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That defies the odds big time, hitting something that far away without seeing it first. Probably time to make an appointment with your optometrist, or just be more careful driving next time! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) ...

https://www.amazon.com/Nashua-Multi-Purpose-Length-Width-Aluminum/dp/B002EX855S also available at home depot use it all the time to make ground planes in fiberglass vehicles.

Normally you can turn the lobes without cutting the tape. It should spin 90 degree's with no issue. Last resort use Scotch 33 and you would be OK. Just wrap extra wraps on it.

Phew... no more Baofeng assassins... lol

Agreed. Bonus points for using moot.....and correctly! Seeing that screwed up bugs me.

Thanks for clarifying, G. I have the enhanced displays, so I'll edit my post above to make this clear.

On a club run today others started telling me my transmissions were very crackly with a lot of static and cutting in and out. After a bit of fiddling, I realized that it is the key switch on the mic. If I key the mic and wiggled it with my thumb, it introduces a bunch of crackling and static, as if there is a poor connection. I'm 95% confident that this is the issue. Has anyone else had problems with their transmissions being static-y or with their mic? I'm doing a bit club road trip in two weeks and I really want to have this radio working! Edit: After a bit more fiddling I am now less certain the issue is the key switch in the mic. It just seems to be producing a lot of static when the mic is keyed, but without a different mic to test, I can't be sure that it is related to the key switch.

It's a moot issue now since Rich has removed the display of callsigns from the forum software... ?

Exactly, myGMRS would be another option in Chirp for pulling in frequencies. You'd log in just like RadioReference and select the repeaters you want.