GMRS licensees that benefited from Riley’s activity in GMRS over the last three or so years ought to take a moment to thank him for his work before he retires. Just a suggestion.

We do not know if the FCC is going to continue assist GMRS with complaints. The only activity the PRA currently involves itself in is the occasional enforcement complaint from members and non-members throughout the USA.

Regardless of how you feel about the FCC Riley has done his best for us. Please let him know. I’d be happy to forward your emails to him. Send them to my email address at [email protected] subject line: THANK YOU RILEY! and I will send it on.

I have a low-level repeater on 462.550/467.550 located at Plum Point. The first two CTCSS tones I used are in use somewhere because throughout most of southern Maryland I can bring up another 462.550 repeater (maybe 2.)

Over the last few weeks I’ve tried calling a control operator or repeater owner on this system to no avail and it has no CW ID active when the repeater is active. The repeater I hear is quiet. No users.

Does anyone no where it might be, who the licensee is? I’d like to find unused tones that I can use. In fringe areas I bring up both my repeater and the mystery repeater.

Thanks!

On the Chesapeake Bay one can find the US Army Vessels and the US Merchant Marine using GMRS inputs. Astounding when you think of the regulations radio officers and captains on said vessels must have to follow. Very puzzling indeed. What this means is that our own U.S. Government is confused, not just the FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.