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PASS - Best Thing That Ever Recently Happened, Is That The FCC Mobility Division Clarified A Long Over Due Ruling On The Linking Of GMRS Repeater Stations...... Like It Or Not - GMRS Repeater Linking Is Only & Mostly Supported By Those With Small Roof Top Repeaters Wanting To Talk Distances, Those That Are Unable To Take Or Pass A Ham License Test, Or Repeater Owners Wanting To Engage In A "For Profit" GMRS Operation. Time For All To Get Over This.......

Spent most of yesterday cleaning up and fixing more of the JK from our last JJ Uhwarie trip. Wife got to apply her "band aids" to the damaged metal. I got to replace the driver steel brake line from the ABS unit to the rear of the jeep. Ya me. Even prebent stuff is a PITA to install. Also did the 3rd pressure wash to get mud out and off it and replaced a ton of the plastic clips on the front fenders. Laslty installed a new amazon ccr AM/FM/BT/Car play radio. We mainly wanted to be able to stream from our phones and old radio only supported the aux port (no usb) and the AMFM was broken. Today need to get it loaded back up and take it for a spin. Cumberlands in a couple weeks.

No thank you ! Ham radio has everything you are looking for. No need to change the intended use of GMRS. The ham test for tech is very easy. WRKL858/KK4THK

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I do like the duel PTT as well. The one thing I wish the Q10H/G had is an indicator if it was the top or bottom channel that received last. Helps when responding to a call when you weren’t looking at the screen.

After drinking some of his dad’s hooch

@WSDU214 I will also suggest using some guy rope to help guy the 10 foot pole from moving around or falling over. You will want a rope that is UV resistant. This is what I use for guy rope and it works well. 1/8 inch Black Dacron Polyester Cord - 500 foot spool Here is a photo of how I guyed my 6 band HF cobweb antenna. I used a satellite j mount and an 8 foot piece of fence post. The tie off point for the guy ropes is a few inches below the antenna.

I can't really add anything to what has already been said regarding coax etc. Regarding the antenna, and your need to raise/lower it in storms, I am in a very windy area, where we can consistantly get 20-30 mph for days, and have seen gusts to 70mph, so this was my concern regarding antenna etc. Hindsite what it is I would have put the antenna up another 5ft, however I did not want to attach much supporting hardware etc. (guywires etc). I only put the antenna up about 10ft, but given our elevation here is around 4000ft its kind of relative. The repeater I work out of mainly is around 6500ft so it seems to work well. I have attached a few photos on the tilting mechanism I use, there are much cheaper setups its just what I went with. I use the antenna in conjunction with a antenna switch, which when in the COM location it grounds the antenna, I was more concerned about static discharge than direct lightening. your situation may be different. Best of luck

I talked to someone on both repeaters after i removed the receive tone. Yes. Yes. ~60 miles. No.

I don't know, you tell me. So lets try this, you tell me the best had held fully capable radio to buy and i will. Better yet you buy it for me program it and ill pick it up from you.

I didn't realize the Q10's don't have that function. I rely on that with my 935G+ when monitoring two frequencies.

And you base this on?? How many have you actually touched/used/tested? I have had 3, and although not the fastest, they were very accurate. Also, still waiting for your response on those two or three other threads asking for more information to back-up your r&tarded claims and opinions.

Awesome. Thank you very much for this feedback. I was looking at the Stick Pro and it's actually in the cart at HRO right now so I guess I will stick with it.

I have one. It's a good radio. But I like the Q10G/H better. The Q's functions are easier for me to use, also the many display text color choice, I can choose one that is easier for my color blindness to see. The Q is also water proof and the dual PTT on the Q is easier to use than the 9GX.

Are you guys using the latest version of CHIRP Next? Are you making sure that the programming cable is pushed all the way in? I have used CHIRP to program the UV-5R GMRS and GT-5R radios I own without issues as long as I make sure the cable is pushed into the radio all the way. I also have programmed a couple of UV-5RM radios and UV-9R radios again without issues. I used the latest version of CHIPR Next and the OEM Baofeng programming cables for all of them. I programmed the two UV-5RM radios a couple of weeks ago and programmed the UV-9R radios yesterday. Note: the UV-9R uses a Motorola type connector and not the usual Kenwood type connector.

I've had this radio for about six months and have had no issues with it. It's a bit expensive as HT's go, but the reception and build quality is excellent. I found that most of the added frequencies programmed into the radio as to the area I live in had no real use. So I downloaded and saved the original .img file using CHIRP to my computer and programmed the radio to my liking.

I’ve reported this to Rich. He’s the only one who can answer.

I have two of them. I bought a used AA-600 from one of the local repeater owners because it was a good deal even though I already have the Stick Pro. The AA-600 has a larger screen. The Stick Pro is small and convenient in a go bag. Plus the Stick Pro has Bluetooth and I can see it with my phone. I helped a friend put up an antenna and I attached the Stick Pro right to the antenna and we would tune the antenna then put it up in the air and I could see what the SWR was in the air. If I could only have one I’d keep the Stick Pro. It’s the black thing right at the bottom of the antenna in the picture:

I used to paint professionally for about 12 years... the most stable extensions I've ever used were Wooster Sherlock GT poles. I swear you could do domestic demolition with them or even defend yourself from velociraptors if it came to it. But I like the setup. Nice.

Once you propose how to prevent hogging all repeater channels I will sign. Without the hogging limitation, this just solves one thing and presents a new problem in its place. Ursula K. Le Guin's Lathe of Heaven

Please consider putting the link below on the MyGMRS website. I encourage everyone to sign this petition. https://www.change.org/p/demand-fcc-to-allow-all-network-connections-to-gmrs-repeaters-and-radios Demand FCC to Allow All Network Connections to GMRS Repeaters and Radios

There is nothing 'wrong' with this radio, but it is very fiddly and has a lot of options/knobs/dials/bells, and whistles.. If you like that stuff, you'll love this radio. My experience has been fine, but I prefer a less complex radio.

In practice those readings are so close I would not have given it a second thought.

If the VNA is accurately calibrated it will probably be more accurate than an SWR meter. Unless you are using something like a Bird meter with the right size slug, the directional RF coupler in most consumer SWR meters are non-linear in detecting the very wide range of RF power that’s transmitted forward and being reflected at low SWR. The good news is that it really doesn’t matter much at such low SWR values.

After recently programming a ham radio with a few sets of frequencies for listening, as it came with none pre-programmed, I decided to export the sets I made and post them here to save others the duplicate effort. Just download these files, then from CHIRP go to "File > Import". A few things to keep in mind: These files use Windows/CRLF line endings (hopefully this never makes a difference). I don't condone transmitting on these frequencies on with a ham radio (especially on the weather radio frequencies as they are for public safety), but am providing relevant notes should you dare do so. On this note, CHIRP does not export or import the "Power" column, so be sure to set power levels manually as noted (should you dare use a UV-5R on, e.g., GMRS). In a similar vein to 2.1., the "Comment" section you will see when importing describes settings you may have to set manually. I hope you find these helpful! I have only been able to test these files with several Baofeng models: UV-5G, UV-9G, UV-5R+, and UV-5RTP. Regardless of make and model, please let me know if you run into any issues. GMRS Channels gmrsChans_20220706TZ.csv Taken from a Baofeng UV-9G's defaults with tweaked names. NOTES: Channels 1–7 should be set to no more than 5W. Channels 8–14 to should be set to no more than 0.5W. Business Channels (UHF, Motorola CLS Series Enumeration) motoCLSBizChans_20220707TZ.csv Taken from the manual for the Motorola CLS1110 and CLS1410. This channel numbering scheme of 56 frequencies is used by several business radios, such as the aforementioned Motorola models, Advantage AWR series, and to my vague knowledge, some Kenwood and Midland business radios. NOTES: All channels should be set to no more than 1W. Business Channels (UHF, Motorola CLP Series Enumeration) motoCLPBizChans_20220707TZ.csv Taken from the manual for the Motorola CLP series. This channel numbering scheme of 90 frequencies is a superset of that used by the Motorola CLS series. NOTES: All channels should be set to no more than 1W. Weather Radio Frequencies (in order of allocation) wxAllocs_20220707TZ.csv Weather radio frequencies, with the first 7 numbered in the order in which they were allocated over the decades ("WX" order). This differs from, and includes more frequencies than, the numbering scheme used by most weather alert radios made since the early '00s; these tend to use the main 7 channels in ascending frequencies, available below. NOTES: Never transmit on these frequencies. These are for public safety (especially during severe weather events and other natural or man-made hazards). If you cannot disable transmitting on these frequencies on your radio(s), set power to the lowest setting possible to mitigate an accidental transmit should it occur. I have disabled scanning on these channels because weather radio stations operate 24/7/365. Weather Radio Channels (the main 7 in order of ascending frequencies) wxChans_20220706TZ.csv The 7 main weather radio frequencies, numbered in the order of ascending frequency ("Channel" order). I believe this channel order is mandated for weather radios wishing to be Public Alert™ certified. This differs from the numbering scheme used by many weather alert radios made before the early '00s, many handheld radios, and many handheld transceivers; these tend to use the "WX order", available above. 162.000MHz, 163.275MHz, and the 161MHz frequencies are omitted because they are not official weather radio channels in the United States (nor part of the Public Alert™ standard to my knowledge). NOTES: Never transmit on these frequencies. These are for public safety (especially during severe weather events and other natural or man-made hazards). If you cannot disable transmitting on these frequencies on your radio(s), set power to the lowest setting possible to mitigate an accidental transmit should it occur. I have disabled scanning on these channels because weather radio stations operate 24/7/365. Midland's "Extra" FRS Channels midlandExtraChans_20220706TZ.csv Based off-of a table on RadioReference's wiki. Channels 23-36 tested against a Midland T77A and confirmed working; channels 37-50 do not exist on this model so those are untested. MURS Channels mursChans_20220715TZ.csv Based off-of the text for Part 95J. NOTES: Make sure your radio's bandwidth does not exceed MURS' odd (with respect to GMRS) maximum bandwidths. For a Baofeng UV-5R, this means you can only transmit on MURS channels 4 and 5, and you must do this on narrowband mode. All channels should be set to no more than 2W. Keep in mind FM is not the only transmission mode allowed on MURS. (MURS is weird.) Changelog (dates and times in UTC): 2022-07-06: Added Midland's "Extra" FRS channels (only channels 23-36 have been tested and confirmed working as the only radio I could test against was a T77A). Added MURS channels. Populated the comment field in all rows of all files. These contain information on bandwidth and max TXP (transmit power), and other relevant information (bascially each row's respective "NOTES" bit). 2022-07-07: Introduced a set of business frequencies used by the Motorola CLP series, which is a superset of those found on the CLS series. Renamed the original business channel set from "bizChans" to "motoCLSBizChans". Removed redundant set of asterisks from "wxAllocs" for WX01. 2022-07-15: MURS channels 4 and 5 shared the same Location column value in the CSV, causing channel 4 to be ignored. Fixed.