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That’s correct. But RG-59 has been replaced by RG6. Sell it to someone for use on HF or lower. It’s just not suitable for VHF or UHF.

I’m just providing real life results in my situation and it was the same time of day. But, yes, two different radios. I’m trying to get a better picture of what and where different variables come into play in my area. I was able to use the MP-31 from this same street in the winter with less dense foliage.

I found a spot like that 17.5 miles from my repeater. Pretty much a foot either way and nothing. Amazing I even found the spot. And there's no way I should have even been able to touch my repeater with a mountain in the way. I know it's mine from the courtesy tone I use.

Yup, was too lazy to go look last time and couldn't remember. ends in 9 is 75 ohm ends in 8 is 50 ohm, right? Here's the roll of 50' I never used that I got with my kit. If I knew it was going to be this I wouldn't have ordered the kit.

No flames... but there are so many other things that could have contributed to your results. That fact that you didn't use the exact same radio for both tests, during the same time of day from the same location (I think), are the big items that come to mind. Slight movement can make a huge difference, too. I can stand in one spot in my driveway with my HT using 0.5w and hit a repeater 30 miles away... but if I move a few inches out of that same spot, I can't hit the same repeater with my 115w mobile and high gain antenna.

Thank you, Steve.

50 feet of RG-58 would attenuate a buttload of UHF RF.

A guy on one of the FB Groups for GMRS/FRS/MURS/CB posted: "I'm thinking off throwing out a call on my MURS Radio to see if anyone is around to talk, what do y'all think?" Besides the obvious reply about it being pretty much used for businesses for short distance comms. etc., my question back was, "what will you do for a callsign, given there are none for MURS; 'This is Cleanup on Aisle 9 monitoring, anyone around?' "

So although the output frequency is 462.550, the frequency you must transmit to the repeater is 467.550 MHz. That’s usually taken care of automatically if you select a repeater channel.

That's OK, I cheated and used the internet to do the calculation. Put in a wattage and it spits out a dBm and you subtract the dBm's and there it is.

At the risk of being flamed…I tried using a Baeofeng MP-31 (output of about ~2W) to reach a low watt repeater about 3/4 mi away in a heavily tree lined suburban area. Unfortunately, I was not able to successfully hit it. I swapped to a Tidradio H3 with the stock antenna and was able to hit and communicate through the repeater. This radio transmits at about 5W. Attached is a photo of the area I was walking.

That is the plan if/when I get the roof drilled for a NMO mount. I do plan on adding a backing plate to the underside of the cab roof. I would not want the roof to tear if I hit something with the antenna.

Yup,, Center of the cab and don't waste your money on those third brake light mounts. I got one on a deal on Ebay and after about a year it cracked at the antenna mount. Worthless hunk of $hit...

I wonder why GMRS users in Los Angeles are complete opposite. It's like the gates to the jungle their

If the roof top metal is that thin then consider some kind of backing plate on the bottom side to distribute the bending moment created by wind resistance on the antenna at highway speeds. No use in seeing the roof buckle around the mount if you can avoid it. I have a sun roof on my CX-5 so even if I wanted to drill a hole, which I don't anyway, there is precious little room. That's why I had the optional roof rack rails installed when I purchased it. The mount attaches to that. Even at highway speeds the 60 inch tall antenna isn't going to bend that wide rail. https://forums.mygmrs.com/gallery/image/473-close-up-of-mobile-mount/?context=new

After trying all weekend, I have to accept, that at 66, I can't do it by myself anymore Licensed GMRS person and I have a TID H3, and yes, it is in GMRS mode. I used it this past weekend, listening to a really cool discussion forum in NW Indiana and decided to try to dip my toes into GMRS repeater, so I asked for permssion to a local (to me, anyway) repeater and have been nicely granted access to PULASKI-550. Frequency is 462.550 Output tone is 141.3 hz Input tone is 110.9 hz I don't care how many times I tried putting this into the menu options that I "thought" required: 11, 13, 21, 23, et al, no combo would ever make this thing remotely sound like it was gaining repeater access. Can anyone help me with a simple guide to programming this repeater into my H3? I've tried various YouTubes and, of course, not a single one had anywhere near the setup I need for this repeater. Thanks in advance!

Well if he bought the kit like I did it came with 50' of RG59u (58?) which was horrible for UHF and the cable being that long.

What kind of range are you getting? If people can use it when they’re near, the most likely thing you have “wrong” is simply antenna height, as @LeoG said. The other possibility is that your signal is being attenuated between your antenna and your repeater. What is “50-3 pure copper coaxial extender cable for RT97L”? What cable type is it and how long is it? Perhaps the 50-3 refers to the length? 50 feet three inches?

As said NMO mount dead NMO mount dead center of roof. I run 1/4 wave on mine but all depends on use case.

I can tell you for sure half of the ones listed dont even exist. And the other half exist but are dead quiet.

Bump. Any one close to Bushnell, Fl that can check out my RT97L Repeater system? It is not putting out as far as I think it should. I think I have something wrong. Thanks Sig.

When I'm conducting tests (on air and not into dummy loads) I announce my call sign and "Testing" and when done, my call sign and "Clear". That way if I'm interfering with someone they can specifically refer to me by call sign to get my attention. If I hear a request for a radio check I'll reply with my call sign "copies you 5 by 5" or whatever reception quality I think I'm receiving. There's a couple of guys who rag-chew for several hours on .700 simplex every evening without ever IDing. Most boring conversation imaginable. My repeater ID's every 15 minutes if continually up, then 15 minutes after the last transmission and then goes silent until somebody keys it up again. There are some near me that ID every 15 minutes in both Morse and voice and announce the (incorrect) time regardless of traffic (and I've never heard any traffic other than the automated announcements).

Go to Control Panel (under your log in) and select Subscriptions. You get a much better deal paying by year. https://mygmrs.com/profile/subscriptions

Too new to know how to become one.... I am really interested in connecting folks in the Tidewater area (Virginia Beach, VA), more specifically the southside. The peninsula has a robust presence but we do not. I think we need to compliment the area for emergencies AND build the GRMS base here. So...let me know how I can pull this off getting to premium and start a club. 2/B) anyone interested, please speak up here or anywhere or on the FB page. DM me, whatever.

That’s a tee shirt right there!