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I'm thinking he is taking all of the down votes as a compliment. Anyway. Don't be afraid to think outside the box for different ways to carry radios and gear. I was wanting a good case for my RigExpert Stick Pro and saw where others were using a hard side cordless toothbrush case. I ordered a case and it fits the RigExpert like a glove and protects it.

I figured that there was something available for commercial/government use. But it's probably very expensive for consumers.

@Lscott That would be nice if that could be done. Right now I use radios with detachable heads. The main units are stuffed under my seat and the head units are on a Lido seat bolt mount. The downside is I also had to connect external speakers to both radios so I can hear them. Just more stuff to mount. Space is a premium on any newer vehicle but its worse in smaller SUVs like my 2023 Ford Escape.

It really doesn't matter what brand or model of vehicle you have there just isn't a whole lot of room to add radios to any newer vehicle. Let us know what you come up with nokones.

Actually it should be 15 minutes per regulations. And I agree that having any repeater ID without any traffic is a bit much. We have our GMRS repeater setup to ID every 15 minutes only when there is traffic on the repeater.

I have several Apache cases from Harbor Freight. They will work just fine to protect radios. I trust them enough to put my handguns in.

Yes the CJ-6 shared the same frame as the M170. The tubs are different along with different fuel tanks and different seats. There are two easy ways to tell a CJ from a military Jeep. First is the headlights. On military Jeeps, the headlights are recessed into the grill while on CJ's they stick out from the grill. The other difference is the location of the glove box. On CJ's, the glove box is on the passenger side. On military Jeeps, the glove box is on the driver's side between the steering column and the door. @nokones sorry for the derailment of the thread.

Yes the guy I sold it to is in the process of finding all of the M170 specific parts for a full restoration. The closest civilian model would be the CJ-6. The tubs are the same length. But that is the only thing that is the same. The M170 had a cutout on the passenger side for the spare tire. The other main difference was the fuel tank. The M170 has a 20 gallon tank that goes up under the tub versus the smaller tank under the driver's seat. The hardest part to find is the passenger/medic seat. It is a two piece setup. The medic can sit facing forward or backward and both pieces can be hung on the windshield frame to make room for stretchers.

I got rid of my project JEEP a couple of years ago. It was a 1962 Willys M170 front line ambulance. It was hard to find the M170 specific parts since there was only about 4000 of them made. And those specific parts were totally different from all other Jeeps. DMR does see some use with other clubs in central Missouri but it isn't much. No one uses Fusion or D-Star around here. As I mentioned, we are removing DMR from our 70cm repeaters and will be installing Allstar nodes instead. Our plans are to keep all three 70cm repeaters linked at all times and also have the option to link all three to our 2m repeater when we want.

He has been asked what radios he uses multiple times and he has yet to answer the question. I think he's up to 999 or 1009 reasons why one should not buy certain brands of radios.

I wouldn't say that is a glitch with your radio. I have noticed the same thing when others are using narrow band and I am using wide band. It is more pronounced when talking through a repeater. I have heard that no matter if I am using an HT or a mobile/base radio. I tell them to switch to wide band and their transmissions are clear when they do.

Dang it, I ran out of reactions for today.. Nice setup. Our club is actually removing DMR from our 70cm repeaters since no one uses DMR anymore.

Yes the US Military has the equipment to monitor and transmit on all frequencies. This includes cell phones even though they are not suppose to listen to cell service in the states.

I have found that there is no one magic antenna that will work well and/or be an improvement over the stock antenna for all handheld radios. The Nagoya and Abbree 771G antennas did make a difference with my Baofeng GMRS radios but the stock antennas on my Wouxun GMRS radios did better than the 771Gs did. All you can do is try a few different antennas and go with what works best with your radio.

Just remember that any and all updates/support for Windows 10 will stop in October of this year. I think there is an option for continued Windows 10 support if you are willing to pay annually for it. Yes Wouxun radios do cost more than other brands but they are better quality and are generally clean as @RayDiddio mentioned. I have Baofeng UV-5R GMRS, handhelds along with Wouxun and Icom handhelds. The Wouxun is definitely better than the Baofeng radios and it is even better than the Icom IC-T10 I own.