Thank you for saying the realistic range…the marketing BS is over the top. The “privacy codes” are industry standard CTCSS/DPL and are very, very similar across radios and radio services. They have existed for decades. They are NOT private as anyone with a radio in carrier squelch mode (ie no privacy code) will hear EVERYTHING on that channel. These tones are shared across radio vendors and are compatible. The “snake” icons are because CTCSS is an audio wave and DCS is a digital waveform as viewed on an oscilloscope. It makes sense to someone with technical knowledge of land mobile radio :) Roger beeps did not come ham radio…that is a “thing” on CB radios.
Correct, the number corresponding to each tone might be different on a different brand radio though... For example: Midland might have CTCSS #1 as tone 123.0 Cobra radios may have CTCSS #5 as tone 123.0 The trick would be checking to see if the tones line up across brands before starting a trail/trip. (I used totally random numbers, but hopefully that makes sense.)
I watched the video and it seemed silly the tones would not work with other brands , I want to buy the 275. So you are staring that tones work with other brands ! Tks
Just a note, I believe DB does not function for the display brightness, it selects the color or display off. I have yet to find an actual brightness I wish they would add one.
Biggest difference between CTCSS and DCS: almost nobody uses DCS, even in ham radio. So you're FAR less likely to encounter someone from another party on the channel if you use DCS.
I have an odd issue in my newly installed Midlands 275 (2019 Jeep JL) Everything works as it should however I've noticed if I turn on the weather radio I get a clear signal with vehicle off, ignition off - when I turn on ignition, or start engine it goes to a lot of static - guessing this is power related, however I'm unsure of the cause -- what might you have for a suggestion - I have tested transmitting / receiving to hand held GMRS and it's just fine! Thanks!
Just got my MXT275.. When you turn the repeater channels on, from the menu, are they pre programmed (not including tones) with the frequencies? Thnk u and good vid WRZX464
Hi, I am new to gmrs and want to buy the Midland 275. Is it correct you cannot use privacy tones talking to other brands ? I think that would be a deal breaker for me. As it makes no sense. Tks
now that youve had the radio for a while i have a question. On my other gmrs radios it has for example a channel 22 and then repeater channel 22 for the offset. On the midland when you have RP on does it just combine the channels or turn on the offset?
When you turn "Rp On" in the settings, it "adds" the repeater channels. so you essentially have 2 "17"s, one simplex and one repeater/duplex. you have to press the channel up/down buttons to move between them.
I have this radio but the Pr doesn't show up on mine.. it is the mxt 275. It shows all other menu choices just not pr.. any reason why. Thanks or the squelch one.. is it only available in the higher channels.. we use channel 4 and 7 mostly.. is this why...
@@patrickgiannini3106 any possible way you could send me a link to where you found that.. thanks.. my whole jeep club use channel 7, so about 500 jeeps.. andcwe are in miss not texas.. thanks
Privacy tone is just a buzz work. You can buy any radio as long it has ctc or dcs tones it can be programed to Match the midland radio. If you have a radio with keypads for example they have a setting called tone scan. This will allow you to figure out what privacy code the other radio is using. Once you have it just set the tone.
Do we have to buy the fcc in order to communicate further? My cousin and I bought this radio which it works when we are nearby but we tried it 8 miles away and it didn't work.
You need a GMRS license to use radios more then 2watts. So let say this is a mobile unit. You can assume this will be at least around 25watts. That means you can only talk on channels 15-22 23-30 rpt. You can still talk on 1-7 but with 5watts due to the fcc rules.
@@notoffroading the real benefit to getting a license is being able to use reapters. That alone allows you to talk to strangers or even extend as far as it is connected to other stations. But most people use radios for communication with family or work anyways so a basic 2 watt is more then enough.
Midland seems to always drop so many balls with their radios. The idea of a remote control (works on the microphone) is a necessity given how automakers bend over backwards to ensure there is not a spare millimeter of space under the dash, on the dash, or elsewhere, that you can mount a radio. That said, Midland misses the boat in two big ways with this model and its successor. One is that it does not allow for setting more than one CTCSS tone per GMRS frequency in the radio at a time. For instance, you live in a town that has a repeater on GMRS channel 20 and requires a CTCSS tone of 141.3. Let's say you commute to work in a town 50 miles away that has a repeater also on channel 20, but which uses a CTCSS tone of 110.9. This means that each day, to stay in touch on those two repeaters, twice a day, you will need to pull over somewhere and re-program your radio so that it operates on the repeater you are coming into range of. This is so short-sighted of Midland as to defy logic. The other thing is lack of a cooling fan. Even at the lower power that this model operates on at its highest setting, it needs a cooling fan so the radio does not overheat at its highest setting. The newer version will be a 50 watt radio and it definitely needs a cooling fan. Guess what? Midland didn't do that either. Midland needs to either procure design engineers who can think like an end-user and make an educated guess as to what end-users need in a radio, or at least listen to their customers about things these radios need to be useful.
Call alert tone did not come from the Amateur radio world !!!!!!!!!! I have been a Amateur Radio Operator for 30 years and have never heard "hams" use call alert tones -- just saying
