Logan5

Lots of online study material, then you can test yourself at Hamexam.org

study for the general and if you pass the Tech, you can take the Gen for the same money. if you pass both, you are ahead of the game.

even if you did change PL, This interference is intentional and he will just change his radio to another working PL. You will need an address, a name, a car license plate number and or photos for the FCC. You or others must do the investigation and provide as much information to the FCC, The work must be complete for the FCC to even attempt. Even then it is unlikely they will do anything, If it was an illegal business interference you would have better luck with the FCC, since they can issue a fine in excess of $14k. If you have any idea where the interference is coming from, you can find them with a yagi antenna and some attenuators.

Welcome PFactor, May you find logic and reason..

Your Hand held radios are too close together, Your TX is desensitizing your RX. separate your HT's and try again.

You could if said bowtie is cut and calibrated for your TX frequency. If you have another antenna type for comparison, you may find a bow tie lacks efficiency and or bandwidth needed for effective 2 way radio. I have mostly seen bow ties deployed in Home UHF antennas, leading me to think it's better for Receive only applications. You could search Google for others experiments or do some testing of your own and do your own write up or video of the results.

I was gonna go with an upside down 5 point star and red lights.

How do you know it is a simplex repeater? Is this repeater listed here on MYGmrs?

Amen

run power to the base of the tree and get a quality enclosure

If I had a 100' tree, I wouldn't have spent so much money

Had to have code approval with the city. but Our local Ham club made it easier, still took 6 months. glad to have it over and only one neighbor complained and she is across the lagoon and in the garden club to which I also belong. She said "Were not thrilled about it" referring to her and her husband. I am digging thru my junk trying to find two old HT's for a simple tower mount two antenna repeater. at only 4 watts how important is antenna separation?

I have not doubt of that, when I hook my 4watt HT to my feedline, I easily get 15 plus miles. Height truly is King.. I think it could be done with a lot of forethought. I have deployed Cameras and DD-wrt routers like this. I have a collection of other enclosures none of them big enough for anything above a Parrot or two uv5r's and a rick. If you have 100' tower, try 2 HT's with a controller and separate antennas, at 4 watts and no duplexer, should fit in a standard demarcation box, I bet you get good propagation. Now you got me thinking of some testing of my own. hmmm...

When code approved of my 55' tower, since the FAA required no light for it height, They said no residential 110v AC power could be affixed directly to the tower. Power for rotor is 24v and other devices use 12v. Unless you use a mobile duplexer, and a small repeater, it would be a large box. Not sure a 100' cord is a good idea. I do like the idea of eliminating so much feedline but it is more complicated as always. My current Hoffman enclosure is 24X24X18, I wonder what the wind loading would be.

oops, there is also Riton and there might be another brand.

BridgeCom

Make sure your off set is Plus 5,000, so your radio will listen on 462.XXX but when you press key, should TX on 467.XXX

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This happens from time to time. Just be patient, you'll be on in no time.

Yes the MS350r is repeater capable under ideal circumstances. Often half the range of more serious radios employing adaptable antennas like the Tera or the GMRS v1 by baofeng/Pofung. I also found the audio to be tiny and hollow. less than satisfying.

I have found there is not much you can do about business use of simplex GMRS. However if the business has implemented a repeater set to GMRS frequency's, you could file a formal compliant with your local FCC field office. Providing you do the leg work, finding names and physical address, The FCC will consider following up with a letter to the offending party or parties. If said letter is sent and interference continues, you could chose to follow up with another letter to your local field office with list of violations and dates, at which time the FCC could chose to assess fines and penalties. It is a long process.

Have you tried e-mailing the owner through MyGMRS? On the main site you will find a national list of repeaters and each has an e-mail so you can contact the owner. Make sure your logged into MyGMRS and you may see the tone is listed. If anything I would try the travel tone.

Please be patient, It is likely a database issue and will be resolved shortly. This group is monitored and someone is already aware,

My system is based on a 48 volt battery bank, makes running distance, voltage drop free over AWG10 wire. If the end load is 12v I use a 48 to 12v step down at the end of the run. It the load is 110v, I use a 48volt to 110v inverter at the batteries and run the distance 110v, higher voltages run longer distance with less voltage drop and loss. 12v is a very inefficient voltage for off grid living. 12v is is for automobiles, C class RV's and trailers. 24v is where off grid living becomes reasonable and 48v is most ideal for real off grid power.

with a nice steep angle optimized for winter sun, snow should less of an issue. Congratulations on 6yr batteries. My first set only lasted 4.5yrs. I was lackadaisical with maintenance and paid for it. I have a set of 8XT105's @48 volts now, they are nice batteries but I would have preferred L-16's, by the time I need new ones, I expect lithium batteries like Tesla to be much more reasonable.