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Interested in GMRS and Need Advise

Location is embedded in your phone. Forgive me if I used the wrong geek speak.

This. Turning location off does not turn it off for Google; it only turns it off for third party apps.
Guys, I may not be the most tech savy but unless you have a link explaining your theory, I believe you are incorrect. Other than triangulating cell towers, if your location services are OFF, they are OFF. Here's an article you may find useful.
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-get-google-to-quit-tracking-you Note this sentence: Google will only collect data for your Timeline if you have location services turned on. On iOS, it'll only populate Timeline with all your activity if you have Google Maps set to always collect location data (Settings > Google Maps > Location > Always).

And again I'll ask, if you think "Google" is tracking you all the time, then is your intent to simply never use your phone away from your house? If so that's fine, I'm just trying to understand the goal. GMRS are great for field use but like most public radio, once line of sight is broken the effective range plummets. Here's an enlightening chart on useful range vs advertised. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2016/12/gmrs_radio_range_chart.html
 
And again I'll ask, if you think "Google" is tracking you all the time, then is your intent to simply never use your phone away from your house? If so that's fine, I'm just trying to understand the goal.
Correct. The goal would be to leave home the phone but still have a means of communication to home from up to 10 miles away. It seems like a repeater network would be necessary since point to point is only good for under two miles.
 
Correct. The goal would be to leave home the phone but still have a means of communication to home from up to 10 miles away. It seems like a repeater network would be necessary since point to point is only good for under two miles.

Reaserch GMRS in your area. look for some forums or google hits. Many of the GMRS channels have repeaters from what I have gathered in my little research. You may be able to make it work with a decent radio and antenna.
 
Location is embedded in your phone. Forgive me if I used the wrong geek speak.

Guys, I may not be the most tech savy but unless you have a link explaining your theory, I believe you are incorrect. Other than triangulating cell towers, if your location services are OFF, they are OFF. Here's an article you may find useful.
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-get-google-to-quit-tracking-you Note this sentence: Google will only collect data for your Timeline if you have location services turned on. On iOS, it'll only populate Timeline with all your activity if you have Google Maps set to always collect location data (Settings > Google Maps > Location > Always).

And again I'll ask, if you think "Google" is tracking you all the time, then is your intent to simply never use your phone away from your house? If so that's fine, I'm just trying to understand the goal. GMRS are great for field use but like most public radio, once line of sight is broken the effective range plummets. Here's an enlightening chart on useful range vs advertised. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2016/12/gmrs_radio_range_chart.html

And while there certainly isn't an agent listening or tracking you personally, all communications on a carrier are intercepted and recorded.

Even if you turn your phone off but still have a battery with a charge, your phone can be used to record and track you.
 
Location is embedded in your phone. Forgive me if I used the wrong geek speak.

Guys, I may not be the most tech savy but unless you have a link explaining your theory, I believe you are incorrect. Other than triangulating cell towers, if your location services are OFF, they are OFF. Here's an article you may find useful.
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-get-google-to-quit-tracking-you Note this sentence: Google will only collect data for your Timeline if you have location services turned on. On iOS, it'll only populate Timeline with all your activity if you have Google Maps set to always collect location data (Settings > Google Maps > Location > Always).

And again I'll ask, if you think "Google" is tracking you all the time, then is your intent to simply never use your phone away from your house? If so that's fine, I'm just trying to understand the goal. GMRS are great for field use but like most public radio, once line of sight is broken the effective range plummets. Here's an enlightening chart on useful range vs advertised. https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2016/12/gmrs_radio_range_chart.html

And while there certainly isn't an agent listening or tracking you personally, all communications on a carrier are intercepted and recorded.

Even if you turn your phone off but still have a battery with a charge, your phone can be used to record and track you.
 
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Now, I'm interested in using 5W GMRS handhelds for communications from the grocery store or wherever to my home. I will not be investing $100s on setting up a base station or personal repeater. My goal is to use two 5W GMRS handhelds and a GMRS repeater service for off-grid comms. I've been looking at https://nggmrs.org as they seem pretty close to my location (Decatur area). Would this work, or are 5W handhelds not going to cut it? Thanks.

Yes, they're good guys. You need three things: (1) a license, which doesn't require a test and covers your entire immediate family (spouse, parents, children, brothers & sisters); good radios which you can buy from Gary who runs NGGMRS; and learn the protocol for how to use the repeaters or how to use the radios simplex (radio to radio).
 
Yes, they're good guys. You need three things: (1) a license, which doesn't require a test and covers your entire immediate family (spouse, parents, children, brothers & sisters); good radios which you can buy from Gary who runs NGGMRS; and learn the protocol for how to use the repeaters or how to use the radios simplex (radio to radio).
But being nine miles to NGGMRS's nearest repeater (Forest Park), is that a non starter for a 5W HT? NGGMRS did have a repeater in Midtown only four miles from my house and would have been perfect, but it got shut down a few years ago due to site owner issues.

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Firstly:

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Now, I'm interested in using 5W GMRS handhelds for communications from the grocery store or wherever to my home. I will not be investing $100s on setting up a base station or personal repeater. My goal is to use two 5W GMRS handhelds and a GMRS repeater service for off-grid comms. I've been looking at https://nggmrs.org as they seem pretty close to my location (Decatur area). Would this work, or are 5W handhelds not going to cut it? Thanks.


what you wanna know, I have both and amateur radio license and a GMRS license, I also used to work on and program commercial radios
 
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