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At one time, Motorola had a Base Station Consolettevwhich was a radio, speaker and power supply in a box with a desk top microphone or a boom mic that were 4 or so channels. I doubt that they still have those, but I sure there are some still out there. I think the last series radios they used may have been the Astro Spectra, not sure if they used the XTL series radios.

Are you aware that the CTCSS and DCS tones for the Radioddity radios are programmed using the actual tone/codes i.e. 192.8 Hz & 445; and Midland radio uses a programming code such as CTCSS 31 for 192.8 Hz and DCS 57 for 445 as depicted in the Midland User Manual? When programming the Midland you need to make sure that you are programming in the appropriate CTCSS or DCS mode.

It is my understanding that there never been a certified Part 95 repeater available until the Retevis, Midland, and BTech came out within the last year or so.

With both of these two antennae, I am able to hit a GMRS Repeater on Mt Lemmon near Tucson from Sun City West that is northwest of Phoenix. The air miles between the two points is at least 110 miles. The Larsen Glass-mount antenna is connected to a Motorola XTL5000 remote with 48 watts and the Laird Phantom is connected to a Motorola XPR5550e with 44 watts.

LMR Services certified transmitters do not have to be certified for Part 95 services in order to be legally used on Part 95 freqs. Part 95.335(a) allows the use of LMR transmitters on Part 95 services providing that the user operates that LMR transmitter in accordance with the Part 95 rules and regs insofar as freq tolerance, power output, bandwidth, etc. The use of my Motorola radios on GMRS freqs is totally legal if I do not exceed the power and frequency limitations described in Part 95, subpart E, and they don't need to be Part 95 certified.

100 miles is nothing. There is one of the Queen's favorite viewers in California that can do 200 miles with ease. Seriously, the average terrain elevation in the area of the Maljamar is somewhat flat and approximately 4,000 AMSL and the Maljamar repeater site appears to be sitting at the 4,121 ft level. With the curvature of this great planet and the fact that the propagation of the UHF signal essentially requires a " Line-of -Sight", I highly doubt that the area of coverage footprint is anywhere near a hundred miles. You would essentially, need a site approx. 10-13K in elevation above the average elevation of 4K to have the range of 100 miles with an UHF signal. Even a microwave control path, peak to peak would have difficulties in making it that distance because of the earth curvature. In this case, the 100 mile range of this site is very arbitrary.

If you do not have an adequate metallic surface then it is imperative that you use a non-groundplane antenna. They will perform very well if you go with a Laird or Larsen.

All three antennae shown are removable. The front two are on NMO mounts.

Here's three options for the Jeep. The lip mount on the hood is a Laird Lip-Mount and Phantom antenna, and does not need anything special. This Phantom antenna is used for UHF DMR. The mount on the driver's side near the A pillar is a Laird non- ground plane for VHF and the mount is a Rugged Radios mount. The glass-mount on the rear glass is a Larsen and used for UHF. I get great performance with the glass-mount antenna. All of these options can apply to the Gladiator. The Midland antennae are great if you are just transmitting on GMRS freqs. If you are transmitting on a mix of GMRS and Business Radio Service freqs use the Lairds and Larsen antennae, do not use any of the HAM crap stuff.

To prevent electrical noise being transferred from one system into the other system. You are drawing power from one electrical system thus you should be using only one grounding system. If you have two earth grounding points then you have two grounding systems and that will cause problems.

I guess I should at least respond to the subject title. The radios are not good for the SHTF situations. Who in the hell are you going to talk to in those situations. You'll be lucky to talk to your next door neighbor given all the channel congestion occurring.

And they may have been blondes and blue eyed!

They probably didn't know what he was doing at the time.

DPL 023 is not a CTCSS tone. CTCSS is an analog tone in hertz and DPL is a digital code. The lowest standard CTCSS freq (Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System) is 67.0 Hertz (cycles). DPL (Digital Private Line) or DCS (Digital Coded Squelch) lowest code is 023 and the highest code is 754. DCS/DPL may be either normal (D023N) or inverted (D023I) They both function the same in protecting or keeping the receiver squelched until the tone or coded is present on the frequency/channel carrier. When the tone or code is interrupted by unkeying, the tone/code will cease thus the receiver will squelched and prevent other carriers without a tone or the incorrect code from opening up the receiver. Essentially it is a Nuisance Eliminator. Motorola trade name "Private Line" is misunderstood by many because no frequency is Private unless it is encrypted. Other radio manufacturers use a different name for their CTCSS/DCS or no name at all.

I always thought it was for impressing the chicks!