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That's fine. Marketing “lingo” aside, proper wrapping/sealing is all that’s required regardless of connector type is all i’m saying. There is nothing wrong with pl259/so239 if installed properly. Spending money on N connectors is not really going to change anything or be a magical “permanent fix”.

Well, I’m assuming some things based on squinting just right and experience with friends’ Siri transcribed sms messages. I really don’t know.

Oops!!! Self-edit, gonna steer clear of politics. [emoji1787]

[emoji445][emoji441]…..“Looking for love in all the wrong places….”

If you say so. I'm glad you seem to have their decoder ring because that is some word salad

The other post sought frequency information:

Maybe they hope the Walgreens truck driver is on myGMRS

The person whose GMRS license posted this message (Darre Fisher in Lynchburg Tennessee) is a petite lady who teaches at a Christian pre-school. I suspect someone else used her name to obtain a GMRS license or looked up her license and used the public information to register here. Another similar poorly worded post appears elsewhere on the forums. The poster appears to be desperately attempting to call a Walgreens truck driver back. Hopefully this gets straightened out, but I don’t think there’s anything we can do to help.

Rugged Radios has licensed several VHF and UHF Business Radio Service frequencies for use in Northen and Western Arizona, South Eastern California, and Southern Nevada for off-roading use with permission. These freqs are used without any tones. While off-roading in the Kofa Wilderness Area a couple weeks ago near Quartzsite, I noticed 3-4 of their VHF channels were busy with quite a bit of traffic. We did notice a lot of Side X Sides in the area. I haven't tried monitoring the Rugged Radios UHF channels because the group I was with uses GMRS 16, with DPL, and I usually don't like scanning with the same radio because of the traffic by our group. I also noticed some off-road traffic on one of the Itinerant VHF freqs. inaddition to the Rugged Radios VHF freqs. I was a little surprised that VHF freqs were bring used by other off-roaders instead of GMRS freqs. I'll have to make any attempt to monitor the other Rugged Radios UHF freqs. to see if those channels are being used. I use to hear CB AM traffic on Ch. 16 while off-road, but haven't heard anything lately on the CB while off-roading.

Dude, work on complete sentences.

Had a few cocktails before posting? [emoji23]

Trying call Walgreens truck driver back to veayeven bad two fucking cell phone and headphones

Please Walgreens dispatch frequency OR truck driver CB radio or gmrs radio Walgreens truck Lynchburg City please ffisher1977@gmail.com like to radio

Forgot to add: on all three of the 50X2 units, none of them would output more than 28Watts or so. when i contacted BTech i was told it was because I was not using a dummy-load to measure... Later, when i using a dummy load, the output was the same. Every KG-1000G i've used (plus friends units that I have tested) all output ~46-51 Watts...

In fact, neither “weatherproof” nor “waterproof” actually mean anything in the absence of quantitative data. They’re marketing words, meant to attract customers rather than tranquilizing them with the language actually used in standards. For instance, “waterproof” means nothing without some kind of data about water quality, water pressure, and period of exposure. Fortunately, Amphenol knows the value of standards and they included the standards the two N connectors comply with. The “weatherproof” one has passed mil std 202, method 106 which is very stringent. It’s a short standard, totaling only a few pages describing the torture to which these connectors have been exposed. https://landandmaritimeapps.dla.mil/Downloads/MilSpec/Docs/MIL-std-202/std202mthd106.pdf The other N connector, which Amphenol attaches the marketing phrase “Extreme Exposure” to has passed IP67, which means it can be immersed in fresh water for thirty minutes at a depth of up to one meter. Now I don’t know Leo’s exact circumstances, but I doubt that mast on top of his building ever experiences the extremes reflected by either test listed above. Certainly if the connectors are immersed he has problems worse than SWR. And I agree that the connectors should be covered with glue lined heat shrink if they’re going to be mounted permanently. I’ve never said different and neither has tcp2525. So let’s stop arguing over the meaning of marketing language and take away some actual knowledge.

The down side is not having TX on HAM if SHTF

I also have to figure out the mobile antenna. Since I live in the Blue Ridge mountains high gain will only benefit when I have few obstructions. I am guessing a 4-5.5 gain if I can find one to hit the G spot for the area. My BF8 hits the repeater sometimes but it gets patchy. Hoping the mobile radio and a good antenna reduces that. I have been on a hunt for a good one.

I had a feeling at 50w the chip would not last. Thanks for the feedback back.

Hi, Just got my mobile radio 25W (16W... actually) and would be interested in a club. But has to be in Denver metro area...or using a repeater. Would be good. Would even use my website/Google Calendar in order to plan meetings. WRXY704

I have not used the 50x3, but I have had three 50x2's (basically the same thing).. all three failed within a year or so... Over the last 5 or 6 years I have had 5 (one for each jeep, one for the house, 2 to make into a repeater) KG-1000G's and they all still work today.

The GM-21 is not on the CHIRP compatibility list: https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Supported_Radios You could try using GM-5RH, but no way I would try doing a firmware update that way.

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-1000g-plus.html?___SID=U or https://baofengtech.com/product/uv-50x3/ Hoping to use one of these for a SHTF and monitoring communications. I kinda like the Wouxun KG-1000G Plus because it is a heterodyne and a little more sensitive and clearer, but there’s a difference between the broadcast frequencies of the Btech which is homodyne off a chip. I know no one ever has an opinion on these forms but I thought I would ask. LOL

There are thousands of websites that say this. Google it. Believe what you want, but weatherproof does NOT = waterproof. An N connector will not solve your problem as it is not waterproof. But suit yourself and waste more money, and have this same problem again in 6-12 months. If you properly wrap your connections regardless of connectors, you shouldn't have any problems for a few years.

Hello WSGQ here and I'm having a problem with programming my GM-21 through CHIRP since it does not show up under radio selection. I have been told it is the UV5R since the configuration is the same..... or so ive been told. Does anyone have any ideas? Now using the tidradio wireless programmer i use the UV5G pro and it works, but i cant update my firmware using this method. Any help would be greatly appreciated

The difference between 136.5 and 141.3 is what? About 5%? Probably within the tolerance of that Retevis repeater's tone detect circuit. I would try setting the repeater to a PL of something like 203.5 and see if that fixes the issue.