Recent content by Jackstand Johnny

Hey gang. Its been a minute but my life is kind of collapsing in on itself here so Ive been busy. Im preparing to make some big life changes here. My Father has been not well after pancreatitis left Him with a colostomy bag in a bad spot and He is very dependant on my Mom for everything...

Hi everyone! UPDATES! So last week my Callsign showed up in the FCC database and I have been HAMMIN' IT UP LIKE CRAZY! First off, heres the conclusion to the problem topic of this thread: -Short answer, I fixed it. All 3 of my Baofeng UV-5R radios had the exact same firmware so I dodged a...

Thank you. Ive been looking eery day and Im either doing it wrong or it hasnt shown up in the database yet. So back on the subject of this thread. It looks like I am now picking up the repeater. What I just dont understand is how the offset is wrong in my radios menu. I just dont get it. Its...

Thanks for all the input guys. So theres a few things I should clear up after readin eferyones posts. -I dont have money to buy a generator AND have the electrician run power out to the greenhouse garage. It would have to be one or the other, but a generator to me seems way more practical...

I have been successful at transmitting between my radios using the murs channels. I didnt think to mention it because they are completely different channels then the repeater. Also because Ive been able to get other channels like the local ems dispatch. The squelch is set to 2. Always has been...

I was definitely using an older version of chirp for the programmed list in my radios before I uploaded them into the newest version of Chirp with wi dows 10. Ive been doing all this programming on a week old laptop with wi dows 10. Before that, it had been at least several months and on windows...

Ok 4x4Junkie, I went back and reread your post while double checking my program list. So does everything look like its supposed to to you? Here is a link to my local area repeaters info I got online, as a reference http://k4rc.net/repeaters/ It says there doesnt need to be a tone added all the...

The videos gonna take a long while to upload. Please let me know if any other screenshots or pictures will help. Thank you again for the help guys!

Heres the pics. I also took a video that I will try to post a link to. I really hope I explain it well enough. It is a video of me going through the radios settings for both frequency mode and channel mode for the 146.760 local repeater.

In just a moment I will post shots of my radios display screen. In channel mode, the A band is KBZ4IN and it is the local repeater which is 146.760. In frequency mode it will also be in te A band(top of display) and will just read 146.760. As you will see, the offset and other characters are...

4x4Junkie, thank you for that information. Ive read it several times over and will probably read it another dozen times to let it sink in. So heres an update because some people are asking questions Ive already answered a couple times. -I AM running the program list that was originally in the...

If I wanted a generator setup that can power large tools, my house when the power goes out AND take with me camping, should I consider buying 2 identical smaller generators rather than 1 large one? This way I could run 2 linked together for my house, 1 or 2 for tools and just take 1 with me...

And I also now realize that using the term "solid" was a poor choice of words as it might seem confusing seemingly asking for something that runs on a solid gas. By solid I mean, very reliable, bulletproof, good to go, built like a brick $#!?house etc etc. Thank you.

Hey everyone. So I need 240v service at my house to run an air compressor, welder etc and I just got a quote of around $1200 to have that woro done to some existing electrical in my greenhouse that I converted to a garage...kinda. Well I also lose power at my house all the time so Im thinking it...

Ok Im gonna address everyones input in order. 1. Ive checked at least a dozen times and the plus or minus offset in the chirp program IS correct. 2. Yes the list has blank cells, but every channel works except for channel 1 and those cells were blank when I uploaded the list FROM the radio to...