JLeikhim

I think the lesson here is that if all you want is a cheap simplex radio to talk short distances in your group, then by all means buy a couple Midland radios. They will unfortunately be low performance narrow band radios by design. If you want to talk through repeaters and talk to other licensees, you need a commercial grade radio like many of the Kenwood radios. They are plentiful from used market at cheap price. They will have wide band capability, better receivers, multiple CTCSS ( PL ) / DCSS (DCS), split tone , repeater capability. Etc Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I think his dual band base antenna is presenting a ton of signal at 155.850 MHz and his Chinese receivers are overloading and creating third harmonic on or near 467.6375 MHz . A quick check would to put a UHF single band whip on the radio and see if the signal is radically reduced or goes away. It is too coincidental that the third harmonic falls right on channel. I would not rule out a spurious signal from the sheriff repeater, but we are talking about a $30K repeater and duplexer versus a $35 Chinese receiver. Any bets? Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I ressurected some Motorola Securenet DES equipment. It sounds much better than P25 and has a 12 Kbps CVSD vocoder that was designed in the 1980s. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Yes, I think your receiver is likely the problem. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

My distance to horizon calculator begs to differ... Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I am still waiting for the announcement. Maybe they are waiting for stock to be depleted on the older models? Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I had no affiliation with ARISS and as far as I know ARISS does not control private contacts with the ISS. Nor does ARISS have any control of the airwaves. I was requested by local ham club to set up my station at a private event at a new museum. Instead of them politely inquiring what my involvement was I got bashed by so called "ARISS officials". I was just the guy who accepted when asked to volunteer my time and equipment. Very bad PR on their part. They could have been supportive if that is their charter, but instead chose to be asses. So no, no demo from me. This was a long while back, but left very bad taste for that org. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Some years ago, a science center opened up near where I used to live. The local ham club asked me to move my satellite station there for an ISS contact. So naturally, I volunteered. Big mistake, next day, word got around to ARISS and I got all kinds of nasty messages from the ARISS folks saying I could not do that. Great way to treat volunteers. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

There was an FRS to FRS contact in Washington state some years ago that was over 70 miles. A hiker got injured, called for help and kids playing with FRS heard the call. This was between mountains. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I have a bunch of Ritron DTX450 data modules that are based on the Patriot. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

That is very cool indeed! My best was some 2M SSB from Tallahassee FL to Texas and once to Clingmans Dome in Blue Ridge Mountains . But both times I had over 100 watts at 90 feet AGL and a RX masthead preamp. So your walkie at ground level GMRS is damn impressive. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I like option 2. Perhaps social media can encourage local participation during the holidays. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Isnt this a done deal? I don't see any reply comment period. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Maybe, but I did a search for some other xxxx600 named repeaters and some were also .550. Also Hans said his was wrong as well. Odd.

On or before (*) 6/21/2021 my repeaters frequency was altered in the database. I don't recall any reason to have logged in and done that. Another owner has told me his was changed as well. (*) Date of weekly update email.

There was a report of someone having desense between two cheap Chinese radios over a mile from each other line of sight. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

It would be a pretty indefensible position for the FCC if challenged to prove a licensee's use of a part 90 radio in a non-interfering manner was causing harm. The FCC would have to prove excessive power or interference directly related to the part 90 usage. The numbers of FCC NALs issued for GMRS operations is nearly zero. The few exceptions are flagrant business use of the repeater pairs. The biggest risk on the reputation of the service are the knuckleheads that operate without a license because "they are special". Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

According to the link, the FCC grant is for wideband 16K0F3E. Kudos to Midland if they finally took heed that GMRS is a wideband service. I might buy one of these for the wife's vehicle. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Had you installed a P25 system on that frequency and site, the complaints would have been exactly the same. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

A repeater controller like Zetron 38 or 48B has a mode where it will count activity on any of the tone slots programmed into it. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Many medical, LE, SAR , and news helicopters have Technisonics UHF FM air to ground radios which can be tuned to FRS and GMRS frequencies. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Roger Beeps are annoying... Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

This is good news and not unexpected. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I would rather be obsessive about maximizing reject notch as T-R isolation is the main goal of a duplexer. If you can keep the insertion loss in spec and not excessive, fine, but insertion loss is an expected feature of a duplexer. There is no free lunch.