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If you take the lightning arrester out does your SWR go back down?

I have tried everything from firmware, to reset, to ptt+Star+power on reset, to using cps, and chirp, and copying the files from my only working tdh3. Nothing fixed my transmit issue. The dead or no output radios will work a few hundred feet apart but they all register no wattage on my meter. Learn from me!!! Don’t waste your time on trying to get them to work. You won’t. I’ve wasted HOURS messing with mine and still no joy.

I have a question, the swr on my base radio has changed after installing a UHF lighting arrestor in line on my antenna cable (rg58) at the antenna mast. It has gone from 1.5 to 2.4. I double checked my fittings ( installed pl259 solder/crimp connectors ) for continuity with my multi meter which gave me a reading of 002 . A very slight bit of resistance . I did the same check on both sections of cable with the same readings. The arrestor is designed for uhf, it's the gas cartridge type ,I have a ground wire ran from it to a common ground stake where several other antenna are grounded. I know an swr of 2.4 isn't the end of the world,but I'm at a loss as to the increase.

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@M5Fan - any luck getting to that repeater? Did any of the ideas and suggestions give you any answers to what you might need to do?

I'd try the mag mount in the attic first, but hitting that distance with a handheld in an urban area is going to be a challenge.

Exactly what I meant by intercom.

Ahh... bummer.

I guess you can tell what was on my mind while typing that. It's been fixed.

Just wondering why you are hell bent on finding out the address of the owner of an unlisted repeater that the owner obviously has not listed and probably uses for his own communication needs.

Excellent Typo there. Touch what?

There is no requirement that a GMRS repeater owner list their repeater information here on this website, or any other website. Why get fixated on finding out information that that repeater owner has not made public? Who cares??? What if the owner only puts it on the air when he knows that he will need to use it himself to communicate with those he has already shared the information with? I agree with @OffRoaderX, go outside and get some fresh air and sunshine. I would also recommend touching some grass as well. Just don't bring your radio with you!

Geezus phorking Khriest ... dude... Go outside and get some fresh air and sunshine.

Another reason I started this thread is that repeater in question publishes its call sign, via Morse code, where owner's name does not match listed postal address based on the public records. I was able to trivially find and talk to the owners of all other repeaters I can hear in my area, but not this one.

Programming an output which matches its input is nothing other then open repeater advertisement.

I went from unlicensed to AE in one session, like Steve, and was issued a 2X2 callsign as well. Also, this is how the Sequential Call Sign System is currently structured, according to the FCC. https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service/amateur-call-sign-systems

Yep, I agree that fits - 2 base stations operating under the fixed station rules. [If you used 462 you'd be doing the same thing as a base station, but you'd potentially be fighting repeater output.] It's still not exactly clear why they felt it necessary to define a separate station type. But that's OK if we find a use for it.

Imagine I will. Let’s say you have a home and down the hill from this home you have a shop. You and the wife would like to have the ability to call each other on the radio however the shop is a big metal faraday cage of a building and your HT don’t make it. Also she prefers to just have coms with you and isn’t really into additional chatter. You set up external yagi antennas between the two buildings to remedy the metal building issue and point them to each other. Now you set up two mobile radios, one at the shop and one at the house and set them for 15 watts or less on output and program them for simplex on one of the 467 MHz main channels which you are allowed to do as a fixed station. Set some tones if you like, just make sure you aren’t setting them for a local repeater input tone. You now have yourself a pair of fixed stations with less chance of outside interference where you two can communicate. “Hey you better come up to the house and clean up. Your brother and sister-in-law are gonna be here for dinner in an hour. Over”

Not exactly sure it'll help. I'm in a very noisy area. Lot of DMR chirping in. And the high gain antenna isn't helping. The KG1000G+ isn't helping out with knocking down the noise with it's better selectivity as I had hoped. The radio might end up in my truck and put the XS20G back. I'll have to see how the wife feels about it since it's primarily in her work space all day. Even with the tones on the DMR chirps through for a burst here and there and she's not happy about it. With the old radio it happened, but it's happening more with the 1000. Time will tell. Plus I need to hunt down that DMR source and see what the heck it is and if they are above board or not.

A man that knows his stuff! That radio is going to sing with the new Heliax! Congrats on the new radio.

Just thrown on a fold down secretary desk. No real organization to it. Just made it fit. The new power supply and radio are bigger than the old so it's more cramped. The radio is just on it's mobile mount laying on the table, it has the angle adapter on the display as it comes from the factory.

@SteveShannon Ah, beans. That's what I figured but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something simple. Thanks for your help! @Socalgmrs Interesting, I'll have to read up on that. What's not accurate about the SWR on a handheld and would they typically read high or low on an HT? I got the meter just make sure I didn't have anything Obviously Wrong (like low/no wattage or abnormally high SWR) even if it wasn't particularly accurate. Regarding the repeater, I'm about 25 miles out from it. Listening with a second radio, the repeater acts like like someone kerchunked it (I think that's the term). I'm not sure I have clear line of sight to the tower so I figured there's just too many obstructions for a 5W handheld to deal with. A little disappointing but I'm not too concerned. Gives me an excuse to build a base station sometime down the road.

I know. The XS20G had no fan, and is sealed IP66. Ya, it's 20 watts, I got a good one that does 26 watts. Never had an overheating issue and at times I blab.

i would give the AnyTone AT-D578UVIIIPRO a look at.. I gave my grandson one of these as a gift, its a great radio.. And they are unlock able

An h3 with issues? Really? So you seam to have 2 things going on. 1 Not hitting the repeater with any of the radios. If your programming is correct the only other thing would be distance/line of sight. 2nd measuring swr on an ht is not accurate at all. But it should atleast do something similar to the others. Bad radio? Probably. id send them all back asap and get some better radios. Note, better, not more expensive.