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Forgot to add: on all three of the 50X2 units, none of them would output more than 28Watts or so. when i contacted BTech i was told it was because I was not using a dummy-load to measure... Later, when using a dummy load to test, the output was the same. Every KG-1000G i've used (plus friends units that I have tested) all output ~46-51 Watts...

The difference between 136.5 and 141.3 is what? About 5%? Probably within the tolerance of that Retevis repeater's tone detect circuit. I would try setting the repeater to a PL of something like 203.5 and see if that fixes the issue.

It might be impractical. The 6 db antenna might be a 5/8 wave antenna and the lower gain might be a quarter wave. If you want to see what it takes try simulating the high gain antenna and then see what it takes to make it into a quarter wave. Personally I would try the antenna you have. If it works well enough just use it. Otherwise sell it and buy the antenna you want.

My KG-1000G radios put out between 46 and 50 watts. The Midland MXT500 I had was from a bad batch and would only put out 38 watts on high. One of the guys in our local club has a BTech UV-50x2 and he is wanting to install it inside of his center console. We have all told him not to do that along with saving up for a better radio. I haven't heard very many say good things about the BTech UV50x2 or UV50x3 radios. The TYT-7800 is a pretty good dual band 2m/70cm radio for those on a budget. And it is hard to beat the Wouxun KG-1000G when it comes to GMRS mobile radios. And if you want only a single mobile radio and do not care about it being Part 95 certified, then the TYT TH-7800 is a good one for that without breaking the bank. It is easily unlocked through the official TYT programming software. I actually run a TYT 7800 and a Wouxun KG-1000G Plus in my vehicle.

Oops, the actual cable loss is really 2.14 dB. I'm not saying that I made a mistake a few days ago in measuring the loss, lets just say that I measured the loss a lot better today than the other day.

Well, I’m assuming some things based on squinting just right and experience with friends’ Siri transcribed sms messages. I really don’t know.

[emoji445][emoji441]…..“Looking for love in all the wrong places….”

Dude, work on complete sentences.

Interesting. Maybe changing your repeater's tones to DTCS instead of CTCSS would stop the cross-contamination. Just throwing out ideas.

Beer is a helluva drug.

Here's a power divider with N connectors that are sealed by soldering then in place. All possible ways for water to get in are soldered. I can put this on the bottom of the Mariana Trench without wrapping and no water will get in. Let's see you do that with SO-239s. Even Marconi wouldn't use PL-259s

Oops!!! Self-edit, gonna steer clear of politics. [emoji1787]

The person whose GMRS license posted this message (Darre Fisher in Lynchburg, Virginia) is a petite lady who teaches at a Christian pre-school. I suspect someone else used her name to obtain a GMRS license or looked up her license and used the public information to register here. Another similar poorly worded post appears elsewhere on the forums. The poster appears to be desperately attempting to call a Walgreens truck driver back. Hopefully this gets straightened out, but I don’t think there’s anything we can do to help.

Had a few cocktails before posting? [emoji23]

In fact, neither “weatherproof” nor “waterproof” actually mean anything in the absence of quantitative data. They’re marketing words, meant to attract customers rather than tranquilizing them with the language actually used in standards. For instance, “waterproof” means nothing without some kind of data about water quality, water pressure, and period of exposure. Fortunately, Amphenol knows the value of standards and they included the standards the two N connectors comply with. The “weatherproof” one has passed mil std 202, method 106 which is very stringent. It’s a short standard, totaling only a few pages describing the torture to which these connectors have been exposed. https://landandmaritimeapps.dla.mil/Downloads/MilSpec/Docs/MIL-std-202/std202mthd106.pdf The other N connector, which Amphenol attaches the marketing phrase “Extreme Exposure” to has passed IP67, which means it can be immersed in fresh water for thirty minutes at a depth of up to one meter. Now I don’t know Leo’s exact circumstances, but I doubt that mast on top of his building ever experiences the extremes reflected by either test listed above. Certainly if the connectors are immersed he has problems worse than SWR. And I agree that the connectors should be covered with glue lined heat shrink if they’re going to be mounted permanently. I’ve never said different and neither has tcp2525. So let’s stop arguing over the meaning of marketing language and take away some actual knowledge.

I have not used the 50x3, but I have had three 50x2's (basically the same thing).. all three failed within a year or so... Over the last 5 or 6 years I have had 5 (one for each jeep, one for the house, 2 to make into a repeater) KG-1000G's and they all still work today.

Don't drop it then.

The RX only on channels 55 and above (in GMRS mode only) is not actually in the manual at all. But it is a thing that I and others have confirmed. Again it is only in the GMRS mode that it locks you out of transmitting in 55-199.

That's what the Chevron Deference was about. Agencies pumping out regulation and then they get to be rule maker, regulator, judge, jury, and prosecutor along with them keeping the fines they impose on people/companies.

You are correct.. But just because a government agency says so, it does not necessarily make it "the right thing"..

This is true and I would have sealed the connectors anyway. I would wrap brass connections too.

The Comet antennas have plastic connectors with rubber washers that seal the pieces and I still wrap them just like I wrap coax connections. All materials will expand and contract depending on the temperature. wrapping the antenna joints might not be 100% necessary but it sure doesn't hurt and gives a little more protection from the elements. I have seen water get into weird places with 50 mph plus winds.

I use the Radioddity UV-5G Plus as the radio model for the Baofeng in CHIRP. It works well, also.

I don’t recall anyone suggesting they shouldn’t be wrapped, but Amphenol sells them as weatherproof and even has N connectors listed as suitable for extreme exposure. https://www.amphenolrf.com/rf-connectors.html?applications=638350

Have you ever seen an N connector? If not, you might want to reevaluate that statement. I'll take a properly installed naked N connector over a totally wrapped PL-259/SO-239 any day of the week in the harshest weather.

There was another guy who literally changed his GMRS license several times (at a cost of $35 each time) because he kept getting called out for things. He’d start all over again. I know I can be an insufferable jerk sometimes but I can’t imagine going to that extreme.

I like my Q10H for the most versatility, but I'm sure i would prefer some of the better Ham radio manufacturers if i really delved into Ham. Just got a KG935G Plus and its pretty awesome for GMRS, love the features and i really couldn't find anything equivalent. Even without a budget.

About as close as we get on the group of us that hang out on Ch 19 hereabouts is using our Firstname and then the numbers on our call signs, as in, "hey Joe 690 are you out there?" "Yo Dave 283, yeah, what's up?" After that we converse and then ID at the 15 and EOT as required by the regs. That way if there's more than one Joe or Dave out there (and there usually is) we can differentiate who we're looking for.

I have a Radioddity MU-5 that I like so far. I might get a Smiley Stick for it. I had a Btech MURS V2 that I returned, because I just wasn't happy with it. It was actually not a bad radio, but I just didn't care for the lack of a dedicated WX mode and the fact that you had to turn it off and on to switch between channel and VFO mode. The lack of scanning in VFO mode was the deal-breaker for me. These aren't really reasons you buy a MURS radio, but I like having them and when they aren't present or they don't function the way I think they could I can't help but think there are better options.

Since CB died, it sure would be nice if there were a way while driving long distances to put out a call to random strangers to ask how the road is ahead, and warn people about speed traps!

Now there’s and idea, a lunchbox repeater mounted on a semi. Antenna up on top of the cab.

As a commercial fisherman I have been monitoring 16 on marine vhf for 30years and like the idea of a gmrs channel to monitor for "hailing and distress " so 19 it is for me. WRFU 414 standing by on GMRS 19 in Alaska. Although I'll still be scanning to.