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Originally Posted by Cushak
Are radios like the Kenwood TH-G71 compatible with 'bubble pack radios'?
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Bubblepacks are better in one respect - CTCSS is built in whereas on ham sets they have to be set manually. CTCSS is subchanneling or privacy (which it really isn't). I tend to go on n.0 channels on FRS or GMRS because CTCSS is such pain to program (even on the new radio).
'Compatibility' isn't a term I'd really use - all radios are designed to send and recceive so in that respect, they are all fully compatible in order to speak to each other.
The problem you were having was that someone was trying to use a UHF/VHF radio without programming their CTCSS to whatever the bubblepack radio was set to, so it appears that the bubblepack radio isn't receiving, when in fact is, its just the without the CTCSS tone, the squelch isn't opening.
If you don't know what I am talking about, research it and if your ears begin to bleed, stick to bubblepack radios.
