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I'm glad I have been a positive and helpful voice... but are you sure you are thinking of the correct site? You are not a moderator or admin so you can't delete posts or threads and this site doesn't have a "block" feature. The most you can do is hide someone else's posts from your view. Even if you hide someone else's posts, everyone else can still see the posts and you can still select to see any individual posts you want, by clicking on a link where their post placeholder is. Just trying to help and find out what's up.

I did not see the posts in question. However, I am very surprised to hear about snarky criticism on this forum. This is probably the best behaved online group or forum I have ever participated in. Yes, I have seen a couple of disagreements, but even then, the discussion was always fact based and never mean spirited. Is it possible you are being a little sensitive? That has actually happened before, and when the issue was noted and people explained their views and why they had posted them, the problems vanished. And, on a few rare occasions, the criticism of the poster was justified, behavior changed and we all moved on. Just my 2¢ worth.

Hey John, can you PM me the info as well? I had both but I think you've changed PLs over time. You can list the repeater as Member's Only so people know it's private.

sound like it is need of some tuning or its in CSQ

Start with a good quality 1/4 wave antenna on an NMO mount. If you find there are stations that you hear, but weakly, then try a 3db gain of some type. Lots of recommendations on the forum. But, most likely, you will be fine with the 1/4 wave.

Now Mr. E., I am an advanced member that has been here for almost 4 years, and I am not able to 'block people' or 'remove posts' on this forum. Perhaps you are thinking of some other forum. ...or perhaps you are full of hot air, and/or being overly sensitive. That's as snarky as it is going to get around here.

No disagreement. Only a reminder to readers of a point @Jones made earlier. There is a place for thin cables, particularly in a mobile environment. Also, in a case where the radio is at a window and the antenna line goes out the window and a few feet up to an antenna. Noted in these forums before, but always important to keep in mind: Perfect is the enemy of good. If someone deployed 50 feet of RG58 to their antenna and can reach all the repeaters and mobiles they want, then that is probably a good time to stop.