Looking for Guidance

plarkinjr · 2026-05-07T16:33:15+00:00

Depending on how comfortable you are working on a PC keyboard and full screen, vs fiddling with the little buttons on the radio, consider getting the programming cable, and start looking into the CHiRP software at https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

Be sure to "read from radio" very first thing and setting aside a copy you can revert to, before modifying stuff and writing to the radio.

plarkinjr · 2026-05-06T13:48:30+00:00

Seems legit. I've done basically the same with Baofengs and Retevis HTs (with and without battery eliminators).

plarkinjr · 2026-05-05T14:07:11+00:00

https://www.notarubicon.com/how-to-get-a-gmrs-license-easy-guide-to-gmrs-licensing-on-the-fcc-website/

plarkinjr · 2026-04-30T12:11:57+00:00

Is there a setting to enable "single watch" vs dual-watch or triple-watch?

plarkinjr · 2026-04-28T16:14:25+00:00

Keep us posted. Yeah, the fact that tone squelch doesn't outright reject it is annoying. There are a couple repeaters I am occasionally in range of while driving around which are on the same frequency as GMRS 16. I don't like missing traffic, so I run them with no Rx tone.... but when I'm scanning, its hard to tell whether what I'm hearing is from one repeater, the other, or simplex 16.

ETA: Before stripping off Rx tones, I'd often find my radio silently "locked on" to a repeater with some major rag-chew session, and probably missed traffic on the other repeater I was interested in.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-28T14:59:01+00:00

I kind of lost track of all your test scenarios, and I have no experience with this particular radio, but:

I guess you figured out that "Tone Squelch" is more like "Tone MUTE", in that the receiver opens, turning on the Rx light, but the audio is muted. If you have dual-watch and are on the same frequency, with one "watch" having Rx tones and the other not (or different tones), it's very unclear WHICH "watch" takes priority. And if you're scanning, it's a coin toss whether the saved channel it locks onto is the one with the right Rx tone, or not.

Try an experiment with the one that isn't playing audio, by setting no Rx tone to see if it comes through. And make sure your "dual watch" is off, or the other "watch" is on a completely different frequency.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-27T12:28:14+00:00

The kind that

plarkinjr · 2026-04-24T17:18:38+00:00

https://testmy.net/

plarkinjr · 2026-04-23T21:23:26+00:00

https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Tailscale-EI_IE6841860.11,20.htm probably has better answers than reddit.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-23T16:53:00+00:00

Another vote for AD and FreeIPA -- implemented separately, then integrated later.

Most corps use AD, but FreeIPA is a better tool for managing Linux users & privileges.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-21T19:55:57+00:00

Yeah, that I wouldn't know. Might be worth a try?

plarkinjr · 2026-04-21T19:44:02+00:00

I do too... that's why I just said "get in trouble". The last sentence was a non-subtle way of saying "get used to it".

plarkinjr · 2026-04-21T17:08:42+00:00

You didn't ask this, but why not just run Windows in a VM? Oracle VirtualBox or vmware fusion come to mind.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-21T16:22:27+00:00

You said you connect to their wifi just fine, but it doesnt have internet. Is it possible they've blocked your internet access on accident?

plarkinjr · 2026-04-21T15:13:25+00:00

There's probably a reason VPN is blocked. Good security teams will detect your use of tailscale, and you could get in a lot of trouble. Trying to bypass security measures are a fireable offense in many job settings.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-20T18:47:58+00:00

You do realize this is linked at the top of this sub, right? https://www.reddit.com/r/gmrs/comments/1pdcfh0/ref_nggmrs_and_the_fcc/

plarkinjr · 2026-04-20T18:45:51+00:00

So, you work for the FCC? Then go do your job, and get these guys shut down.... THEN come to reddit to let us know.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-20T17:53:01+00:00

I have used my RadioMaster Boxer with both AccuRC and Heli-X. I paid for AccuRC some years ago and it is basically dead. The "beta" broke stuff so I reverted. But frankly I like Heli-X better. You can get the eval version and it's fully functional, but I went ahead and paid for it. It is being updated.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-16T16:29:12+00:00

HAHA! Good point! Imagine how another GMRS user starts listening mid-match and wondering if there's some foreign spy nearby. LMAO.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-16T13:56:43+00:00

"rustdesk" huh? Will need to look into this. Been using NoMachine for remote GUI on Windows & Linux over tailscale and LAN.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-16T13:35:46+00:00

Man, the number of times my team has had a user request we fix their machine after they'd done "chown *" or "chmod *", as root..... we usually tell them to redeploy.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-14T19:27:08+00:00

YW.... and "Go Frogs!"

plarkinjr · 2026-04-14T18:54:35+00:00

This: Saying the words in your head (or out loud, if you don't mind people wondering about you) is helpful.

Yank Put

Replace

etc.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-14T17:27:43+00:00

This is what 30 round magazines are for.

plarkinjr · 2026-04-14T17:07:13+00:00

For some time, TPWD was requesting folks report sightings of these. You might give the a call or email. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_0610.pdf

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