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These types of laws are passed due to the lack of common sense among the general public. I have seen too many people staring at their phones, tablets, or laptops while driving down the road. The worst was a guy on his tablet and reading a newspaper while driving in St Louis morning rush hour traffic. And it is ID10T's like those people that came laws like this o be passed. The federal government threatening to take away funding goes back a long time. They did the same thing to get states to reduce the speed limit to 55 MPH.

all things that normal people, aka the average GMRS user that this radio is marketed to, do not care about. This radio is marketed to normal people, not radio-dorks - It seems like you may be out of touch with what normal people want.

Here is an excerpt from the Missouri law. While they do not specifically mention GMRS, they do state that amateur radio and CB is exempt. One could argue that if CB and amateur radios are exempt then so is GMRS. Now I sure would not trie to program a radio while driving. Here is the link for the actual state statute: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=304.822

Missouri just enacted a hands free law at the beginning of the year. And they specifically state that amateur radio operators are exempt from the new law. Though no one should be driving distracted. Radios with everything built into the hand mic do have their place and use. A lot of newer vehicles just don't have the room to mount a complete radio or even a good spot for a remote head unit. And there is the factor of wanting to stay discrete with one's radios. These types of radios are not for everyone, but that is okay, variety is the spice of life.

Same here. I find I grab my RigExpert Stick Pro most of the time. A good antenna analyzer is definitely more expensive. I do find that the Stick Pro does most of what I need and I hardly use my NanoVNA anymore. There is a bit of learning curve with the NanVNA's but there are plenty of YouTube videos about how to use them.

Another gimmicky radio on the market. There is no real need for having the ability to monitor the Aviation Band, FM, etc on a two-way radio. I wonder how often people really need and listen to that stuff. I'm not sure if the Queen stated if this radio was a hetrodyne or a SOC radio. Also, there was no mentioning of real radio features such as, talk around/simplex/direct, Monitor/PL Defeat, Radio Zone/Banks. The only feature that I see being a benefit is the channel capacity. Maybe this radio will motivate Midland to increase the channel capacity of the MXT575, and hopefully they don't follow suit and add any of the foo foo gimmicky features. It's best to keep it simple.

I like my NanoVNA also. It can do a lot, including measuring insertion loss and SWR. But I bought two different RigExpert analyzers and I haven’t used the NanoVNA since. However, the difference in price was a few hundred dollars.

I like the stealth approach, perfect for Jeeps ets.. For the price, hard to beat.. I like the Bluetooth programing, wish more radio manufacturers would do this.

A Midland will fit your bill just fine.. No Bells and whistles, ho hype, just radio. They just work. You better get you a Midland

I can definitely believe that. But transmitting on one H3 while receiving on the other H3 doesn’t affect the final transistor(s) (the output transistor) on the receiving radio.

The Amazon man just delivered my BTech GMRS 50Pro - ask your questions now/post your concerns! I will be uploading a video about it in the next day or two and looking for feedback/questions, even from "some people". Update: Here is the video:

Oh hell no, just an old people

That is extremely possible for me at my age.

Nitrogen Is Used On An Air Dielectric Coaxial Cable To Keep The Cable Slightly Pressurized & Reduce The Chance Of Moisture Infiltration. It Is Never Required For Any Purpose Or Use On Foam Type Dielectric Hardline.

I picked up one of those mini Spectrum Analyzers. Interesting device, seems to work o.k.

I had the coax assemble made by buytwowayradio and they looked like quality connectors. I got my Heliax coax assemble from theantennafarm. The only difference in the installation is I asked for shrinkwrap on the Heliax. Not sure if it was an option on the 239. Much better of a quality connector than in my younger CB days.

I have not used any radio tube amp but have used and repaired a few guitar/bass tube amps. The one machine shop was still using a larger surface grinder that was used tubes. So I have some experience working with them. Our club's VEC has an old 2000 watt tube amp that came out of the local AM radio station decades ago. We keep teasing him by asking when he is going to install that in his pickup truck. The amp is out the same size as a small 18 cubic inch refrigerator I remember working on the old TVs as a kid. one of my uncles owned a TV repair shop.

i think everyone should start using Waveguide

I need my radios to actually work.

1/2" Heliax if you can afford it. Otherwise LMR400 will work even though it is not optimal for repeater use. Here are the losses for LMR400 and 1/2" Heliax for a 50 foot run on 462.600 using 50 watts out and antenna with 6 dBd of gain: Power loss per 100 feet LMR400 - 48% 1/2" Heliax - 30% ERP -effective radiating power LMR400 - 143 watts 1/2" Heliax - 166 watts You will not see 50 watts out of the repeater due to the duplexer. Most will output 25 to 35 watts. Here is the numbers for 35 watts out. EPR LMR400 - 86 watts 1/2" Heliax - 99 watts Those numbers are from using the kv5r.com coax loss calculator. @WSFF627 is correct when he talks about receive signal strength. You have to keep that in mind too. You will be okay with either LMR400 or 1/2" Heliax. Go with what fits your budget. Don't skimp on any of the components such as coax fittings, etc.

He will only get a Midland if they make a pink Barbie or purple Barney version. Otherwise he will give use 1009+ reasons why one should just throw any Midland or Wouxun radio into the trash.

LMR600 is more expensive ($2.69/ft) than 1/2" Heliax ($1.99/ft) and has greater loss. It has the advantage of being more flexible. (antenna farm prices) https://theantennafarm.com/images/specs/34/lmr-600-coax-cables-datasheet.pdf https://theantennafarm.com/images/specs/36/ldf4-50a-product-specifications.pdf The fittings for both run about the same although the LMR has a wider variation.

I never messed with voltage above 480 three phase and I did not want to mess with higher voltages. KV is nothing to mess with. I won't get near a high power AM/FM radio station tower either. I also would refuse to use any type of welder outside in the rain for the same reasons. I had a 1st Lieutenant that wanted one my soldiers to stand inside a M113 engine bay and well the engine mount in the rain. The 1st Lt tried pulling rank but he forgot that the lead maintenance soldier was always in charge while working on vehicles. I politely and tactfully told hime that he was an ID10T and my soldiers would not weld in the rain.

Wow... Sorry to hear that. Electricity definitely jumps. Good on the two that said no. Working High voltage wasn't my favorite thing to do but when I did we always had a tailgate meeting to go over the task step by step and I always asked if anything seemed wrong or missing, I wanted input. If two people are saying no it sure would be cause to reevaluate the situation. Always more impotant to go home at the end of the day.

Looks like a nice option for my vehicle. I have limited space, so a remote mount unit like this would work well for me.

Love mine too. I'm up to buying 14 of them. Had 2 bad ones that were replaced without issue. I have 6 of them that I can use and the rest given away to family and friends.

By accident. Apparently there is a 625 repeater that I know about, but he also has a 600 repeater I didn't know about. My repeater operates on 600 with a PL of 100 and apparently his is on 103.5. I can trigger his repeater on occasion when I key up. I noticed when I keyed up the other repeater would activate and it's a much stronger signal than mine. It would block out mine for a second before it released. One day I moved my TX PL and found it was only 1 click up from what I was using. Not sure if my radio PL is wobbly or the selectivity of his repeater is lax. Either way I've decided to change my PL to stop the interference.

You ought to invest in a NANO VNA. Good to have your tool box arsenal.

Interesting that it was demonstrably affected by temperature. At very specific temps. At 26ºF the problem would go away. As the temp approached and exceeded 32ºF the problem would return. Certainly sounds like a water problem to me. Cables were professionally made, doesn't make them infallible of course. All connections were tight and secure. All connections were triple sealed. 2 wraps of self fusing tape and electrical tape on top. It's not like this is my first foray into electronics, electrical or radio. Until I do some RF testing on both the coax and antenna I can't say what exactly happened. All I know is it was broke. I replaced the two components it could possibly be, and now it ain't broke lol.

1. Yes 2. No

And the Titanic was unsinkable.

Well I mean as long as it’s highly suggested…. I don’t see how you can argue with that. Cheese and crackers, “you promised, you promised”. Run for cover the socalgmrs cops are here!

I guess this is a great time to announce that I will be putting my NotARubicon "Ranchino" repeater back on Zello (just waiting for one more part to ship) AND, as an added bonus, will also be linking it over the internet to my buddy's repeater located in the Glendale area.

Haven't dealt with that website lately, have ya?!