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Make sure you match the radio with a good antenna and coax. Power means nothing with junk antenna. You probably could have installed a good antenna and coax and hooked it up to your hand held and hit the repeater just fine. 5w with a stock antenna line if sight should do 15miles no problem. With a 771 30miles or more and hooked up to a good base antenna 60or more. I do over 200miles with 20w base and a good antenna. I think you have more going on then lack of power. The 1000g is a great radio but 50w is waay over kill for 9miles.

Sounds like you’re too far away from the repeater.

Yes all. He would looove to hear about all the illegal stuff every one does. He would love you to speak of all the things that may (if the fcc ever does anything) get you in trouble with the fccs police. He would also like you to tell all of us about all the things that will make sad ham heads explode and threaten to turn you in for. this thread is going to be great.

Totally agree. I’ve seen many people waste a load of money on all kinds of other antennas in the price range and every single one of them finally got a 712 and ended up very happy. Now as stated if your budget allows yea get a commercial antenna but for the average operator $135 for a very good antenna is the way to go. Mine does 200miles every day with only 20w base station behind it.

Spend the time and money on getting the best coax and antenna you can up as high as possible. I use a comet712efc, lmr400 and a 20w radio It does 200miles reliably. My whole base station set up retail is less than $400. However many people swear you need to spend $450 on a 50w base station radio alone. so type of radio should be driven by your budget, desired quality, and desired features. But all remains the same for the antenna and coax buy the best you can and get it up as high as possible.

You can receive on just about any antenna. Stay away from Ed fong. Every one I have ever see get one tosses them in the garbage. I’m a member of a huge club. Many many of the members have kg1000g plus radios. Most if not all use a comet 712efc. $135 10’ tall 9dbgain easily transmits 200miles with a 20w radio and will receive noaa, murs, vhf, uhf, and even fm radio no issue at all. Again you can receive with a coat hanger. It’s the transmit that matters on tuning.

How far do you want to talk? Do you want to talk in all directions or just 1. A ghost antenna is about the worst thing you can put up on anything if you want more than a few miles. They are also ground plane antennas. So all those pictures you see of them mounted on the edge of thing are BS. The best place for any ground plane antenna is in the middle of a metal roof. Do you have a steel or aluminum roof. Do you have a roof rack that you load up? If not, and a steel roof just get a mag mount and a good antenna like an mxt26 from midland. If is aluminum drill a hole and put in a hood nmo mount. If you MUST use your roof rack and you need an edge mount you will need a non ground plane antenna like midlands off road antenna.

Oh no. Here it comes. The “Dangerous “ emissions conversation. So glad I can ignore things like this. Some people are going to be soo upset.

Those are 2 totally different radios as far as price and quality. The btech will work just fine and works for many people I know. Some will say it’s junk but if you dont abuse it it will be fine and do the job. But the kg1000 is a great radio. If you can afford the 1000 buy it. If not or you have other places you want to spend money buy the btech. But first make sure you spend the money on the best cable you can can afford and the shortest routing you can do and the best antenna you can afford and get it up as high as possible. That’s much more important than what radio you run. With good cable and antenna I do 200miles with a $130 20w radio. as for the other question? I don’t know. Never had the need.

Glad you like it. What ever works for you and gets you on the air. I love all my radios $20-$500. Just steer clear of midland/retivis. Hahah

Sooo I won’t be able to read the news paper check sports stats and talk on the radio all at the same time? I was a school bus driver and dispatcher for a many years. If you had any idea how dangerous that was to have professional drivers talking in the radio and driving you would want this to pass. I totally agree with not being allowed to use your radio while driving. I hope it passes. People can’t drive let alone use a radio and drive. Now if all people would drive like normal and every one would slow down and pay attention then great but with all the new generation of selfish morons behind the wheel all in a huge hurry to go no where I agree. I think cell phones should be required to go in the trunk, not even passengers. Now I also don’t think this will help stop or slow down accidents at all.

I love my boofwang uv9 except for the way the clip is and the screw on cover for the side port. But it’s water proof, I know from experience, and it seams to transmit just a little better than other cheap radios. I’ve never experienced the issues you have using a 771 antenna. 30plus miles is what I get in the open. For a cheap junker it works great.

Sometimes you just have to do things for your self. Radio takes a bit of work. I bit of research. I know we are all used to everything being handed to us but it was just 1/2 a life time ago the internet didn’t exist and this would have been 100xs harder to gather this info. Now it can be done in 10min of searching and that’s still not fast enough or easy enough for you.

Your going to get many more data buy adding to the mast. Tilting the antenna will mess up your radiated pattern. I’d just sell the tram and by a 712efc and fix all your problems but that’s just me.

Guess you’re gonna have to put up a repeater and advertise gmrs.

As much as I like the kg-uv9 I don’t like the twisty knob on the top to change channels. I bumb it all the time so I have to lock down the radio. I never hit the front buttons on any radio but the twisty knob is always getting bumped. I use my hand held radios while hiking, riding quads and riding horses and I also use a shoulder mic if I’m wearing a back pack or a jacket with a loop. And it’s for sure annoying to worry about the top knob. But bother then that the kg-uv9 is a favorite.

I actually do. I have uv5’s boofwang uv9r’s uv21’s uv17’s and kg-uv9gx’s and Motorola xts3000’s I love them all in there own way.

Yea looks like a good start I’m only slightly ahead of that. 12 currently and 3 more on the way. Big family.

Ummm since you brought up the high desert of California (fort Erwin) our clubs repeater is on the mountain in crest line ca. we have many people in our club from Huntington Beach that reach it with hand helds all the time. As well I get from wrightwood area to Rosamond and even tehachapi and Barstow as well as calico on a $20 ht. So it happens all the time. You’re the same type of guy that tells me I can not talk to Las Vegas with a 20w $125 base station over 200miles away. Again 4/5w and even 8w doesn’t really matter as far as what maker of radio you have for distance. People talk to the space station with $20 uv5rs all the time. A $20 ht will for sure transmit just as far has a $500 ht. So it’s still all about features and quality. Those are personal decisions that no one can decide but the end user.

Why do the 1/2as’d “easiest” way when one could do it right from the beginning and not have to learn bad habits. This is one simple issue that as soon as it gets learned it won’t be an issue ever again.

That really depends on the Motorola doesn’t it. An xts3000 Motorola has almost no features. No face programming, no noaa, no am/fm broadcast radio, no vhf,uhf monitoring. So again it’s about what features the user wants and what budget they have. In a shtf scenario one would still need a CCr that does more than a Motorola

Not true at all. A stock antenna n most hts will do 10-20miles for me. I can do 50-60miles with a 771g. So double or more. And even further with a 48” foldable. Bigger antennas that are built right not only get up higher but have gain.

So select cross tone then 69.3 in tone tx and 103.5 in tone sqwelch rx then select tone type tone->tone I sent you a pm. I’m glad to help over the phone but won’t be able to untill I get home from work. If no you don’t have it figured out by then I can also input it into chirp and send you a screen picture

As already stated the 771g or a tactical foldable. You can get them upto 48”. They look silly but do work. Also an external antenna on the house and car with an adapter to your hand held will work wonders. Gmrs is super line of site to get what ever antenna you use get it up as high as possible. The city is also hard on gmrs signals. Out in the open a 4/5watt hand held can do 30plus miles all day long but the same radio in the city will fall off at a mile or so. Height is might.

Ok so chirp you must select cross tone for tone mode. Then You have to select what type of cross tone under cross mode. Then I put your tone or dtcs tones in the proper place.