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you should be good with the first option. I run similar on my F150 (6 NMO mounts). Rear is CB and VHF, front are all bands, and farthest front are UHF

I have one right here on my desk.. It's a nice upgrade the the UV9G.. The release has been delayed due to supply chain/shipping issues, but it should be available soon (my GUESS is 30-60 days, but this is only a guess).. Some new stuff on the UV9Gx: theme able color schemes much brighter LED flashlight stiffer knobs can receive down to 219Mhz more power control settings for better battery life a priority channel button, pre-set to the official highway channel, CH19 more pre-programmed frequenicies and most important a ROGER BEEP .................affiliate link below.. Oops.. sorry.. bad habit.

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2022/04/twrs-167-the-new-wouxun-kg-s88g-gmrs-radio.html https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-s88g.html More compact. More rugged. More GMRS. You get all that and more with the Wouxun KG-S88G. It's built with a superheterodyne receiver, full DTMF keypad and USB-C charging port. It's also IP67 dust and waterproof! feature packed and powerful, the KG-S88G is a GMRS transceiver designed for the most serious GMRS operator.

I received an email from Midland today that the MXT575 will be out next week.

GMRS is prohibited from being networked via the telephone network, which cell phones use. They can be networked via IP though.

Sorry, wasn't trying to be a jerk, I was just genuinely curious. One thing I have found out about GMRS (mostly from this site and other on-line forums, but also from checking out the local situation as far as repeaters and usage) is that it's very much a "YMMV" (Your Mileage May Vary) situation. As one can see by the number of folks that post and say, "I got my license but there are no repeater near me" or "I got my license and programmed the local repeaters but I don't hear anyone" there are many areas of the country where there is little to no GMRS activity. In other areas, there are multiple repeaters on each channel and LOTS of folks talking. The "normal" usage also seems to vary. In some places it seems restricted to family members checking in with each other; in others there are lots of conversations between different license holders, many of whom don't know each other, more like a ham repeater. There are even repeaters where they run a weekly 'net', again, more like a ham repeater. A quick look told me that there are nets on the myGMRS network too, but I'm talking about local nets. I am not personally familiar with the myGMRS linked network since none of the repeaters in western or central NY are linked into it. So you're not going to be talking to me unless you happen to be in my area and hit one of the local repeaters. So please educate me. Is the myGMRS network a good place to make random contacts?

Yes, that was my original first thought. The one time I was actually in the right place at the right time, and was able to get on the Texas Tech net via the national network the linked repeater in the truck came up in the conversation, and started the gears turning in my mind, but I'm to new yet to know the best, or even the worst way to implement the idea.

Overkill, perhaps, but that would be kind of a cool setup to set up one of those retevis portable repeaters as a node, connected to the network via cellular hotspot, and just use a handheld to talk into it and have the network wherever you go, including within short range of the truck.

With any luck, YOU, why do you ask??

I don’t know. I just want to make that clear up front. It may be noise from some device in your house or in a neighboring house (assuming you live near someone else.) But here are some things you can try to discover the answer for yourself: See if another GMRS radio is affected as well. If not, then perhaps it’s a problem with your radio. If another radio is affected or if you cannot easily check, then turn off all the power to your house. Do you still receive the static? If so, turn your house mains back on then turn off your breakers one at a time to try and eliminate the circuits that are not causing the problem. If you find a circuit that is connected to the static do some detective work to determine what’s plugged into that circuit. I would suspect an LED light or fluorescent light with a solid state ballast, a computer or other device. If turning off the whole house power didn’t help, go for a drive. Do you still receive the interference when you’re away from your home or neighborhood? Good luck!

Some of the early UV9GPro and the UV9GLite had Roger beeps, but IIRC, the bulk of the UV9GPro units do not have a Roger Beep.. Due to the outcry of customers from around the world, they added it back for the UV9GX. Mid power is now 2watts, high power is still 5watts.. I dont remember what low power is, but its the same as the the UV9GPro. I'm only telling you this because YOU are my favorite user here at MyGMRS ...

Yes - along with some amateur repeaters that also run reverse split - but not in GMRS, and still certainly worth questioning the information given when someone tells you that their repeater is going to Transmit on the 467.xxx, and Receive on the 462.xxx That's more than an "I screwed up". That's closer to "I didn't have a clue."

I'm sorry, but anyone who couldn't pick out the proper programming for a repeater (high/low vs. low/high) doesn't appear to be qualified to tune a duplexer. I'd also be curious how they managed to tune it to the "wrong" frequencies if you just flipped the high & low sides.

I was in the same boat and i was also going the KG1000. Thank God they were out of stock when i decided to purchase and in the meantime i started looking at alternatives. This was conclusion. 2 KG1000 roughly close to $800 Antenna and feed line $300 Power supply $120 after i got to this point $1200 i decided to look in another direction. Retevis RT97 $500 plus antenna and feed line again close to $1K and the retevis is nice , self contained and portable but the power is laughable for the price. Everything has it's place and this RT97 is good as a portable repeater but not for a home environment. Looked in eBay and found a used Vertex Standard VXR 7000 price range from $395 to $600 mostly without duplexer. Chinese duplexer about $150 tuned and delivered so this was looking like the best option with a good proven and reliable repeater. I found by chance a VXR 7000 with the duplexer for about $500 and i pulled the plug and got it.Antenna was $206 with tax of amazon and 75' of cable was another $100. I got 2 top rail poles from home depot and installed the antenna at 20' high and at that range i am getting close to 20 miles from it. I also bought a tower so the antenna will be soon at 60' and that should give me more coverage. I might have spent close to the price of doing the KG1000 repeater but i have a true repeater that is doing exactly what it was designed to do instead of putting parts together. I will not tell you what to do but from my experience you will spend less money buying a repeater than making one out of radios unless you already have the radios on hand then you will be saving some money if not then i think my route will be cheaper and more reliable.

The KG-1000G setup will have more output but a "real" repeater like the VXR7000 with only half the power, has much better (almost 2X) range - probably because the internal shielding which reduces desense, and the better/high-quality duplexer.. you COULD spend the extra money on a KG1000 setup for a better quality duplexer, but that gets costly. The Retevis outputs far less power than either setup, but gets about the same range as the KG1000 setup.. Roughly 30-40 miles to a mobile radio, even further to a base-radio.

I agree. I added the Rugged 575 to this as well a few months ago for this exact reason. I left it as private/closed too but with my email to use it. I gather that hams use this website the most (I'm not a ham) but I figured it'd be ideal to get my GMRS repeater on there so they can see it if they decide to get a GMRS license