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@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.

As others have stated, there will be no difference in range. Look at different radios and go with what has good reviews, the features you want and at the price you want. The Wouxun KG-905G is a good radio that is easy to use. The plus is no buttons for new users to push and then mess the programing up. Programming the 905G is very simple using the free Wouxun software available for download at Buy Two Way Radio's website. Note that the Wouxun programming software only runs on Windows 10/11. And contrary to a single person's opinion, the Wouxun GMRS radios are well liked and they all get good reviews. In other words, learn to ignore Negative Nancy like the rest of us do.

I would go with a different repeater channel if all possible. The reason being is that anyone in-between the two repeaters will have issues from receiving both repeaters at the same time. I go through this all of the time being halfway between two repeaters.

While you will only hear the one repeater by doing that, you will still receive the signal from the other repeater. You can see it on your radio if it has a signal meter. It's the same way on a repeater channel with tones set and someone close by transmits on the corresponding simplex channel without any tones. You won't hear the simplex transmission but you will still see it on the radio's signal meter. Just because you can't hear one of the signals does not mean that it will not interfere with the other signal that you can hear.

Yes it will. There are two repeaters on 467.550 that are 100 miles apart. Now they do not interfere with each other since they are far enough apart. But I definitely receive both being half way between both repeaters. One repeater uses tones while the other one does not. I receive both repeaters but I never actually hear anything from the repeater without tones since I have tones set on my radios. If I were to turn the receive tone off on my radio then I would hear both repeaters.

I'm beginning to think that when brains were being handed out, Negative Nancy though someone said "trains so he said "no thanks, I'll take the (short) bus". Unfortunately I have had the same argument about GMRS repeater ID requirements with fellow members of my amateur radio club. I had to break the regulations down for them so they would understand that a GMRS repeater does need to ID per Part 95.1751 quoted above. When they kept bringing up family members I had to remind them that we are in Missouri and not Arkansas. Plus the fact that most people that use our repeater are NOT related and they have their own GMRS licenses.

You should not be transmitting in simplex mode. If you have your radio programmed correctly then you should be transmitting on 467.650 and receiving on 462.650. That is if you are talking about the Sara650 repeater in Florida.

I have only seen new butter bars do something like that . I received a lot of good training while stationed at Ft Devens in 1991. I went through Jungle Warfare in Panama in 1989 and combat lifesaver course while stationed in Germany in 1993. Like a lot of skills, using military radios is a perishable skill after a while. I doubt that I could operate a SINGARS radio now days.

I'll add to what @SteveShannon said. It is sometimes easier to keep antennas separated vertically versus keeping them separated horizontally. A lot will depend on your locating and setup. Think of the radiation pattern of vertical antennas as a beach ball. The lower the antenna gain the rounder the pattern will be. The higher the gain, the flatter the pattern will be. An example would be comparing the pattern of a 5 dBd antenna and a 9 dBD antenna. The pattern with the 5 dBD antenna will look like a donut while the pattern of the 9 dBd antenna will look like a thick pancake. Keeping the antennas separated vertically works. As Steve said, you can always move the lower antenna down some if you do get some interference.

@WRTC928 I tell people the exact same thing all of the time. One needs to practice and be proficient with the tools they plan on using in an emergency. That covers everything from communication, defense, first aid, etc. I went through the air crew survival training, jungle warfare training, and combat lifesaver course while I was in the Army. Even with that type of training you still need to practice to keep your skill level up. Even just picking up a radio once a week to talk to family and friends is enough to keep your skills up. One should trim with what tools they will need so that their use is second nature.

At least they are using their radios and practicing for when an actual emergency does happen. Radios are like firearms, people buy them "just in case" and never actually use them or practice with them.

I forgot to mention that fact. Thanks for bringing that up. You definitely do not want to transmit on the radio that is not directly connected to the antenna. So in the case of the repeater, I would make sure that transmit is turned off or just turn the repeater completely off when using the other radio. I know most radios will cut the output power down when the SWR gets too high but why take the chance of burning up the finals.

Yes it does.