WRYS366

I the reviews people mention the fan is noisy, your opinion?

Looking for a power supply for a Radioddity DB25-G and I found this one: Amazon.com: Power Supply 14 Amp Delta DPS14 12-13.8v AC/DC Ultra Compact Small Ham CB Radio : Electronics If anyone has any feedback in this one or a better one, or another others I'd appreciate to hear your experiences. Thanks in advance.

Got mine today and plugged it in, nothing. Your post was the first thing that came to my mind. So I checked the DC plugs in my vehicle and nothing. I really dont use them and never realized none of them work. Plugged the radio into another vehicle and it worked just fine.

Got mine today and plugged it in, nothing. Your post was the first thing that came to my mind. So I checked the DC plugs in my vehicle and nothing. I really dont use them and never realized none of them work. Plugged the radio into another vehicle and it worked just fine.

I didnt get a chance to post last night, but there was a 10% off coupon you could click under the price too. I ordered one yesterday with the coupon added it was 83.39 after tax. Edit : Quote doesnt seem to be working, this is in response to the Radioddity DB25-G from @WRQC527.

Mine has worked well for far for me. I'm new to radios and so far I'm finding it a great radio to 'toy with'. I like that it's pre-programmed to the GMRS channels and has the power output set for each channel and changes for me as I change channels. It's inexpensive and I'm sure I'll replace it someday. Not being afraid of breaking it is nice though, I think I'm using it more because of that. Tossing it in my vehicle and not afraid to leave it there. Putting it in the tractor cupholder etc. I have a UV-5R that's a non GMRS radio as well and they seem almost identical.

Sorry, forgot to add the antenna was on the top of the vehicle with no obstructions. I don't have any equipment (yet) for testing an antenna other than the radios. I did expect though to gain at least some range using just 1 larger antenna on one radio, which didn't happen. It is possible though like you say that I got a bad antenna or it's just not a very good antenna to start with. From what I could tell, the stationary radio was only able to hear the roaming radio once it was in range for that stationary radio to actually transmit. But my understanding was, which could be wrong, the larger antenna should be able to transmit farther and the radio with the shorter antenna would pick that up father and just not be able to respond, but that might not be correct.

Thanks for the response @OffRoaderX and thanks for all the great information videos too! I believe I have really learned a lot by watching your videos and they've helped drive my interest in radios. I'm not getting the area I'd like and trying to extend it actually. Adding the larger antenna had no results for me so far, I haven't completely finished testing though yet. I'm sure it's mostly the terrain around me, but my range is somewhat of a lopsided oval. One part of the oval only giving about a mile the other 3 to 4 miles from the same point. Adding the antenna vs using the stock antenna on the roaming radio had no change from the same point, which isn't what I expected. I think I need to do some reading about tuning, that might be what I'm missing.

Hi there, I'm new to the hobby and experimenting with a small mobile antenna in my vehicle. I'm using 2x Baofeng UV-5R GMRS radios 1 with the stock antenna 1 connected to this antenna. I have some landmarks I'm using for range and trying to plot an area that I can transmit and receive in just to get an idea of what the radios can do. The terrain is a mix of farmland forest orchards small hills I've added the vehicle antenna after just using the stock antennas thinking that the radio with the larger antenna should be able to transmit further, and the 2nd radio should be able to hear it, but not respond. This isn't what's happening though. Adding the larger antenna to one radio doesn't seem to have affected anything. I was planning on buying a 2nd antenna but I'm taking things one step at a time and experimenting. Do I need to have larger antennas on both radios before I notice a change? Thanks for the responses!