WRXB215

Grow up !  What the hell is wrong with you ? 

There is also knife edge refraction.

The terrain has a lot to do with contacts beyond the line of sight. UHF bounces off hard surfaces such as concrete and granite. Its very possible your signal was reflecting through canyons. Digital signals don't do well as the bit stream becomes jumbled through the multipath hops.

You always here that UHF is line of sight.  If you can't see it, you can't talk to it.  My experience has been otherwise.  Granted if you have a 1000' mountain between you and the person you want to talk to it ain't happening simplex.  I just upgraded my repeaters power.  Same antenna at about 40' off the ground and surrounded by trees 270º around me.  Today I took a ride with my 20 watt Wouxun KG-XS20G+ with an MXTA26 Midland magnetically mounted, basically straight north.  I had my phone at my repeater as I called out to it recording with a voice activated app.  My truck was moving on all of these, probably around 40mph +/-
 
3.85 miles out with Line Of Site


Full Quieting Area.wav Going farther out, on a hill but behind one also  6.54 mi


Top of hill past Randal Dr.wav And then down that hill 75 feet below the other peak and still in the shadow of the hill   7.0 mi


Hickory St.wav Getting worse but still very readable  7.2 mi


Entering Agawam.wav Unreadable at Shoemaker Ln  7.9 mi


Shoemaker Ln.wav Sounded much worse on my end and I figured I was done but really it wasn't that bad  9.25 mi


McDonalds.wav  
Cute little experiment.  Shows line of sight doesn't mean you can't be heard.  Obviously you lose quieting and sometime you lose readability.  It was nice to find out I could insert audio.
 
 
 
 

Hello everyone. Just wanted to come here and say hello from Hood County Texas. I'm just getting started in this hobby. So far, I only have 3 HT's. I will be looking to get a mobile unit when I figure out which one I want. Anyways, I wanted to say thanks in advance for any future help I may need to advance my knowledge. And thanks to the ones here that are on YouTube. You have already helped me out tons!!
 
Vince
WRWB752

I can read well enough to see your post are filled with typos. What part of the fcc rules escapes me? Please enlighten me. I’ve never said repeaters should be linked. I just don’t agree with your tactics. You’re an a**.
I have tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, assuming you may have some personal issues. I wish you luck, however I don’t see the benefit of engaging with you anymore. 

“….right over your head….”

From the most arrogant guy on this forum.

Correction: Unhealthy and bizarre obsession and fixation against linked repeaters

And yet this thread and its question has nothing to do with linked repeaters. Not everything does you know. Also these repeaters appear to be active. So you are just wrong. Most of all you offered no help for the person looking for info, just your obsession with linked repeaters.
 

They are referring to requests not the repeater. If you are not signed in it says disabled by owner. Although it’s the same information as the forum you need to sign in separately on the map/repeater page. Once you do you’ll not see disabled anymore but rather that the repeaters (ones in question here) are open and the tones are displayed along with the request button. 
This has nothing to do with “repeaters dropping like flies” as it was suggested by @WRUE951. He’s just obsessed with another topic not relevant here. Try and be helpful people. 
 
Edit: in short, once you are able to register here you’ll see the info you are looking for. 

So, with that drama all out of the way...
How do we combat this travesty of not allowed linking.
A friend wants to know.

Yep, that's the meanest thing I've seen @Blaise do. 😆

So I have a NR30 (non-s) with a Nagoya NA-771G antenna and its my favorite radio.  It performs almost as well as my KG905G but the ergonomics are way better in how it feels in your hand.  Feels way more commercial and durable than my GM-30.  I got it specifically because I wanted a minimalist radio with no screen for just the two repeaters I use.  It's also IP67 so I've carried it around in the rain no problem.  Only downside is you can't field program it and it has the gold pin accessory jack which you can convert to kenwood using this.
I was looking at a HA1G for my next radio because I I like my NR30 so much and figured that was basically an NR30 with a screen, but now there is an NR30S which seems like basically the same thing but with the noise cancelling.
The noise cancelling on the NR30 is pretty meh and I would say I have it off 99% of the time.  There are certain use cases where it comes in handy such as talking to someone on a repeater where there is a small amount of static and it basically filters all that out and making them sound clear like DMR but not robotic.  Once the signal is a bit weak it does more harm than good, filtering out a lot of the person's voice or making them sound garbled and harder to understand.  The one time it really came in handy was talking to my buddy on a repeater for about an hour straight with very mild static and flipping it on made him sound perfect.
IDK if the $25 premium over the HA1G for noise cancelling is worth it.  Maybe the additional power if it has it; the NR30 has low/med/high and goes up to nearly 10 watts.

Looks like it does the one key pairing.
All the photos that they have showing the display shows one channel with the RX and TX frequencies and corresponding tones displayed. So it may not have dual channel/frequency display. 
Simple five button keypad on the front. It certainly seems geared towards simple group coms.  
They don’t seem to have a manual on line for it yet.  
I had looked over it’s more simple name sake the NR30 (no “s”) as a simple hand out to those that don’t know or care about key pads and displays.
I would also be interested in how well the noise canceling works. 
I would be interested in knowing more as well even if it is “just another radio” as “Some people” say. I guess that’s why I’m on a radio forum. 

Anybody seen or ordered the new Retevis NR30S GMRS HT?
https://www.retevis.com/retevis-nr30s-long-range-noise-reduction-gmrs-two-way-radio-with-display-us
Looks kind of like the HA1G.
Some of the features:
High / Middle/Low Power Adjustable
Two-way Noise Reduction
VOX Hands-free
Group Call
Monitor
Scan
Roger
Emergency Alarm
Low Battery Alert
30 Channels (GMRS)
Power Save/Low Power Alarm
Squelch  
Weather
Weather warn
TOT（Time Out Timer）
Talk  Around Also says it has a 2800mah battery and IP67 waterproof.
 

It’s no bother.  How long of a cable do you need?  I can link a cable with the correct ends. If you want. 

I quickly closed the screen when I saw the title while the opening commercial played 😅

No, that’s a female N connector. The center is a tiny socket with spring fingers. 
We already told you what to get:
1. LMR400 or equivalent cable with pl259 on both ends. 
2. Adapter with SO239 on one side and N male on the other side. 
 
Or call DX Engineering and order a DXE400 cable with an N male on one end and PL259 on the other. 

Here is another thread on the subject. 🤷‍♂️

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.

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.

Looks like N-type on the antenna. LMR-400 or better is recommended for the UHF band.

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.

Looks like N-type on the antenna. LMR-400 or better is recommended for the UHF band.

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.