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And Shaw Butte. If you're a member of the Arizona GMRS Repeater Club, you would have access to the White Tanks Repeater which is linked to the Scottsdale, East Mesa, and Flagstaff repeaters.

It's just 1 dB, not significant and you won't know the difference in the operating distance unless you buy your cable from Amazon.

I thought that my Kenwood TK880-1 would be compliant on the 462 MHz Interstitial channels on low power but my recertified Bird 43 says it puts out a tad over 6 watts. I remember that my POS MFJ 849 said 4.7 watts last year that is why I decided to check this morning to see what the Bird would said. As for operating on the 462 MHz Interstitial Channels, you can operate wideband and narrowband, its your discretion. It's not just narrowband only, as per Section/Rule Part 95.1771(a) The Kenwood and Motorola portables and mobiles would be your best bet in order to be compliant with Part 95, Subparts A and E, and have the ability to program 70cm freqs. You will need to find the "R" model radio in the earlier models and the "Q" model radios for the later models in order to have the operating band range for programming the 70cm and GMRS freqs.

A friend con me in going to the HAM thing at DeVry University with him this Saturday and if you or your friend is going to this HAM thing I can bring the 269D with me and give to you or him. Let me know if that will work.

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Be patient. There is a line of a gazillion people waiting on their request for the Towers 575 repeater.

I sent my MFJ 269D and 849 back to MFJ last September under warranty because of erroneous readings. They were never consistent readings. They were suppose to recalibrate the meters. I received my 269D towards the of February. I still don't have the 849 and I don't care if I ever get back the 849. I even gave up on the 269D about mid January and receiving the 269D was a total surprise. The 269D still gives inaccurate readings. I am happy with my RigExpert 650 although the battery charger for the rechargeable batteries they sent is a POS and won't fully charge the batteries. I rectified that problem by buying a charger from Walmart for about $50. I'm about to throw out the 269D and if anyone wants it at no cost, all you have to do is pre-pay the shipping cost and provide a shipping label and it's yours. But I wouldn't trust the readings with it.

Not a lot of people don't have CB radios like they did years ago. These days very few Truckers run with CB radios.

Not the one on my racecar. Talley still has the ANXTRA4500N antenna. Surprisingly, they're still using the Antenex antenna part number. Unfortunately, the White Phantom is still the only single unit purchase and the Black is a minimum of 10 unit purchase and that is why I have a white Phantom non-ground plane NMO antenna instrad of the black non-ground plane NMO antenna.

MFJs are not accurate. Muliband antennae are compromising on band efficiency somewhere. Get an accurate Antenna Analyzer and, not a MFJ, and check the antenna resonate.

No worries on my part. I don't let politics dictate my lifestyle or sway my views and opinions on the issues. Politics definitely don't influence me on how I vote, I vote on what "I" feel is the best for the greater good.

Low Profile. Please note the White Phantom antenna just under the rear window near the top and attached to the rollbar structure. This antenna is a non-ground plane designed antenna. And these antennae are not "Ghost Antennae", I can clearly see the antenna. They are called Phantom antennae as named originally by Antenna Specialist now called Laird.

Unless there is a GMRS system/infrastructure already in place and the kids had good quality portable radios and you have a base station unit, I doubt that you will have a direct communication connection. If both locations are within cellular service coverage, cellular telephones and/or Motorola Wave devices would work but those would require subscription service for each device. Another service to consider is the Garmin inReach but that would require a subscription service. There is no legitimate reason for a parent to have direct communication contact with the kids throughout the day when they are in school and under the school's supervision. Parents need to have trust in the school officials. During that time, the kids should be focusing on their studies without disruption from the home front. Give them a break and let them be so they can learn and enjoy interaction with other kids during recess and the lunch period. Parents have no business interfering during school hours. Don't over parent.

HOME Vertex Standard Repeater with EMR Corp Duplexer Laird FG4602 Base Antenna tip at 30' and Times Microwave ("Some People" thinks it is called Times New Roman as in the Font) LMR400 Cable. For my Base Radios - Two Motorola XTL5000 Dashmounts, one with a Motorola Desk Microphone connected to a Laird B4502N non ground plane antenna with LMR400 Cable in the attic, and the other radio using a hand mic connected to another Laird B4502N mounted in the side window of my shop/garage. FOR MY CARS Chevrolet Silverado 1 Ton Dually Diesel - Motorola XTL5000 Remote Mount connected to a Laird B4502 roof mount antenna. A Cobra 29 LTD Nightwatch AM/FM CB Radio connected to a roof mount K40 antenna as a secondary radio. Jeep Wrangler "IZARUBIcon" 2 Dr - Motorola XTL5000 Remote Hi-powered connected to a Larsen Glass-Mount Antenna mounted on the rear glass. A Cobra 19 DX III CB radio connected to a Firestik II 5 Ft Adjustable Tip antenna mounted in the rear near the spare tire as a secondary radio. Corvette Racecar - Motorola HT1000 connected to a Laird non-ground plane Phantom antenna mounted to the roll bar and audio equipped helmet. XTS 1500 radios used by the spotters. Corvette Grocery Getter - Motorola XTS5000 Type 3 FPP Porsche Grocery Getter - Kenwood TK 880 connected to a Laird 1/4 wave unity gain on a Midland Magmount. The radio is not permanently mounted and is powered from the accessory power plug. Club Car Golf Car Grocery Getter - Motorola XTS5000 Type 2 with Remote speaker microphone. The radio sits in a cup holder. I have a gazillion Motorola mobiles and portables as spares: XTL5000, XTL2500, XTS5000 (FPP, Type 2 and 3) XTS3000 Type 2, XTS2500, XTS1500, MT2000 (A4 & A7), MTS2000, HT1000, ASTRO SABER (Types 1, 2, and 3), and VISARs. Oh, one Midland MXT500 with a Midland Magmount and Phantom antenna I temporily loan to my radio-less friends when on Trail Rides or Porsche Driving Tours.

Recently, a local Phoenix family drove up to the mountains northeast of Phoenix several days ago and got caught in a snow storm and they were stranded for several days. The family did survive and made it out unharm. They were lucky to be found by local Payson Area residents during the snow storm. While they were stranded, they attempted to call for help using their cell phone but unfortunately, they were in an area of no cell service, which is not unusual in the remote mountain areas of Arizona. However, the area they were in was well covered by the Diamond Point GMRS Repeater which is linked to other repeaters of the Southwest Community Radio System (SWCRS) that serve the Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tucson, and the eastern mountain communities in Arizona; and throughout the state of New Mexico. If they had a GMRS radio and if they were licensed and knowledgeable about the GMRS repeater system they could have use their GMRS radio to summon for help. The point is, you can’t always rely on a Cellular Telephone for help, especially in remote areas. So, don’t leave home without your GMRS radio even in the metro areas. You can never plan when a GMRS radio will be the most valuable tool in the time of need.

And it won't, as long it is completely compliant with Part 95, subparts A and E.

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That is actually true. I will only buy Motorola and I am pretty much set for some time now. I have numerous mobiles and portables of various models all UHF except one VHF XTS1500.

When I identified the desense problem with the two KG1000 Plus radios I called Buy Twoway Radios regarding this issue. I explained the extensive trouble shooting procedure I used and what were the results and they essentially in a matter of words said my test procedure was flawed and that no one else was having this problem. They did say send back the radios so they can performed their own test and if the radios performed as designed they were not going to refund my purchase. I sold the two radios as single units. I will never do business again with that dealer or buy any CCR in my lifetime. I learned my lesson.

Vertex Standard EVX-R70-G7-40 Repeater using an EMR Corp Duplexer connected to a Laird FG4605 5 dB Omni Base Station Antenna with Times Microwave LMR400 Cable with a Polyphaser and the antenna tip is at 30' AGL

Just for giggles, I decided to test my Midland MXT500 that has the latest Firmware update with 128 channels to see how much power I am putting out. I normally let my friends use the radio as a loaner when they are radio-less when I am on a Driving Tour with one of my car clubs or one of my Jeep Clubs on a Trail Run. This is a great radio for that purpose. I ran my tests with my recent recertified Bird 43 Watt Meter and a recertified 100 Watt 200-500 MHz slug and a brand spanking new 10 Watt 400-800 MHz slug to check the reflection. I also used two 12" test leads with N Connectors to connect the radio and an EMR Corp. 0-1 GHz 125 Watt Dummy Load. The first phase of my test was transmitting into the dummy load and the results were, on 462.550 MHz was 52 watts and transmitting on 467.725 MHz with a result of 51 watts. The second phase of my test, I connected the radio to a Midland MXTA25 3 dB Phantom Antenna with a Midland Mag-Mount and cable sitting on a cookie sheet and I measured the VSWR at 1.4:1 at 465.000 MHz with a RigExpert Antenna Analyzer. On 462.550 MHz I measured 52 watts with .6 watt reflected and on 467.725 MHz I measured 51 watts with .7 watts reflected. I had my Midland MXT500 radio powered by a Powerwerx SPS30DM Power Supply set at 14.3 DC Volts and the power draw results for both frequencies on transmitter keyed are as follows: 462.550 MHz 8.61 AMPS at 13.59 Volts; and 467.725 9.71 AMPS at 13.51 volts. I guess I can't complain about the RF Output Power with this radio. However, I do have some minor complaints with this radio such as, no Talk Around, Monitor (PL Defeat), Zone/Bank of Channels features, and the absence of some CTCSS tone freqs. Other than that its not a bad GMRS radio.

The desense problem is not an antenna issue. The desense issue is with the two radios that don't have any shielding and the transmitting radio emits EMI directly into the receiver of the receiving radio. Also, if you are using a Cheap Chinese Duplexer that cost around $150 you're just compounding the desense issue with a crappy duplexer. You need to spend close to $400-500 for a decent duplexer if you setting this up at your residence and not at a radio remote site

Those were not only constructive comments, they are facts. Using two Wouxun KG1000 Plus radios side-by-side configured as a repeater, you will experience a horrendous desense problem whereas you'll be lucky that receive radio won't receive even a 50 watt mobile more than a mile away.

All frequency pairs between 450 to 470 MHz are +5 MHz for mobile transmit to the repeater. All freq pairs above 470 MHz to 512 MHz are +3 MHz for mobile transmit to the repeater.

462.5325 MHz is not an allocated Part 95, Subpart E frequency.