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Picked up the KG 1000G Plus to use as my base station to complement the repeater I have at my shop. The repeater makes it fine into the house but sometimes the house has a hard time getting through the trees to the shop repeater. Going from 20 to 50 watts is only a bit more than 3dB, but it seems to work from the repeater to the house. I had already setup the CPS with my channels and only needed to read the radio and write back. The CPS doesn't cover the A,B,C,D buttons so I'll have to do those manually. Like the power button in that you don't need a long press to turn it on. People complain about the screen brightness. Not exactly screaming bright, but it's in a lighted shop and not in a dark vehicle. Since I already have a KG XS20G I'm already pretty familiar in the way it should work. Wife doesn't know yet. I'll probably install it after she goes to bed and she'll see the new radio when she gets up. LOL. Hoping it might get rid of some of the off center DMR that I have in my area. The XS20G lets it right through with the SOC receiver. Hoping the Super Het might limit or eliminate it.

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You have to complete the NCVEC form 605 and on that form, there's a box to check if you want to change your callsign systematically. If checked, you will automatically be assigned a new callsign when your upgrade is processed by the FCC. So it kind of is automatic if you request it. Until then, you can use your current callsign/AE and operate with your new frequency privileges. Also, you don't need to pass ANY exam in order to request a new systematically assigned callsign. You could submit form 605 to a VEC or submit the request online through the FCC license manager site.

I have a wonderful wife and I honestly wouldn’t want to dwell on life without her beside me. When I went back to college at 32, she worked two jobs to take care of me and our kids without ever complaining. Now that she’s in a wheelchair with MS she still never complains. I know that not everyone is so fortunate but I’m delighted for @LeoG. It appears he has a good one.

MyGMRS and repeater book are setup so that only the repeater owner or authorized representative are suppose to be able to add, edit, or delete repeaters from the lists. I know with how MYGMRS is setup, if you list someone else's repeater, you will be the one getting any and all requests for access. Both websites require you to acknowledge that you the repeater owner or an authorized representative when you list any repeaters. And yes we all know that anyone can scan and get the tones easily. That still doesn't make it right for someone other than the repeater owner or authorized representative to list said repeater. I know that I would nt care for anyone else listing my repeater on MYGMRS. The reason is that they would start getting all requests. Yes the repeater is open but it is still nice when people do take the time to request permission to use it. It's common courtesy.

Not sure if this link will let you in. You are suppose to sign in to get there. https://walkietalkiesoftware.com/portal/index/software_detail/id/68.html

Ya, he's guessing at how it could be used. And I agree. I also agree there can be many more uses for it too. The only limitation would be your imagination and the 15 watt output.

I have received 16 TD H3s. I bought 14 and 2 were bad and they sent me 2 more. I don't use chirp. The TD H3 has it's own CPS that works well and is similar to the way chirp works. So use the H3 CPS. Have you tried to update the firmware to revitalize the "broken" H3s? You can even install the same firmware and overwrite the existing.

Because not all repeater owner's want their repeaters listed for what ever reasons. And it also keeps from have multiple listings for the same repeater on the website. Another thing is if someone besides the owner listed a repeater that requires permission, then the repeater owner will not get any requests at all through MyGMRS.

When I got my first pair of HTs they were the TDH3 but the HAM version. Shortly after I discovered they could be switched over to GMRS. I looked into it and discovered the licensing was just $35 and that covered the family. The process was a pain and by the time I had finished up I had 8 windows open that were required to obtain this license. Not really the surprise. After playing with these radios I was surprised to find out my wife didn't hate them. After a short while I ended up getting a mobile tranceiver that I put in the house as a base station. My wife didn't really care for talking on it but she did like to listen to the active repeater. Eventually I put up a good antenna and I got a mobile unit so I could keep in touch with my wife. She enjoyed being able to contact me. I put up a repeater at my shop and even though communication was difficult because of hills and trees she enjoyed contacting me by the radio over texting or phone unless she couldn't get me through the radio. Eventually I found out my antenna and/or coax was faulty and changed that out and now the connection is much better. My repeater is 50w and the mobile is 20w and the repeater can get to the house better than the house can get to the repeater. So I decided to get a 50w for the house. Ordered the power supply and the radio. The PS came today and my wife was excited. She knew nothing of what I had ordered. She thought I got a new radio. I was a bit shocked. The normal expectation when a husband spend money without the wife knowing about it on his hobby is to be frowned up or worse, being yelled at. She was disappointed that it was a power supply and not a radio. She still doesn't know I ordered the radio. I didn't want to take the surprise away from her when it does arrive. Can a guy be more lucky.

I found out that the Icom IC-2730 will do the same thing if you have weather alerts turned on. The radio will scan the weather channels every few seconds and cuts out the channel you are listening to. I've never turned on the priority scan feature on my KG-1000G and I made sure to turn the weather alerts off on the IC-2730.

i would pay more attention to the ohm of the speaker making to to match that more than the power rating..

It will be paired with my current Comet 712EFC, so 9.8dBi gain. 60 feet of M&P Hyperflex 13 and 24 feet of Heliax 1/2" hardline past the lightning arrestor. Eventually I'll get that same antenna on my repeater. I've only had it for a year now.

I haven't had one go bad yet. Only be delivered DOA.

I did test this with my Mac desktop and had the same results. I also put in a report to Rich.

If I bring up one of the repeaters in list view with stale/offline enabled and click on the repeater name, it will bring up the repeater info and a map view of the repeater location for what it's worth.

Here’s what Gil @WRUU653 found: “Yeah, there is something glitching, I found if I turn on both stale and offline tabs all the repeaters disappear from the map. But if I click on a repeater that is on the map and then click on that repeaters info, then go back and select stale and offline they show up. A ridiculous work around. I had wondered if this was because of my security settings as I hadn’t seen anyone complain about it. I’m using IOS on an iPad. I’ll go put on some coffee and see if it behaves the same on my Mac desktop. I’ll let you know what I find and I guess we should let Rich know.”

And also there is the fact that dogs are shit producers.

<sarcasm>Not really </sarcasm >

Unless removed they should still appear when old data is selected.

hiding an 80' tower from your wife.. your are good.. you need to sell lessons..

I'm lucky that my wife doesn't complain about the hobby and the gazillion mobile and portable radios I have. She's used to the fact that I spend my extra money on toys like my 13 cars/truck/Jeep/Golf Car including a couple of racecars and high dollar bicycles. Occasionally, she will help me at one of my radio club functions and use a radio. As I gotten older in age, I have reduced my number of wheeled toys, but not the radios and accessories and tools. The only time she bitches is when we go somewhere in the car and I have the radios on and scanning the channels. She prefers to listen to the XM Radio and not the two-way radios.

This; just ignore it.

Since it'll be put at my shop I'm not sure she will see it anytime soon. She rarely comes here. I could hide it from her except for my exuberance of putting it up.

Have you tried it the other way, writing the file that bricked the first three into the fourth to see if it bricks it as well? If it does then you know it’s that file, but at the cost of yet another radio. If it doesn’t then you know you got three bad radios from the dealer. I admire persistence.

just tell her is wind generating tower and you have to build it in 'phaes'

Exactly! The rules limit certain aspects of the use, but leave it up to us to imagine how we might benefit from it.

Implies a dedicated system is not just something I made up. Saying that a Fixed Station may only communicate with other Fixed Stations is the very meaning of the word “dedicated”. Then I said “such as” because I used two relatively easy to understand examples, but using the words such as also implies that there may be other uses. The regulations do say Digital Data is limited to handhelds, but analog data and controls have no such constraint and can be passed using tones, such as DTMF. Digital data. GMRS hand-held portable units may transmit digital data containing location information, or requesting location information from one or more other GMRS or FRS units, or containing a brief text message to another specific GMRS or FRS unit.

If one passes their AE exam, they keep their original call sign unless they can find a vanity call they like that's available and apply for the change. You won't get issued anything automatically just because you passed the exam. Getting AE only qualifies one to apply for any available call and one will not automatically get reassigned a new or shorter call.

Shame on me! I thought even the south end of a north bound horse would realize the example of microwave stations were just that, examples of fixed stations.

I have been here myself with a new H3. Please troubleshoot /check the radio's antenna port pin for visible damage/broken off. Please also examine the cable and the inline SMA adapters used during testing. Poor antenna port connection problems might affect your Finals, Output, and Reliable Repeater Connections. I have history here. I think the current CP is corrupted and not actually writing to the radio what you think. If you have a reliable H3 available, you can easily upload this good CP from this reliable HT >into Chirp> and then write that reliable CP to the non-working unit. Loading a reliable code plug is better than a Reset in my experience with multiple brands. In Chirp, always confirm that the Vendor and the Model are correct. Best Regards!

The regulations tell us exactly what is required of a Fixed Station and what a Fixed Station may do. They just don’t provide an example of how it might be used, and that’s good, because it leaves it up to the imagination of the user. 1. A Fixed Stations may only communicate with other Fixed Stations. The regulations do not limit it to just one other Fixed Station. This implies a connection to a dedicated system, such as telemetry or part of an intercom system, where the Fixed Stations have a single purpose. 2. A Fixed Station is limited to 15 watts. This makes sense for a system of dedicated radios in fixed locations where the distances and directions never change, such as two or more points in an intercom or telemetry system. It also reduces the likelihood of interference with other stations, especially if a person uses high gain directional antennas, such as parabolic dishes or Yagi antennas. 3. Fixed Stations may transmit on both the 467 MHz and 462 MHz main channels. Although simplex isn’t prohibited, this unique carve-out in the regulations makes it possible to operate full duplex between two Fixed Stations, transmitting and receiving simultaneously, which allows for very natural speech on an intercom system and is ideal for transmitting data and controls on a telemetry or SCADA system. So, for a family business (or a business which has a grandfathered license that covers their employees) Fixed Stations could be used for a wireless intercom. A farmer could use Fixed Stations to turn irrigation systems on or off several miles away. With the exception of the ability to operate in full duplex, which is made possible by being granted access to the 467 MHz main channels, all of these examples could be done as well or better with portable, mobile, or base stations. But for a system which is dedicated to a particular purpose between two or more fixed locations, such as telemetry or an intercom, where full duplex would a distinct advantage, using Fixed Stations would be a reasonable solution.

Speaking of which, why do we park on the driveway and drive on the parkway?

In the software, click on "Phone System" on the left. In the "Phone System" screen that comes up, edit the "Radio ID Code" on the right.

If you are a non mobile station that communicates with another non mobile station that is a fixed station. As soon as that fixed station communicates with a mobile unit it becomes a base station in definition. And as soon as that same fixed/base station communicates with a repeater it is by definition a control station. The only one that seems to have limitations is when you operate a fixed to fixed station where you can't exceed 15 watts. Sounds like a specialty unit that has an antenna pointed at another antenna to communicate specifically with that station. Most likely LOS on towers so 15 watts would be more than adequate to maintain good quality communications.

I won't be showing my wife the invoice for my 80' tower when I finally get it.

When my wife see's a delivery for me ffrm Atlantic, she automatically knows it's batteries

I don't have one of those, wife, got rid of that problem years ago, so I get to spend my money anyway on anything I want. No BS to put up with.

Stop everything you are doing right now and go buy a lottery ticket!

Your attic antenna set up is almost exactly the same as mine. Ours is in our third story attic. I intended on replacing it with an external. But after doing some testing and realizing our topography meant an external antenna was not going to give us much benefit, I just stayed with the Midland / Pizza sheet set up. Low tech for sure, but it does exactly what we need it to do.

Actually there ARE still 46/49 Cordless phones still in use, so Not true.

That kinda looks like my attic for one of my three antennae. By any chance do you have a Del Webb constructed home? I am using a Laird non-ground plane mobile antenna.

Welcome to the forum. That is an excellent setup for "quick and dirty" that should perform well for you. These are perfect indoor antennas and should withstand the harsh temperature changes found in the attic.

So you'd need two different radios, or one radio with two different antennas to make use of these and the existing GMRS channels? Does not seem very user-friendly... If they are unused, throw 'em to the H.A.M.s.. they'll use it.. they'll use anything.

Oh, he's just trying to start another argument with me. I swear if I said he was intelligent and handsome he would figure out a way to protest the statement. But he ain't and and I wouldn't, so we will miss at least THAT discussion.

This is correct - if you go this route, create a new FRN and buy a new license.

Because instead of being a pillar of the community and putting up a repeater, they go online and complain about there not being enough repeaters for them to use.

You can buy either a 12v or 15v. Both have adjustment screws to dial in your voltage.

Oh. Sorry. I meant ohm my