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4 minutes ago, WSAZ960 said:
Did you read any of that?
Midland Support does post incorrect information their website.
I am looking for someone who knows how to program a radio without the support of the manufacturer.
Yes I read all of that. And the only way to program a MXT575 is through the hand mic I know this first hand when I had to help a family member program his MXT575.
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The KG-Q10H is the only Wouxun radio that I have found that is easy to unlock. I think there might be sources for programs from Europe for unlocking Wouxun radios, but I haven't messed with any.
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I will still suggest using a shielded CAT5/6 cable and shielded RJ45 connector for making extension cables for removing the head. The factory extension cable is shielded and uses shielded RJ45 connectors. Shielded cable and connectors will help keep RFI out of the radio.
I have to agree that the overall length is not as critical in this instance. In fact I don't see anyone making a 100 foot, let alone 300 foot, extension cable.
- WRUU653 and SteveShannon
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We run our 2m, 70cm and GMRS repeaters on a 900 foot tall broadcast radio tower. There are also other radio services on the tower too. Properly tunes duplexers will keep interference at bay.
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The Baofeng hand held radios definitely have their place. They work and are cheap enough to get new GMRS and amateur license holders on the air without breaking the bank.
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I am going to trust my cable tester that I have used for years making network cables over a printed manual. Especially after testing cable for two KG-1000G radios.
I have been out of doing any type of network administration for some time so my memory might be off. But generally the maximum length of any CAT 5/6 cable is 300 feet/100 meters for computer networks.
PS; I'll stick to using actual cable testers to test my network/communication cables.
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12 hours ago, WROA496 said:
Interesting... when I tested both the short and the extension cable.... it looks like they are wired 1-1 through 8-8 (like a standard ethernet cable) with just pins 5 + 7 flipped.
I found the same thing with pins 5 and 7 swapped. It was the same with the short cable and the extension cable. None of my cables showed Pin 2 shorted at all. I tested the short and extension cables on my KG-1000G and KG-1000G Plus.
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GMRS repeater channels share the same channels as Simplex channels. We will use channel 17 and repeater 17 as an example. The repeaters output will be on 462.600 MHZ and Channel 17 (simplex) is also on 462.600 MHz.
So if you don't have a receive tone set on your radio, you will hear the repeater traffic and any simplex traffic (with no tones). And yes you can still hear the repeater even when it is using the output tones even though your radio does not have a receive tone set.
Setting the receive tone just filters out any unwanted traffic on the channel so you don't hear it.
We have tones set for both receive and transmit on our repeater. Last Saturday there were a bunch of kids on Channel 17 simplex. I did not hear them at all since I do have the receive tone set on my radio, others that don't have the receive tone set did hear the kids.
- crash3x and SteveShannon
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Talking to the space station or satellite is a little different since there is a completely open line of sight from the ground up to space. And I am glad to hear that you can talk that far. But that is definitely not going to be the norm for most people.
And it doesn't matter if it is a $20 hand held radio or a $1000 hand held radio, UHF is only going to reach so far depending on location and terrain. UHF is a line of sight. After a certain point then the curvature of the earth will come into effect. UHF doesn't skip off the atmosphere like HF does.
My last reply to this thread is based on personal first hand experience using VHF and UHF while I was in the military. Now if we were on top of the Granite Mountains on Ft Irwin, then we could reach farther with a hand held, but we still weren't getting the range you say you are getting.
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I have used both military issue and commercial Motorola radios while in the Army. I have never gotten anywhere close to 50-60 miles range with any hand held radio even in the wide open deserts of California or the Middle East.
We used commercial Motorola radios when I was stationed at Ft Irwin California. We had to use repeaters on base due to the mountains. Otherwise we could not talk to main base while on the live fire ranges on the north part of base.
- SteveShannon and JBRPong
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I have the R & L Electronics RLPS30M power supply. It is a 30 amp peak switching power supply a rating of 20 amps continuous. I run two 50 watt mobile radios with it and don't have any issues. Of course I am not transmitting on both radios at the same exact time either.
https://www2.randl.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_9110&products_id=74100
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I say go for it since you have plenty of coax and a 6 foot pipe already. An extra 5 feet might not make much difference or it could help out quite a bit. You won't know without trying.
- SteveShannon and WSBV579
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59 minutes ago, SvenMarbles said:
That all checks out to me. Install it, run it, and decide if it works well for you. Don't see why it wouldn't.. Stay with lower gain mobile antennas. I'll be the only one on here to tell you that probably, but trust me. Or actually TRY both and see for yourself. Everyone else is just reciting ideas.
Actually it depends on the type of terrain, foliage, structures that one is operating their radios in. In flat/open areas a higher gain antenna is better. A lower gain antenna will work better in hilly areas or areas with lots of obstructions.
I have a mixture of everything around me here in Mid Missouri so I run a Nagoya UT-72G which has about 3 dBd of gain. It works well for the most part. Now I do run a high gain antenna at home mounted up on my roof.
- WRXB215 and SteveShannon
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The Wouxun KG-XS20G is an excellent 20 watt radio. That is what I use in my SxS.
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The Comet 2x4SR works well for 2m, 70cm and GMRS. I tested the the SWR while inside the garage and the highest I got was 1.6 to 1.8 at 467 MHz. And I know being inside the garage and the metal garage door tracks effected the SWR reading a little. I have no problem receiving and transmitting and always get good signal reports.
I would love to put the Comet 2x4SR on the roof of my Ford Escape but it is too tall to fit into the garage or the VA parking garage.
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You can order a 75 foot coax cable ready to go from DX Engineering. It is DX engineering brand 400MAX. It is available with PL259 or N Type connectors. The cable with PL259 connectors is $137 and the cable with N Type connectors is $140.
- WSCH851 and SteveShannon
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KG-1000G Plus Coversation Starter - Chirp Profiles and Unlock on other Bands?
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The KG-UV9PX very well could be capable of being unlocked. From what I could find, and as @OffRoaderX said, the Wouxun GMRS certified radios are locked down in the firmware.
I also haven't found any easy way to unlock/modify any of the Wouxun amateur band mobile radios either. I was surprised on how easy it is to unlock the KG-Q10H hand held and how quickly that information came out.