Wannabe

Thanks for the quick responses on this. ?

Thanks for the quick reply, it won’t be a full 50’. That’s worst case. Was thinking mounting on the chimney as it’s the highest point on the house. What is better, longer cable with higher antenna mounting, or lower antenna mounting with shorter antenna? I know it’s case by case, but in general which would be the better sacrifice?

Setting up a small base station at home. The antenna location is roughly 35’ from the radio. Will I have issues with running 40-50’ of cable to my antenna? I’m sure closer is better, but to keep the wife happy I need to keep my “toys” out of site lol. Thanks in advance.

Yup, I’ve understood tones to be more of a “filter”, filtering out the rest of the chatter.

I thought the RT29 was a 10 watt unit? Is 5 watt - 10 watt also not that noticeable? Was thinking it would have more power to get through urban areas.

Can you recommend a radio with higher power that won’t disappoint? The main reason I was leaning towards the Retevis was the power.

Just recently got my GMRS license and joined this group, and now I need to get into a radio (Ive been using a UV-5R as a "scanner only" and something to learn to program on). The radios that I have been looking at are the BTech GMRS pro and the Retevis RT29. I like the big color screen and the bells and whistles of the PRO, and a few guys in my close group are using them, but I like the power and price of the RT29 (I can buy 2 RT29's for the price of one BTech Pro) looking for advice on why one would be better than the other. (I know the Retevis is not Part 95, it would be for "scanning only" and SHTF/emergency comms) Thanks in advance!