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I wouldn't overlook the use of a magmount. It is an antenna and it can be quick to get on the air. It's better than no antenna.

You might be thinking of the Mesa Crest Repeater Club and/or the Crest Communications Repeater Club. They are both membership fee based and have repeaters that cover the subject areas. The annual membership fee for the Crest Communications club is $35/year so the $85/year membership fee may be for the Mesa Crest club.

I know that and I hate typing on an android devices. Thanks for fixing my fat-fingered typing error.

This what I posted on the Jeep JL Forum this morning: Seriously, there isn't really any ideal/optimum locations for two-way radio antennae on Jeeps. So, wherever you can mount an antenna is about the best you can do and you just have to live with the performance. Overall, it'll work fine especially for trail comms. Some professional grade antennae like Laird and Larsen do offer non-ground plane antennae that will help with the lack of an antenna ground plane, and they are great for the side cowl mounts, but they do need to be trimmed/tuned. I have four radios in my 23 Wrangler Rubi 2 Dr. For my CB Radio, I use a Firestik II antenna off the rear tailgate hinge. Also, I run with a VHF radio and I use a Laird non-groundplane antenna hanging off the driver's side front cowl, and two UHF radios, one analog for GMRS and other analog frequencies, and one digital UHF radio for my radio club digital radio system soon to be statewide. The digital radio antenna is mounted on the hood with a lip-mount and the GMRS analog UHF radio, I use a Glass-Mount antenna mounted on the rear glass.

Yes, the Midland MXTA26 antenna will affix to any NMO mount. NMO stands for New Motorola. All NMO antenna bases will fit all NMO antenna mounts. The are two different size holes for the NMO mounts 3/8" and 3/4" and those are the different hole sizes through a body panel or a mounting bracket. The NMO part what the antenna base affixes to is the same size for all NMO based antennae.

Is it possible, I think so, with an UHF (400 (Megs and higher) given certain circumstances. If there were two mountain tops 250 miles peak to peak apart, taking in the curvature of the earth between the two mountain tops, I wonder how high do the two mountain tops have to be to get above the earth curvature for a visual line of site between the two mountain tops. Also, the two mountain tops would have to be in a radio quiet zone for the frequency used to prevent any co-channel interference. I'm not sure if an omni antenna or a portable would make the haul, but it may be possible with a Yagi or a Parabolic antenna.

If it was in Talk Around he would be hearing the radio direct unless the transmitting radio is overloading the front end of the receiving radio which would normally occur with a Pandaland radio.

Why? Do you live in Crater Lake or the Grand Canyon, or are you using a POS Pandaland antenna and cable with poor VSWRs?

Definitely can not go wrong with either an used Kenwood or Motorola radio. They'll last a lot longer than any new cheap Pandaland radio and are a lot easier to program and use.

The Wouxun KG1000G + will be over $450 after the tariffs go in effect.

There is actually trees left in Southern California that haven't been burnt yet?

I don't irk, so problem on my part.

As Randy stated, the OP needs to get both radios out of the desense affect. If he isn't hitting the repeater he will need to put the radios in the talkaround mode or pick a simplex channel.

No CB radio?

And hopefully, Jeepers know when you flat tow with all four wheels on the ground what gear selection position to be in for both the automatic and manual trannies, and the transfer case. Being in the wrong position could and more than likely cause severe damage to the driveline system.