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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.

That is exactly what the "Queen" was trying to convey in one of his videos several months ago.

The speakers are plenty loud even driving down the road with the front windows down and the volumes just passed mid-way.

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No attempt to make people jealous, just throwing out some stuff to help people with coming up with their own ideas on their mobile installations. Thanks on the comment.

I finally made time to install the above subject radio in my 21 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Dually Diesel Pickup. I've been wanting to do that since I bought the Truck almost 4 years ago. I did make time for the Motorola XTL5000 UHF High Powered Remotd Mount sometime ago. The installation was a piece-of-cake and I had no problems with the install. The subject radio is the 840 channel version and I only have a few VHF channel programmed in the radio. I am not a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, thus I do not have any HAM channels programmed. The VHF radio will mostly be used for my car racing activities, in addition to the UHF radio. The UHF radio is CPS tuned for max 50 RF watts for GMRS. I'm using a Laird/ T E Connectivity B1443S Antenna with Spring 2-3 dB Omnidirectional mounted on the cab roof along with my CB K40 and B4502 UHF antennae. The VHF antenna was tuned with the VSWRs for 154 Megs at 1.05:1 which resulted in .5 reflected at 55 watts measured with my Bird 43. The radio draws about .5 DC amps on standby and about .6 amps receiving. The radio draws about 7 amps transmitting. Both radios draws approx. 14 amps when both radios are keyed simultaneously. The radios draw their power directly from my auxiliary battery which is charged by an auxiliary alternator, and are connected to a chassis grounding point.

Passing a basic test by memorizing the published test answers does not make a person knowledgeable on the subject. It just gives the "Less-Than-Knowledgeable person with a good memory of the test answers authorization to transmit on freqs that they have no business of doing so. The Technician License Test requirements is a joke when it really does not serve any purpose other than separate people with good memories from the people that can't remember/retain the published test answer information that has nothing to do with the legal operation of radio devices in a specific band. Show me one question on the Technician License Test that demonstrates the person's knowledge/skill/ability to properly program and operate a radio device, suchas the TID TD-H3 or a Motorola XTS5000 "Q" model radio device on the subject radio band (2M or 70cm).

If the subject radio has a FCC ID of 2A4FBTD831, this radio does not have any Type-Accepted to transmit on any freq between 450-470 MHz, thus can not legally transmit on any Part 90 & 95 allocated frequency in that range. It is my understanding that Part 97 radio devices do not need a Type-Acceptance to transmit on 420-450 MHz freqs.

Just bend it to your liking. I had to do the samething on my 23 Wrangler IZARUBI for a Lip-Mount because the curve in the hood which made the antenna point off-to-the-side. Most likely, you will end up with a gap under the mount at some point.

You're right, no one is going to jail for a violation of a city code and they can't go to jail for a violation of a city code. A violation of a city code is civil and not criminal and can only be assessed a civil penalty thus, pay a fine and/or could have a lien placed against his property.