Oddly enough the zello channel gmrs nationwide is a great way to get your feet wet with gmrs. You come with your call sign and learn pretty much everything there is to know about gmrs etiquette. It's not true analog but it's connected to gmrs repeaters so gmrs etiquette is observed at all times. It's much easier than getting in the car and hunting down a repeater.

The UV-5R is the gateway drug to the amateur radio world. Have fun. 73

Just got my gmrs call sign! Thanks for posting

I enjoyed you taking us on this journey with you. Nice job.

Your GMRS experience is very much like me trying to talk to my kids.

Liked and subscribed! I just got my GMRS license and the two pack of Baofeng UV-5R GMRS flavored radios. Learning the particulars. Keep doing what you do. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thank you, my Oklahomie. This is good content, Morton.

I'm WSDL769 here in Tulsa. Still learning as I go :D

new sub from Sweden ! great videos buddy ! keep em up

Wow! Great video! I am exactly where you are trying to program Baofeng to talk to a repeater and I'm learning offsets and codes and have applied for my GMRS LC

Just got my GMRS license today, been listening like you on my BOfang DRM Lol .New sub also for you . Great vid

We have a small group of GMRS users here in Southern Indiana. cool stuff

Excellent video. Learning this gmrs seems to be very difficult on our own. I just got my first radios, two baofeng uv-5g plus. So I'm at the beginning of the learning curve.😅

I'm glad you got it working with the repeater. Also, nothing wrong with a Baofeng to start out. You'll probably buy several more radios as you go deeper into the hobby. Thanks for the vid!

Hey Josh. I just bought a UV-5R and I stumbled on your channel looking for some know how info. I have no idea what I'm doing with this radio but I'm excited to learn. I have connected with you and look forward to seeing more from you. Thanks so much!

Great video buddy

Thank you for sharing. I am starting off with my license as I am waiting for my call sign :)

Preciate the video brotha, I've had my uv5r for a little over a year now and have been listening. I tried to jump onto the fcc site to get my GMRS license today but system is down for maintenance so hopefully tomorrow or Monday I'll be able to contact others around me. Stuff is about to hit the fan and I want to make sure I can make contact with others.

Josh from Owasso, once you give up your call sign, your cover is blown!

Hello good video and just got my gmrs license few days ago and grabbed a few tidradio h3 and haven't done much with them yet besides get od master on phone and connect to program but trying to watch videos a learn a little more before I program 👍

Keep your eyes on the road!

Oh hey I live in Redacted, Oklahoma too! I just got a Baofeng and studying for the tech

Just got my Baofeng uv-5r few days ago and yes the growing pains are real! But I’m so going to get ham soon! I got the bug!

Thanks for your video Young man 🙏🗽🙏

I sure wish you would walk through your exact steps and how how you were able to finally connect to the repeater and exactly your settings

That guy said it best about ctcss i send it to open the repeaters on ham but for receive i just leave it open

When i first started watching the first thing i said to myself about the connections to the repeater was after you release the ptt was wheres the repeaters connections tone/bleep/ or a key up sound like if you ptt hold it it and release it dose that wosh sound. I knew it wasn't setup right because every repeater responses a what i call it a ptt connectivity reply to let the user know they good. Also your chirp has pre configuration of ch/rp in the program the same way the ham dose with your local ham rp base on your location. But future reference write down the info after u use chirp to program because i notice when i did gmr then did ham it erase my gmr and replace it with the ham so i had to manually do all with the chirp instead of doin the already program in chirp so i did research and made a handy emergency/hobby radio. Got all uhf,murs,frs,gmrs,gmrs repeaters including got the 8w on the 50w max gmrs ch since you gotta watch out for those power restriction lol and then also put sum 2band 10band 60ban and local ham repeaters and sum marine and air space towers but set them to non scan including sum noaa weather. Good choice on antenna but me personally since im a bike and wear a back pack i installed/permanent a duel band car antenna shorty for better fars and then got for the house a gmrs only 6ft and works flawlessly. Did sum testing and with the shorty duel way better then the stock and with the 6ft way better then shorty and i think i hit about 20miles not sure but i do know when i was on a repeater me and this guy on Thanksgiving switch off and went on regular radio to radio and we was fine didnt notice a difference and we was about 12 miles apart untill i put the stock didnt get nothing. Anyhow great radio. Also they just came out with a only gmrs baofeng radio called the uv-5g plus check that out.

Thats cool they have such a big turnout. Good to learn off those folks! I need to get me one or two of these and start learning.

9:48 Boom goes the dynamite!

Cool!

chirp is great for getting those channels in there then set one of the vso into name mode and your "in the game" XD

I’m in the same area and cannot get my UV5G plus to connect to the repeater

Very important question, can you use whatever repeater you want? Some angry said cease and desist from this channel. But it’s public, so good question.

Thanks for the awesome video. Like the format a lot - very easy to watch. Did you find out how far away that gentleman was from you? And from what I understood you were connecting via your local repeater, and your signal was carried to him via said repeater? I ask because I'm working on comms myself, and am still wrapping my head around this sort of thing. Thank you again!

I'm seeing the same issue. I can hear the repeater both sides or multiple conversations but does not appear I'm hitting the repeater. Could you walk thru the steps of how you got your baofeng to connect?

Is there a difference between this antenna and the 771 ?

Hi I am getting into this for preparedness reasons as well. I thought the uv5r couldn't be used as a gmrs radio only the uv5g could. Can you elaborate so I can understand why are there two different radios?

I wonder if you programmed the GMRS frequencies in NARROW FM mode. Most people who use Baofengs on FRS/GMRS don't know the difference and use WIDE FM

I agree the web site is difficult. I just got my license now how do I use it

4:50 after all the definitions and data I've researched, UHF is supposed to be more superior transmitting around obstacles like buildings and trees. Opposed to VHF which is better for open plains, desert etc. Right? Now I'm a bit confused.

Good job Josh. I had my radios for almost 6 years before i did shit with them. Got motivate last year and got my gmrs license. I finally got around making contact after trying to talk to people during a thunderrain storm here in idaho. It opended my eyes about antennas, repeaters and set ups. A club from WA took me in, walk me through it and i made first contact last summer. Duuuuuude, that feeling when making contact it like a hard buldge in your parts or as happy as a dog with 2 tails lol.😂 Anyways. I sub and like. Great content. Question. What brand antenna u bought there? Link?

Man I'm feeling your pain right now. 9g

Are you using a Ham radio or uv5r gmrs version

Hello what antenna you have? I heard the stock antenna ain’t the best. Thanks Amazon is delivering my uv5r today !

"yuma"? That's a new one.

It was already pointed out, but I also noticed early on when you released PTT there was no repeater confirmation. Then suddenly, there it was. Even said it to myself! Then you got a response and all was right in the World. So, what changed? What was causing the repeater to not respond, then suddenly start giving the response tone?

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Could you possibly make a video showing how exactly you programmed the repeater to the radio on CHIRP?

Did you enter the rx freqs

I can hit several GMRS repeaters around 20 miles away with an HT from inside my house. But I do have a resonant antenna for 462mhz. You will do a lot better with the correct antenna for GMRS. The ham radio license is so easy to get even 7 year old kids have taken a 1 day class and gone from no license to Extra. You don't need to know anything now, they publish the answers to the exam. Also no one wants anyone on their repeater without a license. It is not sad ham stuff, they can loose their license if they allow it.

same issue. pulling my hair out here in TX trying to hit this damn repeater. nothing.

it was super easy to get my GMRS license.............not sure why you had issues????.

Your like me in this video your best!

I like that antenna. Where can I get it

Can you do a video on chirp on how you programmed the GMRS? Have you gotten you HAM license yet? Are you on the HRCC discord?

I just got my GMRS license and a 25 white RT 95 in my truck. The closest repeater is about 30 miles away, but I’m not even sure if I’m programming it right. This radio isn’t a GMRS to so I guess there’s more to it from what I understand. I can’t find any thing on how to connect a dual band to a GMRS repeater via chirp.

Did you read the laws before betting your operators license, or did you know before hand you were going to use it in a manor that required you to be licensed.?

Just got a UV-5R. Not sure where to start. Figured I’d learn how to listen first. Any one have any advice? Information on how to “tune in” to frequencies in my area and what the steps are to be able to do that. I got the whole kits so I have a few different antennas including the one seen in this video.

Fellow Tulsan here. Having the same difficulty understanding all of this information. I have the same radio, just need to figure out how to run it. Where did you do all of your learning?

What u need a lisen

GMRS is usually dead where I'm from, I might happen to hear someone be talking for a few and that's it. I ended up talking to a couple tow truck driver's to respond back and a kid that most likely talking to his mother, my guess that they were up a few blocks away by the park. The baofeng UV-5R is a neat radio but not a whole lot of power and I learn not to expect alot from it unless using the radio with a friend who lives a mile or so down the road.

Quisieras un Quansheng UV-K5 de obsequio para agregar a la colección ?

My question is where's that seat belt? Here is my one liner......Click It or Ticket! 😉🤣

"Trees will block the signal" Then rests the antenna on roof of vehicle and hits the key................... And then you finally made contact, good stuff. Those 5R radios are the best bang for the buck. We use them for neighborhood coms, we have about a dozen of them.

I am trying to configure a few UV-5Gs to connect to a repeater. Can you help me out? We can do it on KZfaq if you want content or offline. I am good either way.

Off of S yale ave.

You didn’t get a return signal back to your radio

Like randy said just get grinder

Better reception make ear rings bigger.

hint cant get long winded when transmitting to a repeater..

I think if you buy a brand new UV5R now, it won't do GMRS, as it is set for the ham bands (2m and 70cm). The UV5G is the GMRS model now....depending on where you buy it from. Have fun Josh.

Did the repeaters see you coming?

I agree the website is A Abomination

Are you in Cali??

Just so ya know,....No RF energy radiates off the Tip End of theAntenna......Majority signal radiates off the Sides, 360° like a Dounut.......

Walking in circles while you transmist is bad practice. The difference between facing a repeater and turning away can cause your signal to drop out. face the repeater and keep facing (when possible).

Why not use a gmrs radio instead of a ham radio?

holy $hit! you weren't kidding about the fcc gmrs licensing website LOL my god i have never seen such a bloated and terrible user interface in my life! Like everything our $hitty gvt does it's confusing and not consumer friendly. Why would they not just have a f**king clickable link that says GMRS LICENSE APPLICATION click here LOL #wtf on the uv5r and the wonky connections to repeaters , i had similar bugs with my two radios. input the correct information and it wasn't hearing / connecting to the several repeaters i have locally. come to find out the UV5R was glitching on me and would either not save the PL tone or completely change it from what i had input. i haven't heard a damn thing on my baofengs in months other than the stupid robot noaa. My sdr however is picking up tons of stuff. great video brother, thanks for showing the leg work in order to connect LOL

Ok, I’ve had mine a week any need help, anyone

It's Yankee, not Yuma

Y = Yankee (not Yuma)

You just gave away your name and address with that callsign.

Waiting for my license I’m Excited At 62 C.B. For 45 years , So decided to get my license for Gmrs , And Waiting 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 for my (2) Grms radios

The phonetic alphabet is encouraged, but not required in ham radio

I’ve got 4 dollars. You can have it

Baofeng UV5R is a hand held ham radio, not GMRS (GMRS needs a $35 license good for 10 years, but you don't have to take a test). You need a ham operator license for this version of Baofeng UV5R. Do NOT buy unless you have a ham operator license. The FCC does crack down on people who do not have a license with exorbitant fines.

Probably not answering you cause your Roger beep ham and gmrs operators hate Roger beeps

Careful man. Your gonna start acting like a sad ham with all this knowledge

Redacting the name but not the call sign doesn’t really help. IYKYK

Aren't you afraid that when you go around pointing those things, the profile you present with those ridiculous Abbree antennae's might cause someone to consider pre-emptive gunfire just based on your outrageous outfits and demeanor? I would be.

Only need to say 69 to sign off

I am a licensed ham operator.. So I'm better than you

Hey Josh, love the video. I also have a GMRS license, and it takes a little to get used to. I also have a ham radio license. If you like GMRS, you will love ham radio. Thank you for sharing. KO4UWU/WRVG833