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Are the SIM cards accessible on the newer cell phones?

You might want to look into a fake chimney or a mini church steeple made out of materials that won't attenuate the signal much. Or a fake pine tree or whatever tree type you have in the area. I doubt that there are many Palm Trees in your area. Look around and see what are the Cellular Companies are using to disguised antennae and towers. Your electrical plans should include a proper grounding and arrestor systems. Also plan for future electrical needs. And your electrical circuits should be dedicated and not shared with other circuits.

You need to check with the RSO (Regional Security Officer) for each country you are trying to enter with a radio device. GMRS freqs in the USA may not be for civilian use in other countries. I know some countries have cooperative agreements with the USA for some freqs but regardless if they do you will need a permit/license or some station authorization from the other country regardless. The only international agreement that I remember is for some 800 MHz freqs known as ITac channels only to be used by government entities. Oh, by the way, most of those countries business hours are normally when you will be sleeping. As a citizen, good luck in getting in contact with the RSO.

Yah, stay out of the wabbit holes, they're not private either!

Yes, please do put up a repeater and hopefully it will cover the Beeville Area and the old Chase Field when I visit the area. Most of the repeaters in Corpus Christi area are private only repeaters. You might want to look into being a member of the Texas GMRS Club.

There are various entities that provide the subject service for future and existing licensees. Radio Shops, some certified Part 90 Freq Coordinators, and Radio Associations and Organizations, of course for a nominal fee. As a word of caution, and I highly recommend that you be the administrative/control point of contact and not the service provider. If you are not the point of contact you will not get any notification for any FCC matters if your service provider contact information is out of date or no longer provides that service or is out of business and if you let your license expire you more than likely will have to start the whole application process over again.

My clean install in my Chevrolet Silverado with nothing being ripped apart.

My clean install in my Jeep Wrangler Rubi with nothing being ripped apart.

What does the environmental specs say for your model radio? It may list the low and high temps for operational and storage environments.

Although, I'm not his Spoke Person or Public Information Officer, I think he mentioned in one of his latest videos that there is not any new radio products out there these days that he hasn't already reviewed. I think he did do a review on an air compressor a couple months ago. I would like to see him do reviews on Jeep Off-Road products and equipment like Navigation and Trail Comms. I have enjoyed his trail run videos that he did many years ago and I know there are a couple of reviewers that do an ok job like Wayalife and TrailReconn but I think Randy would add a lot more Pazzazz to the videos. But I have a feeling that may want to keep his work life separate from his passion of wheeling

Well, that might be a save from being called a "Sad HAM".

You're new to the Forum and you may be losing support in being nominated to the "Righteous Dude" list and you will end up only being recogized as one of those "Some People". It appears that you are questioning Marc's expertise in measuring the sensitivity of the two subject radios. Do you think Marc just pulled out the findings of his test out of the air and that he doesn't know what he is doing? Do you actually think anyone without that kind of education/experience could even come close and talk-the-talk? He clearly explained a typical test procedure in measuring the receiver's sensitivity and you responded with a different procedure that you said he should have used in place of his procedure. Was there something wrong with his test procedure? Since, you are new to the list, I think it would have been best for you to lurk for awhile so you have an idea who the players are and how they roll instead showing up and stepping on people's protruding body parts.

And only had your GMRS license for a couple months thus that makes you very new to this forum

It was a firmware update.

I bought it for the physical size of the radio to use it as a jerk and run plug it in to the cigarette lighter type radio and lay it on the seat type of radio. Last year I acquired a Kenwood for that purpose because it has a majority of the radio features I want like Zones, talkaround, and PL Defeat features where as the Midland does not. One of my cars will not accommodate a radio installation and if I end up driving my wife's grocery getter, the small radio is perfect. The Motorola XTL5000 dashmounts are just to big for that purpose.

I don't have a clue if you can program it with Chirp or not and even if you could I would never use it. I'm using the Midland programming software.

My MXT500 has a capacity of 128 channels and can be custom programmed for repeaters from Ch. 23 all the way to Ch. 128 and with split tones. Also, I can program channels 8-14 with custom repeaters channels.

I have a Midland USA MXT500 radio that is not owned by a chinese corporation. My Midland puts out around 50 watts, don't remember exactly, probably more like 48 or 49 watts. I think MXT500 is a great quality radio but definitely lack a ton of features. Although, it's not my everyday radio, I keep it as a loaner radio for my radioless friends on Jeep runs or Porsche Driving Tours.

However, you do get the straight poop instead of the soft and runny poop. You should note the T-Shirts he wears in the videos.

They are the KHz numbers of the entire freq to the right of the decimal.

Maybe a corner reflector will perform better than a Yagi. At least look into the specs and see. You never know.

I have the inReach service with my Garmin Tread 10 Overlander Off-Road Nav System in my Jeep. Also, my system has the SOS feature in addition to the email and texting features.

No I didn't. That video was 8 months ago, I just didn't remember that particular "not my favorite" radio being featured. I do remember that you had the picture of your favorite Vice President and former California Attorney General on the monitor in the background. In the whatever available future that lies ahead for me, I'll do a better job in remembering such stuff.

DX Engineering would be a good source to work with.

I did do the internet search before posting. It wasn't clear if there was a GMRS version or not for the UV-5R. The search also turned up other unrelated to the search UVs and I didn't see the new UV-5R radio listed anywhere. I also checked to see if Randy had a video on it and he didn't have one as of yet or I missed it. As for going to the guys throat, why don't you point out exactly where that occurred? There was no direct attack nor was the OP addressed at all in my post. I simply asked a general question that said it was my understanding that the UV-5R is not compliant with Part 95 Rules, which it isn't. It was a question and not an attack. Why don't you just go play with your CCRs and quit making unsound accusations. I get the impression that you are you one of those millennials that grew up learning how to tie your shoes with Velcro straps and in the interest of time limited your straps to just two straps per shoe because you are impatient and in a hurry for nothing. Aren't you at work wasting your employers time conducting non-company business on the company's computer network? You should be focusing on your company work. Oh, sorry for being a little direct with you. I didn't realize that your an expert in this radio subject matter and the fact you have had your GMRS license for a tad less than two years now. My apologies.