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Just get a Cat 5 or Cat 6 extension cable: https://a.co/d/fJtoY4p

Purportedly.

thats the way i would do it.. They do have bigger DC Power stations with of course a bigger Price tag. Now remember a decent Lithium battery with relative long aH are very very pricey... Ask me how i know. I have about 1200 aH of Lithium in my RV and that was almost a 10Karot bill. I do power a DC repeater which is like running a LED on that system

Imagine the chaos if a certain person knew who keeps down voting all of his posts As of now he can only point his finger at every on the forum.

I need a straight (not coiled) 3'-5' microphone extension; one end male, the other female. It looks like a Cat 5 plug on the front of the radio, if that helps. Many thanks.

They are to a price point and are bringing in a lot of new interest because they are accessible. All good things

OK, I am hiding until the admin sees this and deletes. You probably forgot that's a prohibited subject here. A bunch of us did and the admin came in and "cleaned things up"

On YouTube he's a star . Around here, he's just another GMRS user.

I do it all the time.

And secret upvotes as well.

I believe that would not be permitted by the FCC’s interpretation of the regulations.

It was not obvious because my statement is factually correct and yours is, at best, irrelevant! Your making a statement about “features” of the DB20-G in Chirp that you admit you have not even tested! But whether it works or not in Chirp, transmission on Channels 8-14 has been available on the “opened” DB20-G since Day One! No need for testing in Chirp! Furthermore, IMHO, transmitting on Channels 8-14 at 20 watts and/or Wideband FM, is morally reprehensible! The ONLY time one should be doing that, if at all; is if they heard a weak signal on Channels 8-14 requesting EMERGENCY help!

A 10 amp cigarette lighter/accessory port definitely will not be enough to power a 50 watt radio when transmitting on high power. I would not try to use the accessory port on any type of portable power station. Like a few of us have already stated, get a LIFEPo4 battery and wire the radio to it.

And secret downvoting is better?

The part I quoted. (that should have been obvious)

That’s really an expensive, inefficient, and possibly inadequate solution. First, it’s fuse limited to 10 amps DC at 12 volts, so it possibly won’t work for some 50 watt radios. Of course you could use it to power your radio by plugging a switch mode power supply into the AC outlet but then you’re accepting the inefficiency of the inverter to produce 120 volts AC and also the inefficiency of the switch mode power supply. So you lose several percent of the energy in the battery. Just get a decent LiFePo4 battery and put it in a plastic ammo box. Or buy a ready made one that isn’t designed around a 10 amp fuse.

Because that might lead to jealousy, anger, rage or violence ....

It is not clear to me what point of mine you are disagreeing with here. I have previously linked to a “GMRS” codeplug for DB20-G use consistent with Part 95E rules after “opening” the DB20-G. Transmission on Channels 8-14 on a mini-mobile is NOT consistent with Part 95E.

Hey, so My friends and I are building out a Meshtastic network with a bunch of cheap nodes built out of LoRa dev boards, solar panels, 18650 batteries, and Walmart plastic boxes. They don't have the best antennae or the best chips, but you can build them for about $20 each, and scatter them *everywhere* (with permission, of course). I had a thought about using this mesh, or one like it, to link GMRS repeaters to get around the hills and mountains we deal with here. The data rates theoretically top out at about 5kbps, but that should be fine for raggedy old HT voice communications, and data is, well, data... Anyone given any thought (or practice) to building a LoRa/GMRS modem?

Why do we not get notification, or a way to view, who up/down votes our posts in Tech Discussion?

the best thing you are going to find to power a 50W mobile is a 12V Power Stations, something like a Jackery. https://www.amazon.com/Jackery-Portable-Explorer-Generator-Optional/dp/B082TMBYR6/ref=asc_df_B082TMBYR6?mcid=7f28bbf116d332b5a61334e5c66268fe&hvocijid=2180212101588683819-B082TMBYR6-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2180212101588683819&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031792&hvtargid=pla-2281435179778&th=1

No it ain't! (if it works) You can keep all your other GMRS channels and (maybe) use those for something else, including the standard GMRS channels.

If you are transmitting at 50 watts, a regular brick (ca 10 Amp-Hours) may not remotely give you the 60-some watts it takes to transmit. And even if it could, and you assume a perfect system (spherical radios in a frictionless vacuum, perfect connections, perfect antenna, etc.), you'll be able to transmit for less than an hour, and you can only do it once, because running completely flat might not entirely kill a lithium battery, but it will drastically decrease its capacity (You'll likely have effectively destroyed the batteries by the second time). Just get a low-end power station that's intended to support residential use. You can get little (100ish watt) ones for less than $200, and they have AC outlets, and both usb and lighter-12-volt ports. For the best efficiency, make your own 12 volt plug, because that usually has the least voltage conversions being done, so you get more time on your bank, and most "mobiles" run on 12v. Plus, if you run out of juice, you can charge it in your car during a beer-run! Of course, if you only have to walk it a little way, you *could* just buy a Marine battery, and wire directly to it. Cheap ones can manage 80-90 Amp Hours (from which you can probably use 50-60 Amp hours without killing it), and there are thousands of charging options...

Chirp has been instrumental in helping “unlock” certain GMRS radios that come from the factory locked down to satisfy FCC requirements. The Baofeng UV-5X(G) comes to mind. Since the DB20-G has an easy procedure from day one to “open” it using its keypad, using Chirp to enable transmission on Channels 8-14 is superfluous.

Great Question.