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That's fine. One needs to understand the differences of FB2, FB4 and FB6 to really see the light here. The point it is...a repeater does not run itself, so a licensee and possibly the one that owns it will be the one using it. The transmitter is not required to be located on the license. The real way to track it...if they did was through the call sign of the user...and I don't know any owners that wouldn't, at some point use their own repeaters. In the Ham service it's always been the thing to have a IDer on the machine...in commercial I saw very few. I can say I have seen a 15 mile circle where a licensee in GMRS had 3 repeaters on the same frequencies, each with a different input PL and none of them ID. If they did they would put out the same ID. It's not just a cut and dry deal...

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I just received mine and have had it a couple of days. Have compared it to the BTech GMRS-v1. This radio blows it away. RF performance is amazing and I can hit all of my local repeaters from inside my house. One of them almost 30 miles away. The circuitry is way superior to the radio on a chip unit. Wish the buttons were rubber instead of hard plastic. Screen viewing angle isn’t that great either. But the little cosmetic flaws aside it’s RF performance justifies the cost completely.

Hey and Welcome to GMRS, Your MTX115 should allow you to access a repeater! The steps can be found on page 23 of the user manual,https://midlandusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/MXT115-Owners-manual-Final-24Oct16.pdf Ill walk you through step by step though Press the menu button to open up the menu, Use the channel up/down buttons to find the letters rP in the menu, Press the monitor/scan button to open the rP menu Select on and press the monitor/scan button to accept the input. Clear out of the menu and scroll through the channels, you should find channels 1-7, 15-22, then 15-22 with the RP icon to the right of the channel number. Now we need a repeater to go into. Well pretend your using mine, the process is the same for any repeater, you just need to plug the repeater info in where my repeater info is. Ill underline and bold my info so you know what needs changing I want to use the 6750 repeater pair, Looking at page 26 of the manual we see the 6750 pair is Ch 20RP. Go through the channel list until 20RP is displayed on the screen. Most repeaters use DCS or CTCSS/PL codes to control access to the system. You should know what codes you need to access the repeater you plan to use. Mine happens to be DCS205. Press Menu to open the menu list and scroll to Pt. Press the monitor/scan button to open the PT menu. Select CTCSS/PL (displays a little sideways S) Or DCS (looks like a block wave symbol) We need DCS for the example so thats what we select. Press Monitor/Scan to accept your mode. Now you can scroll through the different codes in the particular mode. Page 27 of the manual shows the list of codes and their corresponding display number on the radio. We need the DCS chart here. We look at the code columns first until we find code 205. The number to the left of 205 is 30. We use the channel up/down buttons and scroll until 30 is displayed, then press monitor/scan to accept. At this time, you can exit the menus and you should see the following info on your display: The channel number you wish to use, The RP icon to the right of that number, and either a sideways S or a block wave symbol. If all of those are showing, and you entered in the correct information, you should be able to access the desired repeater. If after all this you find you cant get in, I have some troubleshooting tips: Check all the info you have is correct, and has been properly entered into the radio. Note this radio does not support split codes. Check that the antenna is properly connected. If using a mag mount antenna be sure it is attached to a metallic surface. Check the power settings, if your 10 miles away, low power may not work. If all else fails, try another repeater or changing your location. It could be that your information is out of date or you are just too far to reach the intended repeater. Hope this all helps (*** Note to admins, the PL code was changed to comply with forum rules that I forgot about when origionally typing the post, Sorry for any confusion but now this is a pretend repeater)

the super has a different corrugation to make it more flexible as opposed to the standard, both can go over a roof edge but make sure it is properly secured. as to the drip loop it can be done but don't kink it or you'll have to cut and terminate at that point. I will grab some "scraps" I have laying around and post some pics of bending radii, that way you might have a better clue as to what to expect when you do the work.