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Ah, that's my mistake. I misspoke. Not owning a consumer grade radio or have read an user's manual for one of those radios I would have never thought that Motorola would have used a term like that. I do get it why they would

Below is a copy and paste of what I posted earlier today. Are you referring that I said "fixed station" in the first paragraph? There are only three paragraphs, can you point out which paragraph I said that? "All stations (radio devices/equipment units) connected to an antenna that is affixed to a stationary structure (tower or building) are fixed bases because they are not and can not operate in transport (be moved at any given time) thus is a fixed location and is a base operated equipment. A radio device/equipment) connected to an antenna affixed to a vehicle/vessel/aircraft that can be in transport are mobile units."

I don't.

Did you read the definition of a Fixed Station in Part 95.303 Copied directly from Part 95.303 47 CFR 95.303 “Fixed station” Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only.

I really don't care. Just read the rules. It's all there. People are not completely reading the rules and I already pointed/cited the rule in question out. If the rule that I point out is not to your liking I can't help that and no one has come back and explain what than does that particular rule mean than. All people have to do is than explain the rule I pointed out. No, they can't do that because they don't know how.

I never said that all at home GMRS stations are fixed stations by rule. I said they are fixed locations thus depending on how that station and to who you are communicating with that station at a fixed location will define the class of station by Part 95 rather if your are a fixed Base or fixed station, there is a difference by definition

Where did I state a location dictates the class of station?

You must be an Amateur than and I don't mean a HAM radio operator.

You better go back in completely reread Part 95 and get back to me with your findings and I don't mean just subparts A and E.

Part 95.303 provides the a clear definition on the various classes of stations for all subparts of Part 95 radio services.

All stations (radio devices/equipment units) connected to an antenna that is affixed to a stationary structure (tower or building) are fixed bases because they are not and can not operate in transport (be moved at any given time) thus is a fixed location and is a base operated equipment. A radio device/equipment) connected to an antenna affixed to a vehicle/vessel/aircraft that can be in transport are mobile units. By rule definition of Part 95, Subpart E, any fixed base that communicates with another fixed base would be defined as and be operating as a fixed station thus must operate pursuant to Parts 95.1763 (a) & (c) and 95.1767 (a)(2). The type of radio equipment (table top radio equipment as opposed to a radio that is normally hanging under a dash/installed in a vehicle) does not have any bearing on the station class of operation. It is based/defined on how/where the radio device being operated and the antenna mounting.

There is no such thing as Interference eliminator codes that Motorola ever used. Anyways, DPL and PL do not eliminate the so called interference it just keeps you from hearing the audio/noise of the interference source not eliminate it. To answer your question regarding are the old Motorola radios compatible with GMRS repeaters? Maybe and maybe not. Depending on the model/series of the old Motorola radios, most likely the GMRS Repeater(s) is/are operating wideband than there would not be a problem, today. A small majority of the GMRS repeaters operate narrowband and depending on the model series of those old Motorola radios, they could pose a problem if they can not operate narrowband with a narrowband operated repeater. Although, you will still access the narrowband operated repeater with a wideband radio, the audio quality will not be optimum. What Motorola⁹ model/series radios are they?

Multi-band antennae are compromises and not ideal when it comes to great distances. It's best to use antennae specific to your operating band for optimum performance and for the farz you're trying to achieve.

It is my understanding that that Rubicon guy is really not a Rubicon guy and he is really a Nissan guy with a Chinese made Jeep Key Fob. Real Izarubicon people drive Rubicons with real American Jeep Keep Fobs.

Under the same operating parameters/conditions, a HAM radio/frequency won't make any difference or be anymore successful.

Make and model of the equipment?

The CDM series radios were programmed by CPS and not RSS thus a 32-bit XP operating system is required. As for having a DOS machine for the older model radios, I had a Pendium XP laptop reconfigured as a DOS with DOS 6.2 and it works great for my HT1000, MT2000, and Visar radios. However, the clock speed is too fast for Analog Sabers, and the various Radius model radios. The RSS goes through the motion of reading the codeplug but will not save the codeplug file after the read.

You're going to get a lot of warbles and wha-whas and not understand anything being said.

It would depend on what the resonate freq is for the antenna and cable. An antenna analyzer will give you that info.

A telephone connection refers to being connected to a telephone "switched" system i.e. a dial up line. Telcom RTO and pieceout (dedicated) circuits, and internet connections are not part of the telephone switched system.

You were hearing traffic on a linked repeater that is linked with a network of other repeaters. Most linked repeaters will utilize two different input tones/codes, one for local repeater mode only and one for the linked network mode. This could be your issue.

And with a real commercial quality radio the radio would immediately go into the CSQ mode when you remove the mic from the holder/clip so you can automatically monitor for other traffic on a community repeater.

The 2.4:1 is less than 3.0:1 so it'll be fine for communicating between people on the trail. It may suck a little if you're trying to communicate with someone at great distances. One of the reasons why the Laird has a higher VSWR is because the transmitting frequency is not matching the tune of the antenna. The antenna may need to be trimmed and for GMRS I would tune/trim it for 465 MHz.

I wouldn't buy any cable from Amazon. Go with M&P or Times Mirror.

OTTO is an excellent product. Klein Electroncs and Planet Headset offer some decent products. Both have several options for the accessory connectors to match the various radio models.