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You can try either a higher antenna or a yagi pointed in the repeaters direction or both. Have you looked up your county to see how many have a gmrs license?

I just took the tech and general test this morning and will say that if you have basic mechanical and electrical comprehension and are able to critically look at the question and possible answers then the tech is a short study. The general was more intense by every way, but I studied for two nights and passed easily. I like the flash cards (out of date) on hamexam.org/flash_cards/18-Technician and the current test questions on eham.net/exams/index, will use the same technique in two months when the test is local again and take the extra.

Thanks, it was indeed a privacy code. I looked for that and didn't see it, but upon further inspection found it as a very little number in the upper right hand corner of a very small screen, again thanks.

My wouxun ht and base can rx from my motorola talkabout's, but they cannot tx back to the talkabouts and the wouxun" can tx/rx to each other and the talkabout's can tx to all of them, what setting do I have wrong on my radio's?

Sorry, that was not my intentions, lol.

I'm going to venture out on the limb and say it is more about SHTF preps than anything else, but that is what I'm seeing from my seat, opinions can vary.

I have a rotor on my tv antenna and it works like a champ, so it is already on my mind but I will manually move it and see how well it works before going to the next level.

Thanks for the reply, do I need to space the antennas any certain distance apart?

Question for you tech experts, could I mount a directional and omnidirectional antenna on the same mast by using the Diamond Antenna CX210A Wideband Heavy Duty Coax Switch?

If I ground my antenna pole at the base and have the Ed Fong antenna encased in PVC pipe should I be concerned about the current being carried back into my radio equipment?

Got my GMRS license last week and have my equipment on the way, so we'll see how it goes.