https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/roanoke_gmrs_fieldsetup.csv

Or all bands

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/roanoke_allbands_ar5rm.csv

On your AR-5RM:
🔧 Turn ON Dual Watch (TDR)
Menu → TDR → ON
🔧 Assign VFO roles:
VFO A: Channel 1 (ANCHOR-GMRS)
VFO B: Scan channels (10–41)
🔧 Set scan mode:
TO (Time Operation)
🔧 Squelch:
Level 3–4

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/roanoke_dualwatch_ar5rm.csv

🎯 Daily carry mode
A: 462.550 repeater
B: scanning
👉 You’ll hear:
Repeater traffic instantly
Plus anything new discovered

🔁 Alternate mode (ham focus)
Switch A to:
146.520
👉 Now:
A = ham calling
B = everything else
🔍 Discovery mode
Let B scan:
20–41
When it stops:
Pause
Listen
Log it

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/roanoke_missionprofiles_ar5rm.csv

🎯 Driving
Channel 1 or 2 as anchor
Scan 1–6

🏔️ Mountain / long-range
Anchor: 20
Scan: 20–25
👉 Best from:
Mill Mountain
Bent Mountain

🏙️ City
Anchor: 40 or 41
Focus on UHF
👉 Better building penetration
🔍 Discovery mode
Scan 60–66 only
👉 This is your repeater hunter mode

POWER STRATEGY (huge difference)
Driving → High
Mountain → High
City → Medium if possible
Discovery → High
👉 Adjust to conserve battery

⚡FIELD WORKFLOW
Example day:
Driving → Profile 1
Stop at overlook → switch to Profile 2
In town → Profile 3
Hunting repeaters → Profile 4

⚠️ Why this works
Instead of:
One giant messy scan list ❌
You now have:
Context-based radio behavior ✔
👉 Faster scanning
👉 More hits
👉 Less frustration

ROANOKE RF QUICK CARD (GMRS + HAM)

=== PRIMARY CHANNELS ===
GMRS CALL:     462.650
GMRS RPT:      462.550 (107.2)
GMRS ALT:      462.675 (123.0)

HAM VHF CALL:  146.520
HAM VHF RPT:   146.940 / 147.150
HAM UHF CALL:  446.000

=== LOCATION → CHANNEL ===

[MOUNTAIN / HIGH GROUND]
→ 462.550 (primary)
→ 146.520
→ 147.150

[DOWNTOWN / BUILDINGS]
→ 446.000 (best)
→ 462.675
→ 462.650

[SUBURBAN / HILLS]
→ 462.550
→ 462.650
→ 146.520

[DRIVING / MOBILE]
→ 462.650 (primary)
→ 462.550
→ 146.520

[RURAL / VALLEY]
→ 462.550
→ 147.150
→ 146.520

=== FAST DECISION RULE ===

HIGH GROUND? → VHF or GMRS RPT
IN BUILDINGS? → UHF (446.000)
MOVING? → GMRS 462.650
NEED RANGE? → REPEATER

=== SIGNAL EXPECTATIONS ===

S7–S9 → Excellent (mountains)
S4–S6 → Usable (suburbs)
S1–S3 → Weak (valleys)

=== QUICK TROUBLESHOOT ===

No signal?
→ Move higher
→ Step outside
→ Switch to repeater

Broken audio?
→ Try UHF
→ Change position

No contacts?
→ Call on:
146.520
462.650

=== PRO TIP ===
HEIGHT > POWER
A hill beats a better radio every time.

Generated a pocket card

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/roanoke_verifiedmaster_ar5rm.csv