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Welcome! Explore this site for ideas for mounting solutions for radios. https://www.lidoradio.com/ Cup holder and seat bolt mounts are popular. There are other company's that make similar mounts. Then look for a magnetic antenna mount. If you go with a modular mount like an "NMO" mount you can swap antennas to find what works or remove it for garage parking clearance. Lots of options for what you want to do.

The screen color was one of the changes made on the X version. So no it can not be changed on the older version.

Glad I could help! That tripped me up once also when first learning to program them. They are great radios. I got them because they are easy to program without a computer. Enjoy!

On further thinking about this issue, do you know that to program a channel/frequency you must first set "mode" to VFO using the "mode" button. You enter the frequency you want to program then open "Channel Wizard" and make the changes you want. Don't forget the last step of "save". If you are seeing frequencies you don't recognize push the " Mode" button until you see the channel you programmed. The mode button cycles though channel number, channel name, vhf frequencies and UHF frequencies if you named the channel you should see it displayed.

I have used the channel wizard almost exclusively on the three 935G+ radios I have and it works great and is easy and quick to use. Can you describe the exact steps you are doing and what the display shows. You must be missing a step.

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Florida is pretty flat and GMRS is line of sight mostly so if you are using a hand held radio at ground level you will not get very far. Maybe just your local neighborhood. If you are close enough to a repeater that has a high antenna you may be able to reach that to extend your range. Best bet is to get a friend with another radio and test your range by driving around to see how far you get and also getting closer to a repeater until you can connect. Getting out of the car at each test location will help also. It really takes experimentation with radio to learn for yourself what works for you with your equipment in your location. Again getting the antennas as high as possible will make the most difference. A base station setup (even with a hand held) with a rooftop antenna will give you the best range from home. Good luck!

There must be a way. This is a new question that I have not seen asked before.

Very good points Marc!

You may be better off setting up base station antennas at each house. Mast mounted antennas as high as you can. You can still use your hand held radios. Height is might in radio as they say. To test this maybe you can climb onto the roof of the houses and see if you can talk. Remember to hold the antennas vertical as they work best that way. If you can then base antennas should be all you need. If not then base antennas may allow each to connect to the local repeater.

Of course its good to follow manufactures recommendations. That is probable for coax strain relief rather than a "drip loop".

Hi Tina. Welcome to the forum! Should be fine as long as they use different names when signing up. The one call sign covers the whole family.

So it's a J-pole? What does Ed Fong recommend? Yes much easier to wrap tape before mounting the antenna to the mast LOL!

I just posted this in another thread. https://www.jpole-antenna.com/shop/snap-on-ferrite-beads-11mm-set-of-3/ What antenna are you using?

I don't know about that cable. There is no reason to have a drip loop at the antenna. You want one at the location where the coax enters the house so water drips off before running into the wall. You may need a choke at the antenna depending on the antenna type. That can be a coil of a couple of wraps however that can be impractical with large diameter coax. In that case snap on ferrite chokes are better. The radius is from the center of the coil so a 2.5" radius make a 5" circle.

KB9VBRr antennas recommends and sells the snap on ferrite chokes for the J-pole he sells. https://www.jpole-antenna.com/shop/snap-on-ferrite-beads-11mm-set-of-3/ I got them for mine when I ordered it and they are the correct size for LMR 400 and RG8-U. Be sure and wrap them with electrical tape so they don't slide.

Nice! I am thinking of picking up a KG-UV9GX as well. You can't go wrong with either one. Solid radios.

I did a lot comparisons before settling on the Wouxun KG-935g+ I would say the KG-UV9GX is a close second to the 935G+. Here is a review that may be helpful where he talks about both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MmuHqzbXqc

The Wouxun KG-935G+ does. There is an icon that stays on indicating which area A or B last received a signal.

Welcome to the forum! This radio has a built in battery and antenna. Two things that make it a no go for me. I wanted to like this radio when it first came out. If in fact it has no low voltage cut off protection then you will have to be extra careful and that makes the non removable battery issue even worse. It sounds like call to Midland is in order. Personally I would return it and get a different radio, but I need a removable antenna and batteries that can be swapped for my usage. YMMV.

Here is another example of line of sight being most important. I live on a hilltop on an island in NW Washington. I can hit a large area repeater East of Seattle that is high on a mountain 92 miles from my location with a 5 watt Wouxun KG-935G plus hand held connected to a rooftop Yagi directional antenna. But I have almost perfect line of sight to that repeater save a few trees in my neighborhood. I have no doubt it would reach even further.

Looks like a pretty cool device. Nice to know about this option. Thanks for sharing!

Hello and welcome! Sounds like maybe you have not found anyone that wants to talk to a stranger yet. GMRS is kind of a bring your own contacts radio service. Most people use it to talk to friends while doing activities like hiking, camping, off roading, shopping, traveling with multiple cars etc. Most users are not interested in talking to strangers. If you can find a repeater that is close enough that you can reach you may have better luck. Get a friend to help test how far you can reach. Take another radio and see how far you can talk in different situations. That will tell you if the radios are working properly. Also just because you can receive signals from far away does not mean you are close enough to reach them. Best to test for yourself. If the radios are working fine then its a matter of finding someone willing to talk to you. It is also likely that many are using "privacy tones" and will not hear you.

Hey glad I could help. We have all been new at this. Feel free to ask more questions.

Hello and welcome! The standard first question we should ask is, have you read and "studied" the manual? I do not have that radio but just looked it up and read through the manual and it's reasonably well written in good English. The first thing to learn is how to navigate the menu and successfully make changes to settings. Practice changing things like squelch levels and turning on and off the Rodger beep or the display brightness etc. The F button brings up the menu, the up and down arrows scroll through the options, F to select the option, up down to chose the setting to change, once chosen F to confirm then A/B button to exit menu. (That is clearly described in the manual) Once you are comfortable with getting around the menu and making settings changes you can move on. You really need to know how to work the radio. Couple of other points: In order to make Programing changes to a channel you must be on that channel. To transmit (TX) on GMRS channels you must be in "channel mode" not LSO mode (called VFO by most others) which is frequency mode). LSO is for "listening only" to non GMRS channels/frequencies. GMRS frequencies are channelized to make it easier. Rather than memorizing say frequency 462.5625 its easier to just remember channel 1. Hope this helps. When asking further questions give as much info as you can. Details matter with radio. Good luck!