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This what I posted on the Jeep JL Forum this morning: Seriously, there isn't really any ideal/optimum locations for two-way radio antennae on Jeeps. So, wherever you can mount an antenna is about the best you can do and you just have to live with the performance. Overall, it'll work fine especially for trail comms. Some professional grade antennae like Laird and Larsen do offer non-ground plane antennae that will help with the lack of an antenna ground plane, and they are great for the side cowl mounts, but they do need to be trimmed/tuned. I have four radios in my 23 Wrangler Rubi 2 Dr. For my CB Radio, I use a Firestik II antenna off the rear tailgate hinge. Also, I run with a VHF radio and I use a Laird non-groundplane antenna hanging off the driver's side front cowl, and two UHF radios, one analog for GMRS and other analog frequencies, and one digital UHF radio for my radio club digital radio system soon to be statewide. The digital radio antenna is mounted on the hood with a lip-mount and the GMRS analog UHF radio, I use a Glass-Mount antenna mounted on the rear glass.

Yes, the Midland MXTA26 antenna will affix to any NMO mount. NMO stands for New Motorola. All NMO antenna bases will fit all NMO antenna mounts. The are two different size holes for the NMO mounts 3/8" and 3/4" and those are the different hole sizes through a body panel or a mounting bracket. The NMO part what the antenna base affixes to is the same size for all NMO based antennae.

Is it possible, I think so, with an UHF (400 (Megs and higher) given certain circumstances. If there were two mountain tops 250 miles peak to peak apart, taking in the curvature of the earth between the two mountain tops, I wonder how high do the two mountain tops have to be to get above the earth curvature for a visual line of site between the two mountain tops. Also, the two mountain tops would have to be in a radio quiet zone for the frequency used to prevent any co-channel interference. I'm not sure if an omni antenna or a portable would make the haul, but it may be possible with a Yagi or a Parabolic antenna.

If it was in Talk Around he would be hearing the radio direct unless the transmitting radio is overloading the front end of the receiving radio which would normally occur with a Pandaland radio.

Why? Do you live in Crater Lake or the Grand Canyon, or are you using a POS Pandaland antenna and cable with poor VSWRs?

Definitely can not go wrong with either an used Kenwood or Motorola radio. They'll last a lot longer than any new cheap Pandaland radio and are a lot easier to program and use.

The Wouxun KG1000G + will be over $450 after the tariffs go in effect.

There is actually trees left in Southern California that haven't been burnt yet?

I don't irk, so problem on my part.

As Randy stated, the OP needs to get both radios out of the desense affect. If he isn't hitting the repeater he will need to put the radios in the talkaround mode or pick a simplex channel.

No CB radio?

And hopefully, Jeepers know when you flat tow with all four wheels on the ground what gear selection position to be in for both the automatic and manual trannies, and the transfer case. Being in the wrong position could and more than likely cause severe damage to the driveline system.

If I had a Jeep with a carburetor for off-road and for reliability I would be running a Holley Electric Fuel pump so I wouldn't have to worry about a fuel pump failure. The Holley Electric Fuel pumps are made in the USA and they don't fail.

What Randy said. Mine is still under warranty.

Actually, I have a dual AGM battery system. One battery is the primary for the starter and vehicle systems and the second battery is the Secondary battery for the accessories like the winch, air compressor, and other accessories such as Flashlight chargers, etc. My radios are powered from the primary battery system using one of the Four Auxiliary switched circuits that is a 40-amp circuits. The other Aux circuits power my Trail Lights.

Ultimately, the person listed on the license is responsible for all authorized family members and has to answer to the FCC when requested to do so and will have to identify those family members when a rule infraction/violation occurs.

You get what you paid for. If you buy cheap then it is cheaply built and you're really not saving money and time in the long run and you run the risk of it unexpectantly failing. If that is your style, go ahead and be cheap. I prefer to buy it once so I don't waste my time in dealing with it again. It has worked very well for me in all these decades. I refused to buy cheap Pandaland POS junk.

I don't see a trailer being pulled with the batteries and generator to power those radios.

My remote radios are locked down and my control heads are mounted on a RAM mount. By the twust of the mount lockdown, I can remove the vontrolhead stack and stuff under the seat. 6

It is very very very expensive. Also, there is the multiband APX series radios which is just very expensive, even used.

There are systems out there to consolidate multiple remote radios and control it by one device. I had one in my company car for about a year before I retired about 20 years ago.

I still program the receive channel tones and codes on the channels with downlink tones and codes for the just in cases. However, 99% of the time I run with the PL Defeat or Monitor feature enabled so I can monitor the channel and I disable the feature only when there is constant channel noise from RFI or EMI sources such as LED Street Lights. The street lights on my street are VHF Highband (151 MHz) LEDs and the Street Lights near where I jump on the Freeway are GMRS Channel 22 Street Lights and it takes me to drive a half mile or so before the noise goes away.

That's true and will work in most cases. However, that feature will also enable and prevent you from using the channel on any signal including a distant signal that just barely breaks squelch.

"Some People" have CTCSS/DPL enabled on their receive channel that will prevent you to hear the other traffic thus, you will interfere with that traffic. It is the responsibility of all users to not interfere with other traffic and they should monitor to see if the channel is clear before proceeding. Most cheap Pandaland radios have a monitor button to use to see if the channel is clear, but that usually just momentary disables the receiver decoder and blows squelch noise. In order to properly monitor to see if the channel is clear you have to keep the button depressed for a few seconds and put up with the squelch noise. Real radios, like Kenwood, GE/Tyco/Ericsson/Harris, and Motorola, has a feature called PL Defeat or just Monitor, that will disable the receiver decoder, temporarily with a programmable switch or button, without putting up with the radio blowing squelch to allow you to see if channel is clear.

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