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Height is might.

We'll all need it.

Congress doesn't have the authority to reassign it's duties. But like you said it'll be a tough fight because the establishment does what it wants to. Congress was only suppose to be part time too. You did your work and went back to your real job. Now they've turned it into a full time position with pay and perks way beyond what servants of the people should have.

Oh absolutely he is. But it's wrong and they have usurped power they aren't authorized to wield. Just because it's been this way for as long as we can remember doesn't mean it's the way it's suppose to be. It's just like the 2nd amendment. Shall not be infringed. That's all they do to it.

Rules, law. When they are treated the same they are the same. Regulations with the force of law behind them is law. You have bureaucrats coming up with these regulations/rules and then enforcing them as if they had the power of law behind them. That's not the way things are suppose to happen. Not even sure if there is a determination of regulations in the constitution. Since when it was written the word regulate meant to keep in good order. Not what the modern definition is.

Not anymore. Only congress can make bills that can be signed into law. It's going to be a whole new world out there when they are forced to abide by our constitution. The original one.

You only date GMRS girls?

Since winter arrived here in the North East the incidence of ducting has gone to zero. Haven't had one ducting incident since.

One of my Wouxun KG-XS20Gs just quit on me. It's on the way back for testing and likely replacement. 160 day is what it lasted. So far the 2nd one is still going strong.

This is where I got mine. And the paperwork says 9.8dBi gain.

To a point you can. But GMRS limited to 50 watts it's not going to get you much farther.

M&P have their own calculator, it's not sophisticated though. But you can take that number and plug it into the other calculators to see the results.

The UT-72G I would rate in the subpar area. That was my 1st mobile antenna and I wasn't impressed at all with it. The Midland MXTA26 is far superior and it's the antenna I currently run. I do have that ghost antenna in my wish list only because it's small profile keeps it hidden.

1/2 watt or so near 5 watts

Better to ask for forgiveness then permission

Probably 1/2 watt.

I remember going to the doctors and they asked me to step on the scale with all my clothes and steel toe boots on. I said that's going to sway my weight quite a bit. She said she'd take off 2 lbs. I laughed. After I took off my clothes I stepped on the scale again, yes I had socks on . I was 9 lbs lighter. With the steel toe work boots, heavy weight cloth in my pants, all the change and other stuff I keep in my pockets, plus suspenders, knife etc. I told her 2lbs is less than one of my boots.

49¢ is nothing. I have a paint pump I use with it's gun and the o ring on the tip of the gun has a small screen on it. You look at it and it's a 50¢ part, $5 each and I haven't really found a replacement that's inexpensive. On top of it they only sell them in bags of 10. And of course you need to pay shipping. Needless to say I use and clean the crap out of these things and usually get 1/2 year out of them. If they were 50¢ I'd change them out once a month. Good find on the o rings. Now you gotta wonder what you are going to do with 100 of them

I stick mine in the rear pocket and it's not that big of a deal.

How do you know he'll get no real world gain? From what I can tell if you are doing theoretical vs real life they never match up. It's his time to use. It's just as possible he's right and you aren't or vice versa. Might be just enough to punch through his obstacle. I know adding 2 watts to my setup made a big difference. Just had that little bit of extra oomph to push through the leaves and get me a signal that was usable.

To see if he can.

It pretty much says the only way to have any regulations have the power of law behind them is for the legislature to pass the bill and send it to be signed by the president. That the administrative state cannot make regulations, enforce them, be judge, jury and prosecutor like they currently do.

Yup. Got that one too. For the most part I use the Nagoya 771G. I think the Smiley works about as good as the OEM TD H3 antenna but is half the height.

Look up the doctrine known as Chevron deference. SCOTUS had some things to say about it on On June 28, 2024.