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Oh, I didn’t know that. Thanks!

oh wow, that’s a good point!

So the CCRs say no external antennae of any kind, not even a satellite dish unless approved first. Since our house is one the first few being built, I’m guessing it’s gonna be a big fat “N-O” haha. Oh well, best case is the house has an RV bay with a 16-foot ceiling so maybe I can put one inside unless that’s basically pointless. I think we’ll just use our handheld radios for now(KG-905Gs w/ Nagoya 771G antennas) and try out that repeater that’s literally only a couple miles away in Star. Thank you all for sharing your time, knowledge and experience with me. Very much appreciated!

Thanks for all the answers and help! Yeah, maybe just a base station is all I need. I’ll go over the HOA laws and see what they say and do some more research on what I need and how to set it up, I figured I’d start here first. I agree about HOAs, they seem more bad than good and they’re a bit of a double-edge sword. We have a 1 & 3-year old so I wanted sidewalks and there’s a park behind us and across the street for them to play. Plus there will hopefully be other parents with little kids around so our younglings have friends to play with, but I digress. I mainly just wanted to turn on my GMRS when we go out on a walk or drive and be able to talk like that vs pulling out my phone. Thanks again for all your help. Time to do more research on the YouTubes.

I’m building a new house (in an HOA) and wondering if there’s a more inconspicuous way to set up a repeater by pre-wiring it somehow to make it more aesthetically pleasing to avoid ruffling the feathers of the HOA nerds? Also, I’m moving to Eagle, ID and I believe there’s already an open repeater in Star, ID, which is only a few miles away (WRWL557) with a 25-mile range. Should I not even bother since I can use that one, or should I just add another for personal use? I was just wanting to buy one of those pre-made repeater bundles and set it up. Am I getting in over my head, or just getting my feet wet? It should be noted that I’m a GMRS noob so go easy on me and thanks to all of you in advance for the input and advice. The main goal if I do this is to keep it as inconspicuous as possible, if possible.

Just installed an MXT575 in my truck and it was on constant “Rx” too when I switched to wideband. I turned the squelch up from its default of 4 to 6 and it went away. I’m a noob GMRS person so I hope what I did was an actual fix, just sharing what I think fixed mine.