RVA GMRS

06/24/2024

https://youtu.be/QDFdvpVxKj8?si=H2mylOqdDbaGdS2A

05/23/2024

If not Realistic, be Optimus!

04/19/2024

Not action packed. Maybe a little. Dumb idea.

I enjoyed it!

Workers at a failing railway take a train to meet the heads of the company when its closure is announced.

04/17/2024

This is just mean. I mean, innocent at first, without the understanding that many have access to certain frequencies at any given time. I'm listening just east of downtown, likely in the Shockoe Valley and Churchill area. This is focused solely on the FRS channel three. There are immigrant employees using the channel to coordinate at a local construction site. Then someone had the bright idea to tx a local broadcast station. It's fine to bring a broadcast receiver on site for your listening pleasure but, to retransmit without expressed, written permission of copyright content is forbidden. Also, music on FRS/GMRS is also forbidden. If you must dj, either find a job or apply for part 15 equipment and do so yourself in the broadcast spectrum. Let the rest of us communicate amongst ourselves. Or, just go home.

About 09:30, 04/17/24 here in Shockoe Valley I can receive strongly music and ads, in English and Spanish. Quite annoying, regarding ch three is used by vari...

02/26/2024

Xfinity is experiencing a very localized outage in my area at the moment. Not sure how long today's delay is expected. I may not be easily reached here throughout today. Please be patient. Thank you!

02/25/2024

Due to the adoption of "woke in nature", I have decided to unsubscribe from the slack app.

10/03/2023

Passersby on I-95

10/03/2023

Talking to the wife while she was in the nearby hospital, via direct, not on a repeater.

Yes, the YL is in the hospital. We figured it's better to communicate via UHF, on GMRS ch16, which should be 462.575mhz, direct not on a repeater pair. Appar...

10/03/2023

Motorola CM300

Conversation started to come through only on the cm300, remaining in and out for minutes. only grabbed less than two. Unsure of location of origin. Possibly ...

10/03/2023

Morning conversation

Just a couple guys on a distant repeater, inaccessible to me.

10/03/2023

462.725mhz, a distant repeater pair

Continuing to capture this out of town repeater from here in Richmond, VA. Should be 462.725, +5mhz input. I'm sure there's a tone. Often comes in over the u...

10/03/2023

A little local reception

Someone locally was attempting to set one radio, ended up tx on air, possibly set vox on an adjacent radio. I tried marketing this a short but I guess my sma...

09/09/2023

Jay sharing... you've been warned

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08/24/2023

GMRS, 462.675 hearing a short conversation with RadioShack pro2052 and Motorola cm300

Also captured on a Motorola CM300 and a tram base antenna, a short conversation between two stations, monitored on a RS Pro2052 dual trunking tracker (and a ...

02/13/2023

Have you decided what to do if the internet goes on the fritz and your smart device stops working? Did you know there are other ways to communicate with family and friends, neighbors and other folks around you? GMRS is a great way to start! Keep up with the spouse and kids around the neighborhood across the RVA. Learn how you can get your GMRS license and where to find reliable technology to stay connected without internet and the cellular system just in case.

02/12/2023

It's for those that watch. Connecting with GMRS is easy and buying a license is cheaper than ever. Just check in with the FCC and get your license and radios today.