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Most law enforcement I’ve been involved with didn’t use 10codes just codes like code 2 no light or siren but get here quick code 3 full lights and sirens get here fast code 4 clear ect…. 10- codes are very useful for relaying info quick and easy to understand. On a busy radio it rather hear 10-4 then “I understand” or im 10-19 rather then I’m in my way.

I see several on eBay starting at $25

Might want to just ask the owner. I’d recommend you get close to the owners of any repeater you use. Email them. Offer your help in any way. Offer to run a net once a week or once a month.

.625 is a gmrs frequency channel number 18. I’d bet you were hearing a repeater output

But do they send data. The removable parts is about sending data not being a gmrs radio. It’s still a dumb rule that no one will do anything about if you do break the glue and swap your antenna.

A short antenna matched with a 50w radio seams silly to me. An mxt26 is a great antenna and yes most nmo antennas and bases are sold separately. Some are not. However if you get a good nmo base you can always swap antennas depending on needs. A utg72 is a cheap alternative and works ok but it’s not an nmo mount so when you upgrade you have to run all new wire so I’d recommend a good nmo mount and what ever antenna you want.

You will have to figure out YOUR budget, what features are most important to you. Do you want to drill your roof? Do you have a soft top, aluminum top steel top? What type of vehicle? DO you have space in the vehicle for a radio or do you need remote mount? I can tell you that for me in my trucks i use 20w water proof radios that cost about $125 and a cheap $30 mag mount and i can do more then 50 miles and have zero issues with them. Are they the best? No. Do they do the job for me? Yes very much so and i abuse them with windows down in the rain and dust and all every day.

A repeater does not help a point a to pony b transmission in any way. Now if you have multiple hand helds or mobile units out and about that all need to communicate between them and the area does not allow that then a repeater may be in order but you need more then 1 base and 1 mobile to make a repeater useful in any way. just set up a good base station.

No a repeater would not help at all. That’s not what what repeaters do. Now if husband went south and wife went north then yes a repeater would help. But a repeater does zero good from point a to point b. Sounds like you need to research and understand repeaters. They do not extend your transmission range at all. They take your transmission and “repeat” it from a (usually) higher place with a (usually) better more wattage radio and better antenna.

So it still sounds like you don’t need a repeater at all. You just need a good base station with a good antenna and good antennas on the hts. A repeater will not help anything you have described. Plus if you can’t get 5 miles with an ht you have too many things in The way

What do you need a repeater for? What is the use you want to get from it? Remember a repeater almost never benefits the person that out it uo. You have a load in money in the radios and you’re going to run a short junker tram antenna? Spend more money getting a good antenna up as high as possible.

Did you happen to read the manual before posting?

Just buy a good radio. For the price of the amp you could have gotten a good mobile radio.

I’m sure some ones head explodes!!!

90+% of people do not need a repeater I totally agree. However height is relative. Our club has a repeater that is waaay up on a huge commercial tower looking over most of Southern California. It covers well over 100miles in every direction and services a massive foot print. It is all very high end stuff with over 12k into it plus monthly site lease. however there is also a cheap little 5w repeater that is also up high but not as high and still services a 60mile radius for many people with no cell service. In another valley close to us a guy put up a neighbor hood repeater that is also 5watts for times when cell phones go down which is often. He has many elderly people and the roads are terrible in the winter. From my home a 20w repeater only 30ft off the ground services a radius over 100miles in a 180deg arch. Some people actually use it that are over 200miles away. I’m up against huge mountains behind me. Then there is the people that need small cheap 5w personal repeaters for large ranches. So it has nothing to do with cost or type or watts or even height. It has to do with what IF ANYTHING is actually NEEDED.

So get one of the many radios that does use chirp. Loads of options.

Nope not at all. They receive just the same also from my experience. I’ve used and tested many hts boofwang, woxoun, Motorola retives, tid ect. They all receive and transmit just about the same. Some cheap ones a little better at times some expensive ones a little better at times. But in the end it’s about quality and features and your personal budget but that’s about it.

Email from my gmrs. The owner may also email you directly. Some owners are busy and only check once a week or more. Some repeaters are still listed but the owners don’t keep up on my gmrs and are old listings.

Well I run the extended battery’s and 771 antennas but yes still smaller and easier to stow. Mine get used every day on horse back or quads. They have just as many fars but if one gets damaged or lost it’s ok. And I’m ok loaning them out.

This can be done with chirp and rt systems. I won’t use a radio that I can’t run on either chirp or rt systems because if this exact thing. It would take 1/2 a day to program a new radio if I had to do it by hand. Instead it takes 30seconds.

I love all my boofwangs, especially the uv5 radios. I have woxoun and Motorola and the boofwangs get more use because they are cheap and work.

Have you looked up repeaters in your area? That is the first step.

I’d program that midland right into the trash can and spend less money on a better radio you can program with a computer easily. Midland… what a joke.

The ghost antennas are also ground plane antennas so, no go on any edge so I wouldn’t do that. You will loose 180deg or more of coverage plus more then 90% of your distance. Unless you only want to transmit to one side and a mile or 2. THe antenna you have chosen is a good NGP antenna. Personally id mount it off the spare tire area. Just remember height is might so get it up as high as possible. There are also 48” ones of the same type but may be too tall.

A gm-15 pro can’t use repeaters with out a firmware update? Really?