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WRXB215
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I agree with @SteveShannon. If you are in a neighborhood with lots of houses and trees, that's about all you can expect from a couple of HTs
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@Rulander welcome to GMRS.
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Are you using a repeater channel, that is, above 22?
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3 hours ago, GreggInFL said:
Just curious: Did the repeaters stay up and running?
Some did, some did not. Some had backup power that lasted long enough for mains to come back online, some never lost mains. Some lost antennas, some did not. I had one ham repeater and one GMRS repeater I could still use. Also had some ham friends just close enough for simplex.
- AdmiralCochrane and GreggInFL
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Looks like N-type on the antenna. LMR-400 or better is recommended for the UHF band.
- SteveShannon and WRUU653
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51 minutes ago, LeoG said:
No one is interested because the world is a bowl of cherries and nothing will ever go wrong.
I fight this same battle and it can be quiet frustrating. Especially since we just recently went through a hurricane and two-way radios were all that worked.
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I have the UT-72 dual band. It works quite well. Since you are using the dedicated GMRS version, it should work even better.
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It's a good idea to use your radio regularly to stay in practice. In an emergency stress will be high and the last thing you want is to be fumbling with the radio or worse, a dead battery.
- SteveShannon and GreggInFL
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5 minutes ago, GreggInFL said:
When you move to a full-size mobile unit you can use the same antenna with one of these adapters.
With that "kit" he will not need another adapter for a mobile. All he will have to do is remove the SMA adapter being used for the HT. The cable already has a PL-259 which is why it comes with the SMA adapter for HT in the first place.
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@WSEG508 If the repeater uses an output tone, use that to squelch out all the simplex traffic.
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3 hours ago, KevinJ said:
A BIG QUESTION TO ALL: Should I have it grounded for lighting?
Always use a lightning arrestor on the antenna feed line. The point is to always try and keep that killer outside the house.
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5 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
I want to learn CW but I also want to start studying for my Extra test too.
Same here.
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@WRUE951 sorry to hear it is so bad in some areas. So far my experience has been very positive on both GMRS and ham. I wish everyone could have as good an experience and just have good clean effective communications.
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@WRUE951 that must be regional. I operate in the Houston area and the only unlicensed chatter I've heard is on simplex with a very weak signal which tells me they are on FRS radios.
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18 minutes ago, WRKC935 said:
Employing WINLINK in shelters for citizens to email family and friends about health and welfare and carrying that traffic out of a disaster zone would be something. But I see some saying that's not who they want to support. They seem to think that the government entities are the only ones they want to deal with.
That's sad. I'd rather support the citizens. I assume the government entities can take care of themselves. I'd rather not serve the government anyway, they are supposed to serve us.
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1 hour ago, MaxHeadroom said:
The Abree “tape measure antenna” - skip it. Last few I got my hands on swept resonant in UHF around 420MHz - nowhere close to the 465ish range you need for GMRS/FRS.
Was that one of their GMRS antenna or just a UHF antenna?
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23 minutes ago, RayDiddio said:
slowly bleeding out and becoming the next CB radio
I know it can sometimes be rough hear and there but I don't think GMRS will ever be like CB. I think the fact that you have to get a license and your info is public keeps the biggest jerks away. It's easier to be a jerk anonymously on CB which makes people bolder on that service.
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@WRVM506 that is very interesting. Maybe you should leave the big antenna as is for looks and add a small, inconspicuous GMRS antenna that actually connects to the radio. A "ghost" antenna might fit the bill.
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2 hours ago, amaff said:
I don't know what the rules are but if it's at all allowed, they'll be encrypted.
That ^^^^ If they aren't encrypted, they will be useless. I doubt there is a rule against listening to an open radio signal. "Joe! He said he's running xyz..."
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22 minutes ago, Raybestos said:
That is the stuff nightmares are made of. I fully expect to wake up screaming, then whimpering, tonight; after reading that.
Gee, thanks.
Yep, just when I was starting to regain a little hope in humanity, @OffRoaderX comes along and CRUSHES IT!!!
My 2 favorite Radios so far.
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