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The traditional use of the word “skip” applies to hf radio signals bouncing off the ionosphere. UHF doesn’t do that, but it does propagate long distances sometimes when there’s a temperature inversion which causes tropospheric propagation, also called tropospheric ducting.

It has been universally agreed to by some, and decreed by the Queen of all that is GMRS that channel 19 shall be the unofficial Official Road Channel for GMRS. So it is written, so shall it be done... Bear in mind that "some people" will vehemently disagree and argue to the death against this, but just remember that they are wrong.

No, if it’s a ground plane antenna it needs to couple to either the roof, hood, or trunk lid somehow (or a sheet of conductive material of some type), otherwise it will not receive well. But it can do so capacitively even through a layer of paint or thin plastic or rubber. I’m saying it doesn’t need to be an DC electrical connection that can be verified with an ohmmeter. Because it’s RF a layer of paint isn’t an impediment. Nobody sands off the paint to use a magnetic base, right?

We get tropospheric ducting on our 2m, 70cm, and GMRS repeaters at times. It happens more on the 2m repeater than it does with the other two repeaters. Conditions were just right a couple of weeks ago that we were getting traffic from a repeater in Michigan. They actually got upset at us and told us we need to change our repeater setting. We also hear a 2m repeater from Kansas and another from Illinois at times too. All of our repeater antennas are on a local radio station tower. The 2m and 70cm antennas are at 900 feet above ground while the GMRS repeaters are at 400 feet. Our repeaters are located in central Missouri. While tropospheric ducting happens more on VHF, it can and does occasionally happen on UHF.

It is simply not necessary to have DC continuity between an antenna base and the body of the vehicle. Magnetic bases have no DC continuity to the roof and work just fine. The RF connection is easily made through paint. However, with that said, an intermittent electrical connection between car body parts and an antenna base can cause static interference. You will see people bonding car parts together using short braided jumpers in an effort to minimize noise.

After you install the software, you should have an icon on your home-screen and/or START menu.. You set the compatibility options by changing the properties of that icon.

Are you sure it's not a linked repeater system? That seems like far and away the simplest answer here. What channel are you hearing them on? You could hear them on, say simplex Ch20, but if you were trying to talk back on that frequency, even with the correct PL, you won't reach them if you're not going through the repeater close to you.

I am running CE27 V1.08 for Windows on a Windows 10 Home (22H2) .. I have it set to run in "Windows 7" Compatibility mode and it runs fine. I am also running the same version on a M1 Silicon Mac, via Parallels running Windows 11 for ARM (64Bit), with no problems EXCEPT i can't connect/program the repeater due to driver issues with the cable and Windows 11.

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You people don't count.

As the esteemed gentleman from the California Central Coast ( @WRUU653 ) pointed out: I never contradict myself. Had you been paying attention you should understand that GMRS Channel 16 is for OFF ROAD as proven by the mathematical formula (4 X 4 = 16), and the OP is asking about the official HIGHWAY channel.. A highway is a road, and off-road is not a highway. Do better next time.

The difference is in this thread he isn’t referring to Off Road. The question was about a highway channel. Or as stated Hi way. Which I like to think is a pun for the intended communications.

just a minor decorum note - just ham, not H.A.M. Tech license is super easy and General is worth an additional few minutes of study. May subjects and questions overlap on the tests if you are lucky. You can easily do this.

Some people get triggered by the strangest thing,,,,,,,, off to figure out how to turn on my Rodger beep

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Yup sounds like tropopheric ducting. Vhf and uhf pass through the ionic sphere where hf bounces off it (skip). Yes, I know 11m is technically also vhf, but it's low band vhf. Tropo occurs a lot more in the spring and fall. But can occur early and late summer. Not uncommon to get NY and parts of NC in the fc area when it occurs. Our tropo tunnels are more n/s directions due to the mountains and ocean. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk

Is it possible that you are getting bled on by a repeater more close to yours and that the people in Indiana you hear are on a linked system that a more local to your repeater also is on?

The fact that there are so many new CB radios out now (some of them not cheap, either) leads me to believe there is a big CB market. Companies like President, and a lot of the cheaper CCR-type manufacturers, are coming out with all manner of new radios, including handhelds, thanks in part to the addition of FM. I don't think they would be putting that much R&D and production effort into CB radios if the market was fading. Someone's buying them.

Since you do not understand the difference between overall market share and market share for "programmable radio users"; you should definitely stick with Windoze! Good luck!

Yes. And as indicated by your multimeter, there is no continuity between the center conductor and the outer shell, which is correct.

@koni13 meet @OffRoaderX, the queen of all things GMRS.

It’s not as simple as that. Some of the thirty GMRS frequencies listed in four different groups have specific limitations for power and bandwidth. The easiest way to ensure you comply is to purchase a radio that has been certified for GMRS. A better way to think of this is to understand that your license doesn’t license you to use specific frequencies, but rather to use certified GMRS radios. There are amateur radios that are not certified but allow you to transmit on GMRS frequencies. It’s highly unlikely you would be cited; almost nobody ever has been. I don’t know if the UV-82 is one. Personally I buy GMRS radios for GMRS. It’s just easier. And I buy amateur radios for amateur radio use. That way I don’t even need to think about it. If someone tells me to use channel 20, I know what exactly they mean. Repeater channels only need CTCSS or DCS tones added because they’re already programmed.

It is important to point out that the rules posted by the esteemed Mr. @SteveShannon above, apply ONLY to FCCs part 95 Approved "GMRS" radios. Because the UV-82 is not an FCC Part-95 Approved GMRS radio and is instead a H.A.M. radio, EVEN IF you have a GMRS license, you are not permitted to by the FCCs to transmit on GMRS frequencies - and it is very likely that the UV-82 will not even allow you to transmit on those frequencies. Failure to follow these rules will, per many online experts, WILL result in a $10,000 fine OR up to 10 years in prison!

I ended up getting the lowest-end Dell laptop I could find and put Windows 10 on it to run my Motorola XTL/XTS and Vertex 7000 programs on it. For everything else I use CHIRP on my Mac or use the Windows versions of the radio manufacturer's programs on my Mac via Parallels and Windows 11 for ARM.

All the extra power will really do is shorten your battery life. Your range will not be significantly greater. If you’re buried in vegetation it might help.

If you’re transmitting to the repeater while standing next to your wife while she’s listening to her radio, her radio might be desensing as a result of your transmission. That doesn’t explain why others on the repeater don’t hear you. Transmitting with the wrong tone would explain that, but you say you’re hearing the repeater pick up on your wife’s radio. It’s difficult to diagnose for certain but it sounds like a combination of desensing and possibly incorrect tones. Drive closer to the repeater. Separate from your wife (distance not marital status). Don’t give up. It’s not intuitive at first.

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The duplexer is small and it can easily be removed from the VXR7000 if you know how to run a screws-driver.

You cannot get it from Motorola, so your best bet is to get it from someone that has it - and they have to have the "installer" - if they just have it installed on their computer you can't just copy it over. Usually SOMEONE in most H.A.M./GMRS groups will have it.. You might be able to get it from whoever you get your cable from, no guarantee, but you can ask. Get the newest version you can get. I have the newest version (don't recall the version number) and I can only get it to run on Windows 10 - it will not work (correctly) on Win11 and I have read that most people have no problem with it on much older versions of Windows with 32bits. You don't tune the duplexer unless you know how, and you have the correct equipment - and if anyone here tries to tell you otherwise because "it's easy", you should ignore that person. Find someone in your local GMRS/H.A.M. group to tune it for you or pay $50 to your local radio-shop to do it for you.

It has to demand to see the manager

I have used alot of those antennas for control stations on towers. They work well for that use. I'm runnign the VHF version for my APRS Digi at home also with great results. All of my repeaters run folded dipoles of some brand. They also hold up very well in harsh conditions of the NE.

The official and unambiguous answer is: The FCC, based on their public record of enforcements clearly does not care, so why would I (or anyone with a life) care?

How do you set it to “no transmit”? Or is it just low transmit power?

I keep my Roger Beep on - when someone complains about it, I remind them that its my radio and nobody is forcing them to listen to me.