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How big is the neighborhood? You might be able to do simplex with good coverage depending on the size of the area.

Here is my brand new still in the box Tandy Corp Radio Shack TRC-24 22 Ch. CB radio. This is the model back in the day where as if you clip the black wire on the channel selector you activate the channel that is in the blank space between channels 22 & 23 known as Ch. 22A or the "Alpha" channel. It was kinda of a private channel that not a lot of CBs had in those days before the 40 channel CBs were introduced. Today that Alpha channel frequency is Ch. 24.

Well, I got all my quarterly mobile and portable radio programming updates done so, my next project was to install the Antenna Specialist/Antenex/Laird/TE Connectivity Trunk Lip NMO Mount and C27 Base Load CB Antenna on my 23 Wrangler IZARUBICON 2 Dr. as recommended by a couple of forum members. The install went pretty easy and yes, I have chassis ground continuity at the mount and NMO connector. That was verified before I cut the cable to the desired length and installed the UHF (PL 259) Connector. The mount and antenna was installed at the hood rear lip edge in front of the cowl on the passenger side as near to the outside as possible to not interfere with my Ditch Light. Before I do any cutting of the antenna element, I better check the provided cutting chart and see what is recommended for the CB freqs and the chart indicated a cut at the 49" mark for 27 Megs. I measured the element and it was already 49". In checking the VSWR, right off the bat my Rig-Expert indicated an initial VSWR at just a tad less than 1.5:1 on Ch. 1 and a little less than 1.2:1 on Ch. 40. Since, I can't stretch the antenna element, I elected to raise the antenna element about a 1/4" in the antenna ferrel. That worked pretty good but, based on my readings, I elected to drop it a tad back down and I ended up with 1.05:1 across the board. I'll just have to live with that. Next will be the comparison test and see what would be the difference in the Farz between the Firestik II and the C27 antennae. However, I have to wait until my friend gets back from Colorado next week so we can use the same Avalanche vehicle and I need to get another C27 antenna, so we are testing with a like antennae again. Onto the next project. Oh, by the way, please note, there is no shine/glare on my tires, and it is obvious that there is definitely no armorall on my Mickey Bajas. It had to be the shine/glare from that well-polished Chrome Bumper.

For 450-470 MHz UHF freqs, it's is mandatory 5 Meg off-set and dedicated freq pairs with the higher freq of the pair being the mobile transmit uplink input to the repeater. UHF freqs above 470 Megs is only a 3 Meg off-set and with the respective dedicated freq pairs. As for the HAM 70cm freqs, I don't know if it is FCC regulated or not insofar as what the off-set is and if the mobile off-set is a plus or minus and if the freq pairs are dedicated pairs. That is a whole different universe.

There are over 15 repeaters that provides coverage throughout the Las Vegas Metro Area not taking into account the repeaters outside of the Las Vegas Metro like Pahrump, Lanfair, Bullhead City, and Moapa Valley.

Motorola XTS1500 Type 2 & XTS5000 Type 3, and of course set for low power at 1 watt.

Now, I know what present I can get you for Christmas, a green can of Dupont Chrome Polish and bag of micro-fiber cloths.

No, that shine/glare is not from an Armorall coating. That glare is shining from your chrome bumper onto my Mickey Bajas

Did somebody say I was mall crawling? Nope that is not the case, but I know and I have first-hand experience of having an antenna ripped off and it wasn't because I was crawling at malls. There is a related discussion I posted somewhere on this forum I already lost my CB antenna on the trail. My CB Antenna did not have enough thread engagement with the antenna lug and coax cable stud and as we were climbing over the rocks in a creek wash a low-hanging tree branch ripped that sucker right off and I lost the lug, quick disconnect, spring, and the 5 Ft Firestik II antenna element. The problem was that the Heavy-Duty Spare Tire Carrier Bracket provided Antenna mount was a little too thick and I didn't have sufficient thread engagement between the coax cable antenna stud and the antenna lug so I abandoned that configuration and went back to the Terraflex Mounting Bracket bolted to the rear door hinge. The antenna lug and antenna coax cable stud have plenty of thread engagement now. And there's no doubt, I may/will lose more, but I have spare parts to fix/repair right away and get back on the air once I get home. Now, the problem is that Firestik no longer has the quick disconnect and heavy-duty springs. They blame it on Supply-chain issues and they are having difficulties in negotiating with various suppliers. I was able to find three quick disconnects and springs from a few sources throughout the country so at least I have spare parts. However, I'll be installing a Trunk-Lip/NMO Mount at the rear edge of my hood on the passenger side and with a Laird C27 Base Load Whip Antenna (parts already on-hand) for my CB Radio in the very near future once I get my quarterly radio programming updates done on all my mobiles and portables, to see if this hood/cowl configuration performs better You can see the difference in the thickness of the two antenna bracket mounts.

My UHF antenna is on the rear glass and I have no problem hitting repeaters that I need to hit 40 or so miles away, and have communicated a good 15 miles simplex car-to-car. Also, I am able to hear FRS traffic approx 5 miles away. I can't complained about the performance of the glass-mount antenna, I am totally happy with it. The left-front fender mount is my VHF Highband antenna and is essentially will be simplex (151, 154, & 158 Freqs) car-to-car operations. I'm not a Amateur Radio Operator thus no 2M freqs programmed. The CB Antenna is self explanatory and I get about 2 1/2 miles AM and 3 1/4 miles FM. Oh by the way, there is no Midland radio in play in this vehicle. I need to have the ability of communicating on Part 90 UHF freqs. with both analog and P25 Digital emissions, so that means Motorola as noted. I also require the same emissions capabilities for the VHF Highband Motorola radio. Also, you did a great job negatively commenting on my antenna mounting locations and the fact I way over spent on my Jeep build but you never did provided/offer any expert opinion, if you even to happen to possess those expertises, on better antenna mounting locations for a 23 Wrangler. Did I over spend? Well, I really didn't care what I spent on the overall build. I went top notch stuff on everything and essentially replaced just about every suspension, steering, and driveline components at about 4,000 miles on the odometer, for reliability and to reduce the probability of a breakdown on the trail. I also didn't hold back from getting the required/essential top-notch trail recovery gear and equipment. Maybe I did spend more money then you or anyone else would have but, I don't deal or buy cheap inferior low grade POS junk. I only deal and buy quality products, stuff they would use in a public safety environment for the radio components, and as for the Jeep itself only race type quality components. I don't care if it cost more then what you would want to spend. I am totally happy with the total build and I immediately resolved and learned from the minor regrets of the early build stages. If you ever see any of my racecar builds, you will never see any corners cut or cheap POS inferior parts on them either.

It may not be the norm but they do exist throughout the country usually in way far out locations away from other repeaters. Although, I believe a no-tone repeater still exist in Orange County CA if it is still active.

Is there a better location on a 23 Jeep Wrangler for a VHF Highband non-groundplane Laird B1442N antenna? There is no such thing as an adequate antenna mounting location on a Wrangler. These three locations are the best there is for a Wrangler and are being used for my Motorola XTL5000 UHF, Motorola XTL2500 VHF Highband, and my Cobra 25 LTD Classic AM/FM CB Radios.

Because they make a good ground and I have had this for centuries so I decided to use it. There was no ground at the antenna bracket except through the coax. With all the electronics and if the antenna mount isn't grounded you are subject to transmitting noise to other electrical components. This antenna was not GMRS or UHF. It is a VHF Highband 150 Meg antenna.

HAM radio operators or any non-public safety/first responder are not automatically qualified to conduct Search & Rescue or Recovery operations in the field during any disaster event unless they have been trained, and possess the required physical and mental attributes and have been certified by a regulatory or an public safety entity to do so under direction/guidance of the responsible public safety agency.

It was my understanding that Consumer Cellular was/is leasing services from Verizon. Is that still the case and if so, from the system uptime reliability perspective, what have you accomplished, except for maybe a lower rate and a lower priority in the pecking order on use of the system when the system gets overloaded.