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Here a quick cost rundown on the antenna I put up recently. I just looked up my receipts, total was around $488 if it helps.
From DX Enineering:
Comet GP-6NC $170
50ft pre-terminated Type-N 400MAX cable $85
Wall Mount Brackets $44.00
From Home Depot:
30ft Aluminum Flagpole $167
Sika Fence Post Mix $14.00
Ground Strap $8.00 (already had a ground rod and wire)
 

It's horrifying.  People can disagree with me and spread hate and disinformation???  They must be stopped to save free speech!

It's horrifying.  People can disagree with me and spread hate and disinformation???  They must be stopped to save free speech!

Sorry but in the event of a disaster 90% of those links will be down. Most are on consumer internet circuits at homes with no generator. Ham is in the same boat 95% of the time. Unless its a hardened site with hardened internet it can't be relied on for anything. Again if you want to talk across multiple states pick up your cell phone or get your ham radio license. 

I'm in the same antenna boat... have the NA-771G and it just doesn't do the trick inside.  I'm looking into 1) trying to get an OK from the HOA for an antenna; or 2) get an antenna up in the attic.  Both Antenna Medix and Mr. Antenna have indicated they can do this.  I'm trying to learn enough to sharpen my BS detector.

While I was traveling back from a car club driving tour outing up in the San Jacinto Mountains to the Resort where my car club is holding a week long National Convention, I came upon a multi-car traffic collision with the road almost completely blocked in a blinding curve, on State Route 74, between Palm Desert and Idyllwild, and I noticed several people trying to use their cellular telephone probably trying to report the collision. I assumed they were not having any success because we were in a cellular dead zone which was several miles long.
I did not stop to check on injuries because there was no safe place to pullover since it was a narrow mountain road with essentially no shoulders. I continued on hoping to see some bars on my cell phone.
Fortunately, I had both my portable and mobile GMRS units with me and I attempted to make contact with another station that could relay the incident to the California Highway Patrol. I knew there were two repeaters in the area so I tried Coachella Valley Repeater and called out in the blind asking if any station would relay the incident to the CHP.
A station in the Salton City Area answered up and relayed the incident and came back to tell me he was successful in making contact with the CHP. I signed off and continued my drive back to La Quinta
It pays to have a GMRS Radio as an additional means of communications to report emergencies to public safety agencies. Also, it pays to be prepared and know the GMRS system in the area you are traveling in and have your radio units programmed accordingly just in case. This was the “just in case”.

I'm brand new to the GMRS world.  Just joined AZGMRS.  Live most of the time in Chandler while trying to figure out how to spend less time here and more in Linden (near Show Low).

I'm brand new to the GMRS world.  Just joined AZGMRS.  Live most of the time in Chandler while trying to figure out how to spend less time here and more in Linden (near Show Low).

Also for my GMRS HTs I sometimes use a Nagoya NA-771G, or a Nagoya NA-701G when I get tired of poking myself in the eye.  These both are optimized for GMRS, like the previous antennas I mentioned.
Notarubicon has good videos on YouTube if you want to get ideas without breaking the bank, but @OffRoaderX will tell you that you are his favorite viewer.  Don't fall for it ?

That guy is a clown..and a shill for all the cheap Chinese radio companies that tell him what to say, and he doesn't know what he's talking about because he doesn't have a H.A.M. license.. I know all this because he lives rent-free in so many people's heads here at MyGMRS that keep watching and then complaining about his videos even though they hate him so much... So all that stuff must be true.