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Just curious. Why and what makes that radio so fantastic and why does that radio not have any FCC certification to operate in any of the radio services?

I'm running a non-ground Laird mobile antenna tuned for 465 Mhz that I placed in my attic and ran a LMR400 cable approx. 32 feet to one of my base station radios. I can hit all the repeaters that are within range of my location.

You need to have and use an assigned leading PT-T ID with MDC 1200 signalling for Pinal. The PT-T ID is assigned to members of the SWCRS.

I think a good Jeep Trail radio is the Midland MXT500. It is a simple radio to use for GMRS and has a 128 channel capacity. The radio is small, provides good RF power output, almost at 50 watts, but you should see about 45-49 with no problem. Also, the power draw is pretty decent at not more than 9 amps at the most. In addition, the Midland mobile antennae are decent GMRS antennae and have good VSWRs on the GMRS freqs. I would think that a 128 channel capacity radio is more than sufficient for the trail. The MXT575 is a decent radio but very very limited on channel capacity and and custom channel programming as opposed to the MXT500 radio. Thd MXT575 does have a handheld control unit for simplicity and convenience. The MXT500 radio can be programmed with CPS whereas, the MXT575 is only menu driven programming. The other Midland mobile radios are also good trail radios but they put out less RF power and in respect will draw less amps to power the radio. I'm not familiar with the channel capacities of the other Midland mobile radios and their drawbacks, if any.

For a non-CCR GMRS radio, Midland MXT500. Although, Motorola and Kenwood are not GMRS radios you can use them on GMRS freqs.

$349? Looks like the cost for the DTR700 has come down. I paid $424 for my DTR700 earlier this year and it is a great radio. The DTR700 is a great radio and there are plenty of accessories available for the DTR700. Thd best range I got with my radio is about a mile and a half in an open terrain. I strongly recommend that you buy the DTR700 from an authorized Motorola Dealer and not through a multi-product humongous warehouse retailer if you want the genuine product.

Got that solved. There's no bathtub in the shop/garaged although I do have a heat blower for heat shrink tubings.

My two Motorola XTL5000 Dashmount radios I use for my base units would pop the GFI circuit in my Shop/Garage. The electrical power part of the outlet is on a dedicated 20-Amp circuit and that GFI only affected two outlets on that grounding circuit. The other GFI was not affected. My repeater station did not affect the GFI circuit. My repeater antenna is obviously outside above the roof and my radio base station antennae are above in the attic. I had the GFI circuit outlet controlling that grounding system taken out and replaced with a non-GFI outlet.

The "Old People" community I live in should be Goblin and candy free which is a good thing because most of the residents shouldn't be eating the candy for various and obvious medical reasons. That should mean there will be no doorbell ringing thus waking people up.

You mean the Vibrasenders and Vibrasponders? The old Micors use to have a nice distinct hum on 192.8 Hz especially on a Lowband Simulcast System with Micor Stations using the Motorola HSOs. You can hear the reeds vibrate on the air when the system was keyed. That hum kinda went away with the eprom stations.

In the analog communication world; besides the term "PL" which is the term that Motorola marketed for CTCSS, the former GE (General Electric) Radio and also known as Tyco, Ericsson, now Harris, called their CTCSS "Channel Guard" (CG) and was referred as just "Tone". The CTCSS "Tone" is not audible per se, the "Tone" is sub-audible in the range of 67.0 Hz to 254.1 Hz and there are 42 industry standard CTCSS tones. Then there are/were audible tones used in two-way radio communications and they were known as "Single Tone" or "Burst Tone" which arrived from being transmitted for a duration of one second at the beginning of the transmission to signal the system to usually unlock a specific receiver. This type of function Tone is not use in modern radio systems. The single Tone frequencies were usually 1800 Hz, 2000 Hz, 2200 Hz, 2400 Hz, and 2552 Hz. Also, there is a 1000 Hz Tone that is normally used by radio technicians for performing radio equipment diagnostic procedures and this Tone is known as a "Test Tone". This Tone may be transmitted in a steady state for a duration at the Technician's discretion and is very seldom ever transmitted over the air and normally in a closed loop environment in order to not interfere with normal radio communication operations. Some Vehicular Repeater Systems (VRS or Radio Extenders) will use a 833 Hz Burst Tone in a one second duration to signal other VRS units when being enabled for the logic function of the VRS operation to prevent mulitple VRS transmitters from being transmitted at the same time from one operator source. Then there is "DTMF" (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) which is your normal telephone type keypad dialer that is used in two-way radio and telephone communications. A radio system may use a standard 12-button keypad or a 16-button keypad dialer. A 16-button dialer is used for special functions on a radio system that are beyond the signalling of a 12-button dialer. The 16-button dialer will have a 4th row of keys to the right of the standard 12-button dialer and the keys will be labeled "A", "B", "C", and "D" from top to bottom.

This is the antennae installation for both of my Motorola radios and the CB radio on my 21 Chevrolet Silverado 1 Ton Dually Diesel. The passenger side is my UHF antenna for the Motorola High Powered Remote Mount radio using a Laird B4502 2.4 dB Omni with a less than 1.1:1 VSWR, in the center is a K40 antenna for my Cobra 29 LTD Classic Nightwatch CB AM/FM radio with a VSWR about 1.17:1, and on the driver's side is my VHF Highband antenna for my Motorola XTL2500 Remote Mount radio using a Laird B1443S 2-3 dB omni with a 1.05:1 VSWR.

Are you sure you're on the right channel or was this just bleed over from an adjacent channel or intermod? I'm pretty sure that this is not co-channel traffic!

Hmm, I guess it does and is kinda optical.

I believe Rugged Radios uses the RT Systems Software application. What I recall that application was somewhat cumbersome to use.

That looks more like a 5 Ft Firestik.

You do have the right and you can select which rule to not follow and if you exercise that right and violate a rule of your choosing, you will be facing consequences and the Government or the responsible regulatory entity will exercise their right to take the appropriate action and bring either criminal or civil charges against you and you will be guaranteed that you will have your say in a court of law.

It's the same procedure as you would do with a CB antenna on channels 1 and 40.

I like the way my 5 Ft CB Firestik II antenna arcs back in the wind at 75 MPH on the Freeway.

I have found that the Midland Mag-Mounts have the best results for VSWRs on GMRS freqs than any other brand of Mag-Mounts, even better than Laird.

The Midland MXTA 26 is also good performing GMRS antenna

The Midland Magmount really isn't too shabby. I have found that I have gotten good VSWRs with the Midland NMO Magmount. The radio shouldn't be the problem, but I can't vouch for the Antenna. The VSWRs definitely need to be checked.

Ask Steve stated, with the multi-meter, you want to check and see if you have continuity from the center pin of the PL259 connector to the center contact of the NMO mount. Your reading should be "zero". If you have any reading than there is resistance and that may mean and open circuit thus a defective cable or connector issue. Then at either end of the cable, connect the meter to the center pin of the PL259 and to the outside metal portion of the PL259 pin exits the connector that is attached to the cable, not the loose doo-hickey that tightens the cable to the back of the radio SO239 connector; and you should have a reading of "OL". If you get a reading of "zero", you have a direct short more likely at the connector or at the NMO mount also meaning a defective cable. I vote for a short at the connector. What NMO mount and cable are you using? If you are using something bought from a discount big warehouse third-party type reseller that doesn't specializes in only radio electronics like DX Engineering or Arc Antenna, send it back and get a refund or scrap it and buy a real cable from a reputable radio electronics or antenna reseller that specializes in the subject products. Anything other than that is just pure junk.

Note the Grid Mounting Base I used on my 23 Wrangler "IZARUBI". The Grid is a Bullet Point Solutions product that will allow you to use either their accessories or Ram Mounts Ball and Mount accessories for all kinds of electronics. Bullet Point Solutions does have a Grid Mounting Base for the Nissan Frontier. Bullet Point calls the Grid Mounting Base "RubiGrid". www.bulletpointmountingsolutions.com/collections/mounting-bases

That radio is not type-accepted for use on Part 95, subpart E, and any Part 90 freqs. It can only be used on Part 97 freqs.