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Then the stupid bastard should respond to their emails.

You'll learn not to take many of his posts seriously.

Should be fine. Is the conduit on a slight grade to drain water? Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Pardon me for saying so, but that response seems like it conveys a disproportionate amount of paranoia.

Our Jeep Club, Two Rivers Off Road, is moving to GMRS from CB. We are long time Members and Trail Guides. The current ride is a '06 LJ Rubicon with 4" of lift and 33" Coopers. Glad to finally be able to post.

Placed a Retevis Ma01 2 piece fiberglass on top of aluminum telescopic flag pole..approx 21 ft high. Ran coax down pole to ground into 10 ft of conduit to corner of house then in thru the wall to radio. approx 60 ft of kmr 400 . question is it okay to run that 10 ft underground in conduit ? sealed both ends to prevent surface water from entering pvc pipe.

IA | Council Bluffs GMRS Club Directory for Channels COUNCIL BLUFFS GMRS CLUB-SPECIFIC CHANNELS 01 Primary Channel 02 Weather Reporting Channel 03 Traffic Reporting Channel 04 Secondary Emergency Channel 19 Traveling Channel NON-CLUB / GENERAL CHANNELS CHANNEL 15 > Omaha Metro Area Channel CHANNEL 17 > Secondary Weather Reporting Channel CHANNEL 20 > Emergency Channel ! ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS ! > While Channel 20 is said to be the Emergency Channel but can also be used as the travel channel, we will enforce it as the primary Emergency Channel. Using a channel designated by other GMRS users as the Emergency Channel is heavily frowned upon by the Council Bluffs GMRS Club.

Marc and All, So sorry I will not be in town for this event on the 13th and sad that I will not be able to pig out at Carrabba's! Hope to meet and socialize with you all at the next NOVA GMRS event as I continue to get acclimated with GMRS. Regards | Peter | WSIC582

If being like everyone else is the definition of sane, I'm content to be crazy. Using a post card instead would be more friendly.

Because the reality of everyone being able to very quickly look-up where they live will hit them. and.. Because they would likely realize that anyone obsessive enough to look up their callsign, find their address, and write a letter for something so un-necessary is clearly a very socially unbalanced and possibly mentally-ill person.. that now knows where they sleep...

What @SteveShannon said. However, Baofeng Tech has branched out in recent years and are having some equipment made to their specifications by other companies. That's probably why they have kind of backed away from Baofeng Tech in favor of BTech. As a general rule, the Baofeng products they sell are a bit more expensive than from other suppliers, but they often have a couple of extra features and they do back up their products and provide support for them.

Why?

If someone sent a letter in the mail requesting access i guarantee the repeater owners would be horrified

What Steve said, plus Baofeng the company is actually Pofung. Not that anyone in America cares as long as it still has Baofeng on the front label.

They are not the same company. Baofeng Tech is an American company formed to import and sell Baofeng radios. Their goal was to add value by providing on-shore service for the products they sell, unlike many of the other sellers of Baofeng.

Newby here. Baofeng and baofeng tech. Are they the same company? How are they equipment wise?

He was pointing out the channels that he thought were in that range, all of them are 467MHz channels and none of the channels in the radio were 467MHz. His mistake was he looked after the decimal and matched up the 467MHz frequency when there are also 462MHz frequencies with the same decimal frequency. There are no .5 watt channels in the radio.

I’m not sure what you think he got wrong, and it’s certainly possible, but there are no 467 MHz range channels in FRS which allow 2 watts. 8-24 are in the 467 MHz range, but they’re limited to only 0.5 watts ERP. The 462 MHz channels 1-7 and 15-22 are two watts. The eight 467 MHz Main Channels in GMRS (generally reserved for repeater inputs, Fixed Stations, and short term testing) are not allowed in FRS.

What makes you think it’s different from any other USB-A to USB-C cable?

https://www.cobra.com/products/performa-radio-programming-cable One of what I thought was its advantages just vanished; it requires a special programming cable and not just any old USB-C will do.

I can't think of any reason it wouldn't work, but I can think of all kinds of reasons it wouldn't be allowed.

I don't think Iran ever did depend on the U.S. for anything electronic.. China and Russian has been their main supplier and that doesent appear to be changning anytime soon..

Yes. If you don't have a flat metal surface to use as the ground plane then you need to use a non-ground plane type. Examples would be on a fiberglass boat or some people have off road Jeeps with a plastic cap or cloth cover for the cab. Generally no.

Other than one might look slightly better on paper, there's no real world advantage of one over the other in real world use. Too many other variables come to play such as mounting considerations, feed line, and the position of the stars on any given night. Best to install what works best for you intended use and not dwell too much over what the "experts" say.