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Man, I had to screen grab this one for posterity. I call this "internet gold". LOL

Thank you very much for the advice on the gear section on the repeater listing. I have a strong connection with my base and mobile to the Alexandria repeater I discovered after taking your advice. The Alexandria repeater owner also made me aware of a repeater he owns in MD which is even closer. I tried both repeaters and now have coverage between my base and mobile through the entire DC metro. Thanks again for all your help!

I can hit several repeaters in my area (north east San Diego city), but they are extraordinarily quiet.

If you were testing into an antenna rather than a dummy load, that can introduce a little variance as well. I've seen differences of a few watts comparing different antennas and a dummy load.

FCC is very broad in their rules about one's extended family. I like to joke that they only disallow "outlaws" in their rules.

Yep...point being just because it says 50 on the license doesn't mean you need it. You know.

How dare you sir! You think that making fun of the internet "experts" is funny??! Good.. Because it is! Just beware the butthurt.

If what that person said is "the FCC does not allow new GMRS repeaters", then that person lied to you or is an idiot - likely both.

Thats not the real-world that I live in, so i'm glad to see that for everyone like me not in an RF-heavy urban environment, the radios dont "suck" .. Because at first, based on your statement, us non-techy people might have misunderstood you to be saying "they suck", which it seems is not the always case, so thanks for clarifying.