FCC website. That is only partially a joke. While some people may just decide to get a GMRS license one day, go to the website and immediately apply... I think it is more common that people may first look into it and see what it would take to apply. If you add up the initial pre-application site visits, I'll be a lot of people have significant time spread out over several visits as they figure out how to actually get where they need to go.
I have a learning disability, and passed the first part in 1998, and took me almost a year to pass the second part, and was issued KC0GQT in 1999. I'm now K0GQT.
******** Yes, I use an XTL5000 110W UHF, for a while I had the Black 05 Control Head, then found a good deal on a 09 Control head, Great Radios !! :-) :-) *********
Ok this is what I'm looking for.... Would happen to have and email address. I have question about this exact topic. I have a gmrs radio but am planning to obtain my ham license. I want a mobile radio that can do both... Any help would be appreciated
I have the 50 watt version, Range 1 for UHF FREQUENCIES. It can do both European and American Ham frequencies in this range as well as the business frequencies I use in the States. Very reliable and the cost of the 50 watt remote mount with crypto when new was around the past $8K mark. If equipped with the proper flash code (it defines what the radio options are available to the user) it can be networked with a laptop in your Rubioconn jeeeep and into a private wireless network. This allows for data transfer between base and mobile or mobile to mobile.
I used to install Pioneer DVD car radios. Grounding the long light green wire will allow you to watch porn while driving rather than parked having the parking brake engaged. Make sure to always keep your eyes on the road and both hands on the steering wheel.
I do love me some Batwings gear. Worked with the old classic crystal-oven Micors, etc, back in the day, and even still have a few PL reeds kicking around :)
100watt is nice, i'm planning to install myself a President Jackson or something smaller maybe on my 4x4 but for the output, will be wired in one of the aux of my Lenovo head unit so it goes in the speakers, as for the mic; finding an unused switch on the wheel from the previous car radio, and set it maybe for the PTT. I can't grab a mic and drive anyways and don't want my passenger to touch anything anyways. best would be something entirely integrated on the head unit like the BT phone and have just an USB port that controls the radio unit from an app or something. like; idk, a quansheng. Moto had a good idea to separate the control from the radio itself here ngl they're good!
Randy, I like the setup. I wanted a XTL 5000, BUT I Couldnt find one With what i wanted. I settled for two icom p25 radios in uhf and vhf. They work ok. 45 watts on the UHF, 50 ON Vhf. Nice setup. Both have encrption boards in them, but i dont have any use for them at this time. Thanks for the Video.
Randy, I left you a note on the GMRS site but it failed. I was telling you that I swore I saw you up on Birdsong. I was up there for work and if it wasn't you, you have a doppelganger. Great video!
Remember that it is 100 percent legal to run digital with encryption between 902 and 928 MHz ISM Band as long as the radio is putting out 1 Watt or less. Anything in that band putting out 1 Watt or less is considered a nonintentional radiator. In fact Motorola sells HTs marketed to businesses for non licensed use DMR with encryption. If one were to use two of these 1 Watt HTs hooked to Yagi antennas, you'd be surprised how far they will go with roof or tower mounted antennas and good coax for a "private" point to point link system.
Somewhere in Gettysburg there is a warehouse that is several blocks long and in a far corner resides a filing cabinet and inside that cabinet a folder contains all the NOV/NAL violations ever issued to GMRS operators for internet linking and Part 90 radio usage. The folder is empty.
As a paramedic firefighter who has used many Motorola radios. I like this setup for your GMRS. I am currently running an “off the shelf” GMRS radio and have considered others. However, they just don’t seem quite the same. I need to look more into these old radios. My concern is the ability to program them. Maybe not such an issue since they are old, but when they were new, you could only get a Motorola tech to program them.
Programming them is a HUGE issue.. Getting the software can be difficult, it only runs on old versions of Windows and it is very VERY complicated to learn and use.. using one of these radios is not for the fainthearted unless you are willing to go through the pain of learning how to program them OR unless you know someone that will do it for you.
I used to use Spectra 110 watt VHF radios, but set for 85 watts. I was able to reach 100 miles at best and about 50 miles reliably. My brick weighed 20 pounds It was a monster but it worked better than any other radio. Motorola really is the best and they know it and they are not customer friendly. I have talked to them and they are not friendly. They kept saying to talk to my licenced Motorola dealer. I did talk to my local Motorola dealers and they were only in sell mode. They operate the repeaters and they are in the business of selling radios and repeater time. They service radios, but for the most part, they sell new radios and program them and then fix them. They add new talk groups ( remotely now ) to systems. But they don't want to waste time and they like to just swap parts and take them back to their office. I imagine they send them back to Motorola because they are so small components and really are not service able and as we now know, there is about 50 dollars worth of parts in these 5000 dollar radios. So, for Motorola, it is not a big deal to just melt them down when they break.
My boof wang uv5r with external antenna and cigarette lighter is just as good of setup for a fraction of the cost. What a sucker. . ((Ok i can't even troll you with a straight face 😅))
Damn.... Both those Jeeps are dirty. 2:33 Someone has been having a good time off the road. If your Jeep aint dirty and scratched then you aint doing it right.
I wish our GMRS here in Canada was more like the US. GMRS is license free here but we can only legally use GMRS radios up to 2 watts with a non-removable antenna....and no repeaters. Although I am a HAM, I sometimes convoy with family who are not HAMs. I wouldn't mind paying for a license, especially if it covered family, to be able to use better radios and more power.
Wish I had a HT that had those capabilities especially p25 phase 2 and conventional trunking just to use as a scanner but i would have to make sure the system i programmed in wouldn't let the system know its on there unless mike is keyed up
Still waiting on a review of the Baofeng K5plus. I have made several purchases based off your reviews but got this one on a whim and there is not many videos on it...Btw I think it is the best baofeng yet.
