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Just had a power outage and lost all my long winded response. Here is the short. Thank you Corey for taking the time to answer the questions for me.

This is a myth. There are still a LOT of TV stations using low band with ATSC digital transmisions, and there will continue to be. What was freed up is everything above UHF channel 36. All of that area has been re-assigned - mostly to cellular services. TV channels 2-6, 7-13, and 14-36 remain unchanged in frequency allocation.

I miss being out west. Almost unlimited wheeling. And generally people took care of what we had. OHV parks arent my cup of tea but thats all we have in Texas. Public land is a rarity here. I spend a lot of time in Arkansas around the Ouachita Ntl Forrest. Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

DB-404 in the attic of my 2 story condo, simplex base to base 25 miles and repeaters 45 miles. http://mwgmrs.com/mygmrs/uhfbase2.jpg Fed with 1/2 hardline http://mwgmrs.com/mygmrs/hole.jpg Into a custom wall plate with N female bulkheads. I have a UHF, VHF and Scanner antenna up there. http://mwgmrs.com/mygmrs/wallplate.jpg http://mwgmrs.com/mygmrs/scanner.jpg http://mwgmrs.com/mygmrs/vhf.jpg

Yes was replying to the OP as I too have a RAM Power Wagon.

Power wagon is a Dodge, not a Jeep.

Do you have a balcony? I’m in an apartment, but have a balcony. I just ran LMR400 (several) and put my antennas out there, lol. I figured it was better to ask for forgiveness than pernission. Landlord did ask what they were and I explained amateur radio and GMRS. (I used angle telling her it’d still work if power and all else lost, which would as I have backup power.) She thought it was neat and even asked if I could setup some wireless bridges on rooftop (two buildings here) for their IP cameras. Easy peasy! Hoping to get brownie points and maybe sweet talk her into letting me set my antennas up there, lol. I’d put them in center roof, where can’t be seen from ground, so nobody could see, else might be seen as “tenant favoritism”. Even though, my landlord loves me, anyway. Mainly because I’m a veteran and she loves all veterans. I’m not complaining. :-)