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Just a little updating here. GMRS repeaters (which use the same receive frequencies as FRS channels 15-22 if your radio has them) do not strictly require ident

Just a little updating here. GMRS repeaters (which use the same receive frequencies as FRS channels 15-22 if your radio has them) do not strictly require identification (the Morse code you hear), but many do it anyway as good practice. Users ARE required to identify every 10 minutes of conversation (and at start of conversation). It’s really fun to learn Morse well enough to catch these IDs. FWIW, GMRS licenses generally (always? I think) start with W, and are seven chars long; the first four are letters, followed by three numbers. Some idents follow ham conventions and are followed by “/r” meaning “repeater”.

dragontamer 5y ago
> Some idents follow ham conventions and are followed by “/r” meaning “repeater”. One of the few things I have caught is that the end of the Morse code is: Di-dah-dit (or "r" as you mentioned). So that makes sense! > followed by three numbers All letters are 4-or-fewer dits/dahs. All numbers (0 through 9) are 5x dits/dahs exactly. I've caught the pattern of 3 numbers in there for sure, but I'm not competent enough to know what numbers they are exactly. I'm good enough to count "oh, 5x dits/dahs" but not translate (or even remember the dits/dahs after they're sent) Its not like this repeater warns me before it sends Morse code. It just sends it all in maybe a span of ~5 seconds, so its one of those things thtat I probably need to be trained in Morse Code before I can just remember / write down what was transmitted. Fortunately, it does seem to send it every ~15 minutes or so (I haven't timed the exact pattern quite yet, so maybe it is 10 minutes like you suggested...)