How Is A GMRS Repeater Channel Different From Standard Channels & Why Are Repeater Channels Shared?

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video I explain how GMRS repeater channels are different from standard GMRS channels, I explain how a repeater channel works, and I explain why the repeater channels are shared with the regular GMRS channels.
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@nc4tn 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a ham operator for 34 years and I am: laughing my hind-end off at this illustration! Good job, Randy.

@wendiig0 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the education here! Not only did I learn about offset, but I thought Squelch Tail was something that plagued me after eating day old tacos. Great job!

@Thadopeera Ай бұрын

YT needs to pay you double! You do such a great job of keeping it simple while explaining complicated things 🤣💯

@royrobinson4636 2 жыл бұрын

My GMRS knowledge and vocabulary has increased tremendously after routinely watching Randy on this channel. 😎 Today, I was "Unfuckulated" and also learned more about "Mag-gig-a-hertz"! 😎 Great job, Sir!

@edb007th 2 жыл бұрын

Still the best “edutainment” on the interwebs. Thank you, sir!

@peachesonly6977 2 жыл бұрын

Timmy! Is that a bomb!!! no it’s a science experiment, I’m finally going to show my bitch teacher mrs Henderson a lesson in physics!

@ragheadand420roll 2 жыл бұрын

Randy thx for supporting “the current thing” We never know what it is... just as long as we support it 🤪😂👍🏻✌🏻🐻🇺🇸

@ArcticKid68 Жыл бұрын

Hey Randy! I recently got my Ham General AND GMRS licenses. My approach is ‘more is better’ whether I use it or not - so I’m not biased to either. I Have watched MANY of your vids and they are outstanding. Love your comical sarcasm and anecdotes. Your vids have taught me a LOT and I so appreciate your work. I also love that you did a vid with Crash Course Ham. That was great. :) Keep up the awesome work! Happy subscriber. :)

@adamant6016 2 жыл бұрын

pause the vid at 1:38 the statement is freaken epic!

@mikestone9129 2 жыл бұрын

You always make your lessons very entertaining.

@royholmes9010 2 жыл бұрын

That's the funniest tx/rx comparison I've seen in a long while, you're great at this, I've been a ham for 44 years this year and about A year in GMRS, plus many years in FRS MURS CB etc. Keep it up

@familyreyes2312 4 ай бұрын

Randy, I am like one week into this videos and I enjoy this explanation.

@4000marcdman 2 жыл бұрын

wow. the channel is growing quickly. I think when I started watching in January or December there was about 60k(i could be wrong my memory is shit). Great work Randy. Im happy for you.

@xJJ07 Жыл бұрын

Your Radio King 🤴 🙌 your videos alone help me learn on my own ! Thank you Good bless your channel 🙏!

@jasonthomas1758 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your explanation! I just had this question / issue the other day and did not understand it. Still new to GMRS, but learning….

@Sonicgott 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this thoroughly detailed yet simple explanation.

@certinstructorron4050 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Randy! Even a Ham couldn't of explained it better! I'm a Ham and approve this message 👌.

@davidb.turknett4447 7 ай бұрын

I'm from the future and you answered my questions about why I hear people from Albuquerque all the way down here in South East Arizona. I think my commen sence might have woke up for a minute and this video made sense. It seems there's a good repeater system down here.

@artrucking4142 Жыл бұрын

!The visual representation you made of how GMRS repeater channels work is pure Beauty to these old Truckers' eyes!

@rolandweaver7983 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahaha….. so I got this figured out now… I transmit & receive on a sock unless I’m on a repeater channel… and then, I’m transmitting on a cucumber and receiving on a sock. So Randy, where (or how) does the cucumber and sock go in the radio? 🤪🤪🤪 Great video man!!! Crack me up man!!!

@rjvandermark7642 2 жыл бұрын

you make a squelch break sound like slurping soup. So fun and very exciting, Randy... You Killing Them. Amazing Job!

@ernestrichardson40 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Randy! This illustration of gmrs channels, was a big HELP! MY FRIEND!! I'm a step closer to operating my btech gmrs v2 HT . I still am going to continue looking for a course that I can take in these types of Radios, Randy!! Thanks for taking your time for this QUICK REPLY BACK TO ME!!! **YOUR A GOOD MAN RANDY AND HONEST IN THE BEST WAY YOU KNOW HOW!!! Maybe this is the reason why the RADICAL HAMS- BEHAVE THIS WAY!! * I'm on the out side looking IN !! This animosity that I see towards you, Randy-Has a deep ROOTED SMELL OF INTENSE!!! (JELOSEY AND ENVEY TO IT!!!)

@Simon_Rix 2 жыл бұрын

Spacing the words around the "vegetable" is appreciated.

@ThomasFMoser 2 жыл бұрын

Outrage? A very wise man once said "words can not express, how much I don't care" 🤣 Well done, Randy - though I missed Chris' (the real hero's) sock... thanks so much for your videos! Best to you & 73

@REXOB9 2 жыл бұрын

Xenu be praised for this clear explanation.

@RINNTY 2 жыл бұрын

Love it Randy, great explanation

@DonzLockz 2 жыл бұрын

😄 now I know everything about mcjigahertz! Your custom graphics help me understand!😄✌

@herrent 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone who speaks my language!

@dbwstein Жыл бұрын

Again. Super helpful.

@LarryL619 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I learned some new words today. …and so did my kids. 😆

@seewaage 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vid. That's why no one can hear me when I transmit on the regular channel. I need to transmit on the repeater channel. 🙂

@jamescopeland5358 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Randy

@kennym2035 9 ай бұрын

Dam here I was Tremont Ranch repeater on repeater channel 20 keying the Mic wondering why I was not hearing any chatter after releasing the mic, 🙃🤯 🙃 I’m still thinking of those CB days Thank you for the help Randy 👍

@charliedelta1136 Жыл бұрын

Good thing your here Randy Bo bandy

@scottmb99 2 жыл бұрын

This was a good one Randy, I appreciate it and found it very helpful!

@DARTHDANSAN 2 жыл бұрын

I come for the knowledgeable. I stay for sarcasm lol

@RicArmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

I just got my first GMRS radio today. Can't wait to get my license. I went with the GM-30 because it's easy to use as a novice. 👍

@JifferRiffic 2 жыл бұрын

GRMS Only requires a $70 fee right

@RicArmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

@@JifferRiffic After April 19th, it's supposed to go down to $35 for ten years.

@DrPosion 2 жыл бұрын

@@RicArmstrong yep, I'm holding out until it drops

@jj-zy6gc 2 жыл бұрын

For the love of everything holy, follow the instructional video on here. The FCC website was coded by rahtarded pigmies.

@greg1516 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy

@Gruuvin1 Жыл бұрын

I SERIOUSLY had no idea that the explanation of a radio repeater could have me rolling on the floor!

@donicenogle4009 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@brianrobertson603 Жыл бұрын

Well done. 😊

@joecerda630 10 ай бұрын

This guy makes GMRS fun...ny😅

@av8or4951 2 жыл бұрын

I'm laughing so hard I'm in tears! You crack me up man.

@Steve5404 6 ай бұрын

LOL....I'm dying here!!! Awesome videos!

@Tenacious-Tiger 2 жыл бұрын

Cucumber, Rolled Up Sock and Randy, Oh My ! Randy is the Wizard !

@toml.8210 2 жыл бұрын

The stuff about the "shared" repeater channels made sense! Can you also explain the shared FRS/GMRS channels? The new $35 GMRS fees are reality! I just paid my $35, but the processing seems as slow as the website updates. I'll look again in a couple days.

@almirria6753 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info. Sadly there are no repeters here in mid Mo. [Lincoln County, by the banks of the Mississippi River, Lock & Dam #25] and I can not afford to put one together and place it up for use....Durn it.

@dkabbash 3 ай бұрын

Okay, awesome. I almost got it. I think. Thanks.

@marcspaz 2 жыл бұрын

My cheeks hurt from smiling when watching this video. Love it!

@madcow3417 2 жыл бұрын

2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2.

@andrewyoung-n8ary 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds Orwellian

@thomaswashburn3513 4 ай бұрын

2+2=5 Only if one of the 2’s is off set by .3 or .4 (.5 or higher would be 3 and not a 2 anymore) and the other 2 is off set by .1 to .4 (again .5 would be 3 and not a 2). If both are off set by .2 or less… it will only equal 4. I use the example frequently with know-it-all kids. It blows their minds 🤯.

@alpha6tango860 2 жыл бұрын

Damnit Randy… you spoke untruths .. a person using ch19, can easily talk with someone using a repeater on 19 provided they are in simplex range of each other. Both radios are “listening” on 19. The person using the repeater must not have tone squelch active, or the person on simplex needs to use the same tone as the repeater output. It’s easy.

@mainetomass99 2 жыл бұрын

Yep 👍

@IgorDeCamps 2 жыл бұрын

I'm one of the 4400 and was a Ham Operator back in 1940, I can attest that NRP is spot on.

@Allinthedetail297 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@RevGunn-jq3cq 2 жыл бұрын

You had me rolling!!!

@donaldoc 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda figured out where this was going at the 1:35‼️ Sensei... 😉👌 1+1=3. 1 male + 1 female = a family of 3. I'm totally, "confudgled", about 2+2=5, though... 🤔

@BDTube2006 2 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful explanation between the standard GMRS channels and the shared Repeater Channels. *[Question]* If I believe I am in range of a local GMRS repeater (462.550), and I have the corresponding RX/TX CTCSS tone for that repeater, how do I know if I have successfully transmitted to that repeater? Thank you in advance and I greatly appreciate any feedback...

@TheNotaRubicon 2 жыл бұрын

Two ways to know if you're hitting a repeater: 1) someone answers you when you talk 2) you hear a "kickback" or static "kerchunk" 1/2 a second or so after you let go of the transmit button.

@Joe_Goofball 6 ай бұрын

That very wise man was George Orwell...

@grouchyoldpatriot 2 жыл бұрын

Confucklement.........my new favorite word!!!

@mgoben6499 2 жыл бұрын

Oh dude. Hilafuckulous shiznit. Good stuff!

@RelentlessMK 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for "the talk". LOL

@ddw63 2 жыл бұрын

Another good one, thank you for the unfukalment.

@Hobbies4Hire 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! In my area, one guy owns multiple repeaters covering a wide range of channels, and he recently announced that he is going to start charging for the use of those repeaters. Could you do a video that addresses the legality of this practice? Maybe you could include best practices for how exactly to tell this guy to kick rocks.

@TheNotaRubicon 2 жыл бұрын

Its very easy to scan for the input tones and then start using the repeater - which would make the repeater owner very sad because there is no way he can stop anyone from doing that..

@Allinthedetail297 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a way where you can extend the frequency range possibly without chirp but with the app and wireless programmer?

@andrewyoung-n8ary 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to add an unsolicited complication, but the repeaters users MIGHT hear you, if they are not too many fars away from you, and they are using no receive tone.

@mainetomass99 2 жыл бұрын

Good point. Not a GMRS user yet, but I’ve wanted to mention this a few times, but didn’t want to add more confusion to some of the new radio folks. Ha. If the GMRS repeater output has no tone, and my next door neighbor is on the repeater channel…if I key up on the shared simplex channel that matches the repeater output (while being within range of my neighbor), he’s going to hear me. It’s all just frequencies, tones and range.

@theroguetomato5362 2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on the sock, but a repeater channel is like a zucchini. A ham radio guy would have known that.

@JasonRasmussen Жыл бұрын

Can you please explain input/output tones & codes with a Post It Note, warm cup of coffee and a rusty nail?

@philipstaite4775 2 жыл бұрын

"What did you think it was gonna look like?" Well, I'd rather not answer that. Remember folks, if you think you missed something, pause with 'k' and step forward or back a frame at a time with '.' and ',' (period and comma).

@reboog420 2 жыл бұрын

nice.

@ke8mattj 2 жыл бұрын

BEEP BEEP BOOP War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. All hail quee n Randy. BOOP BOOP BEEP

@kevinhawkins82 2 жыл бұрын

So, I will hear GMRS repeater traffic while I listen to regular GMRS Channels? Do I have to have my radio tuned to one of the pre-programmed repeater channels to hear people on repeaters? Thanks for the videos!

@TheNotaRubicon 2 жыл бұрын

Did you WATCH the video? Pretty sure I covered that.

@kennym2035 9 ай бұрын

Another question Randy, so if I’m on channel 20 and I have a repeater channel 20 when I key the Mike the radio if programmed right will automatically use the repeater channel 20 and then broadcast on the regular channel 20 the only stupid question is the one you don’t ask I’m a newbie I’ve only had my GMRS license a week

@coreymacgregor176 Жыл бұрын

Can you pick up these 1-22 channels on a uv 5r? I only see frequency options.

@TheNotaRubicon Жыл бұрын

Yes, you just need to know what the frequencies are.

@4000marcdman 2 жыл бұрын

lol. i was writing my last comment and i look up and i see a cucumber and a sock! HAHAHAHA

@clarepeterson6325 2 жыл бұрын

Oohh okay, i was wondering that. If I'm allowed to talk on a gmrs repeater channel without a gmrs license. The gmrs repeater channels in our area do their call sign in Morse code. Thx!

@scottcalloway2252 10 ай бұрын

Hey Randy, if I want to talx many many fars away and I can hit a repeater but my friend can't but their repeater is in range of the one I can reach can we talx?

@snakezdewiggle6084 2 жыл бұрын

Have you done the confabultion on wet string yet ?

@RobDTom 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand how someone using a repeater on channel 19 would not be able to hear someone who is using simplex on channel 19? Like you said, they are sharing the same listening frequency!

@TheNotaRubicon 2 жыл бұрын

If they are close, they would be able to hear/talk to them. In my example, the repeater users are many fars away, in which case they would be long out of simplex range and therefore, not able to talk to to each other.

@ravedog 2 жыл бұрын

Was the transmitter channel handy or did you have to go to the store?

@jeffwilcox9987 Жыл бұрын

2+2=5? Good song!

@kennym2035 9 ай бұрын

Also, I’m a newbie just starting out

@misterclear9692 2 жыл бұрын

💗

@IamNerfDart 2 жыл бұрын

It would be possible for someone that's on a normal simplex channel to hear and talk to someone that on a repeater. However (and it's a big however), it's almost impossible to. The repeater user's radio would need to not have their receiver locked to a sub channel code aka having the R-CTCSS or R-DCS (for the experts) option I'm going to acknowledge the fars problem but that's a smaller problem then the transmitted codes problem (assuming you're running "higher" power). But in the normal 99.99% of cases, it's not possible.

@SlyGuy2000 2 жыл бұрын

My Tidradio will let me Seek for the PL frequency on Chan's 15-22 to find the repeater code

@RisingTidesAC 2 жыл бұрын

I am finally the first comment!

@Spike-sk7ql 2 жыл бұрын

My dude's on here with a damn fifi.🤣🤣

@BreakingPintMedia 2 жыл бұрын

Cucumbers and socks: Because only sad ham children learn of birds and bees

@Red.Baron.512 7 ай бұрын

If someone is in range of repeater #1 and i am out of range of that repeater, but in range of repeater #2 which range overlaps with repeater #1, can i talk to them? Or do we both need to be in range of the same repeater?

@TheNotaRubicon 7 ай бұрын

To use a GMRS repeater you must both be within range of that repeater.

@Red.Baron.512 7 ай бұрын

@@TheNotaRubicon thank you sir. I am new to this. Should have my first GMRS radio and license in a couple of days. I’ve heard you talk before about a network of repeaters that would allow you to talk across the country. Have you ever tried that? Much appreciation from Austin, Texas.

@Michael-pe4cr 5 ай бұрын

Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you glad to see me?

@HardTargetPrepping 2 жыл бұрын

This is very confuckelizing. You make it unfuckeled. My new favorite word

@alexpode 6 ай бұрын

I apologize for my ignorance, what is the difference between a channel and a frequency? Or are the channels frequencies?

@TheNotaRubicon 6 ай бұрын

Channels are just pre-set frequencies with easier to remember names/labels.

@alexpode 6 ай бұрын

@@TheNotaRubicon Thank you! Just did my due diligence and found it, I also learned that the 22 channels/frequencies are 462 and 467. I thought it was anything between 462 and 467. I'm starting to get it now. Thank you for your help!!! Glad i found your videos

@aCycloneSteve 2 жыл бұрын

So if the repeater is receiving on channel 27(?) and transmitting on 19, how can multiple repeaters connect and send the transmission longer distances? Is it also retransmitting on channel 27 or is the repeater configured to send the transmission on to whatever the channel of the next repeater is?

@TheNotaRubicon 2 жыл бұрын

They can't. You wont find multiple (legal) GMRS repeaters connected like that.

@aCycloneSteve 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNotaRubicon I thought I heard you talk about the theory that a group could talk from one end of the country to the other, but that no one had organized it (yet)

@jtderby 2 жыл бұрын

Confuklement is now in my vocabulary

@bencuraza6503 2 жыл бұрын

2nd and is this Vid pulling my leg cuz I’m LOL I have no idea what I listened watched.

@carlosf.5424 Жыл бұрын

hi! how first GMRS radio wouxun KG-XS20G from buytwowayradios , how can i use your ranchino repeater

@TheNotaRubicon Жыл бұрын

All the info you need to use the Ranchino repeater is here: www.notarubicon.com/gmrs-repeater-inland-empire/

@KamauNwabudike 2 жыл бұрын

I'm submitting this video to organizations that help couples trying to have a child.

@jamesslick4790 2 жыл бұрын

"Confuckelment" and "confuckulation" are great new words. I will be using them! 👍👍

@paulleavitt8416 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do one on DIY channels? i have no idea what those are

@Mirko..Meka906 Жыл бұрын

Can you explain how I can set up my radio so I can speak on a reapeter and they will here me. I'm only hearing them. There not hearing me I'm brand new to this. Thank you

@TheNotaRubicon Жыл бұрын

Maybe this video will help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbKHq9qo3768k5c.html

@Mirko..Meka906 Жыл бұрын

@@TheNotaRubicon thank you I will check it out

@CreativeRome 2 жыл бұрын

I picked up that radioddity radio and the software sucks I tried it on my PC and the iPad just doesn't work I am trying to use chirp for my baofeng 5x and the 25 can you show me how to put in tones I just cannot get it to work

@SeanFlaherty 2 жыл бұрын

Which Radioddity radio? Maybe it's not repeater capable.