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can I safely, generally use adapter kits to connect hts to big antennas? what ab cable length when doing so? the antenna im referring to isn't actually a ship antenna its prob meant for marine vhf

this problem started a little before the solar weather and has continued on. I picked up a plain uv5r and now its screwed up too. I think its my computer. Mac older..... This sucks I dont know if ill ever gmrs again.

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All of my radios seem to work just fine when simplexing or duplexing across. None of them will activate repeaters anymore. I can RX hams sometimes. I use chirp and manually input freqs but I can't use the orig software because its not Mac friendly. The radios will not save frequency direction or offset in channel mode. I believe its a squelch problem. I am well aware of the controversy and hate I may receive because of this. I dont need comments on baofeng use/rs or people asking me to check my pl tones because ive already checked them off. I need real technical assistance so I can get back on air. Thank You uv5r bff8hp uv5xp bfH7 ?