Logan5

Robert - Welcome to MyGMRS Forum... nice to have you with us.  Your M1225 might be used for receive only on your Clark County EMS patch on 460.62500. As you know, most everything in UHF for State Operations is P-25, now, but there are a few Interoperability UHF channels in FM narrowband that might be used locally between agencies.  Those would be RECEIVE frequencies of  453.21250,  453.46250, 453.71250, and 453.86250.  These are interagency calling and tactical frequencies.
 
Good luck with your project.

I see…says the blind man to the deaf mute.

This might've been me. I got my GMRS license a couple months ago and was just seeing what repeaters I could hit from home.
 
Time line coincides with my testing/keying up. Never transmitted a message though and don't recall anyone transmitting either.
 
(First post ever!!!)

You are a mad scientist, in a good way.  Great Job so far!   That shed should give you a nice surface and angle to mount the solar panels. 

I didn't get too many pics of the process. the gentleman who did the climbing did all the work  from trimming to the mounting of the antenna. I found it very difficult not being the one up in the air doing the work. it is also the first time I have ever hoisted an antenna whole w/cable attached to it.
on a side note I was amazed at how little the tree moved compared to a tower.
anyway pics
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chinese finger to hoist the cable
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ground bar and poly-phaser
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all put together before the hoist
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cable stretched out
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top chopped
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debris
 
I used a test channel at 100W to check the SWR reflected power was 0.8W. I expect pretty good coverage out of this. will do further field testing w/genset and the repeater over the next couple of weeks.

antenna was mounted into the tree yesterday. man what a job, took 8hrs to trim top and mount , pull and secure the cable. will post what pics I have later. I was pretty on about the height measured from base to the bottom hole for the mount was 74' , +10 for the pipe and the antenna is 78" over that.

We've just added a new repeater to the network in Brick, NJ and it's undergoing testing. So when you see more blue lines, it means we're growing! Anyone else who may be interested can send me a PM and I will give the details. 

Two antennas met up on a roof, fell in love and got married.  The ceremony wasn't much, but the
'reception' was fantastic.
 

I have a GM300 setup, but now I need a duplexer.  Is it possible to get one tuned for RX "467.xxx" and TX "462.xxx" and not the /exact/ frequency? I would like to hop between frequencies as I travel without having to pull out a duplexer for each pair.
 
Also, if I want to scrap the duplexer idea altogether and just do two antennas, any thoughts on distance between the two (at 10watts)?
 
Regards,
 
KQUN760

Logan,
Yes this was done several weeks ago and all we did was use a marine battery and hooked it up and it worked real well.We didn't try anything else but there is no skip in between switching from AC to DC the transition went smoothly...William

it is I really liked their stuff.
we had numerous desktop supplies go bad rather quickly over a short period including on on my bosses desk. pretty funny when it went POP and then there was the smell......................

Not sure what you mean by "tube"

Hello Guys,
 See if the repeater owner wants to register it himself and he can also join in with us in the forums.Policy states the owner of a GMRS repeater has to register it themselves.We would be happy to have him on board and welcome him to register it...William

Yes absolutely, this is the place to list your repeater if you wish for it to be somewhat public.   The main reason is for band cooperation.  So others know who, what and where the repeaters are so that nobody sets up on your doorstep.  Repeater cooperation is very important given the limited bandwith allotted to GMRS repeaters. 

I am really enjoying my Bridgecom Logan,I believe it is a good investment since I didn't have to pay for it...lol

Also Chirp comes pre installed on Linux Mint 14, just plug in your radio and it ready to program.

BCR40U    http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BCR-40U-FM-Repeater-UHF-400-470-MHz-/281405833688?pt=US_Ham_Radio_Transceivers&hash=item41851841d8

just b/c
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I have the Motorola MS350's. They do work with repeaters and go a decent distance. The battery life is terrible, just use AA or some other rechargeable packs.

Yeah I got in on the verdugo peak repeater in seal beach with on of those before. Than i started seeing a bunch of baofeng and wouxun mobiles on amazon.

Logan - so sorry to hear of your blight - I keep reading and learning from your experience and will be reaching out to you as a resource when I am ready to put a tower & repeater up.  I should not have neighbor problems as I will be somewhat isolated.
 
Good luck and keep us posted !
 
 
Dan 

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I used to hear a guy who had a vox activated intercom on GMRS freqs sitting beside his scanner. I think he was trying to use it be able to hear his scanner somewhere else in the house, didn't realize it could be heard further away. It didn't last long, as you could always hear personal stuff being discussed too...I think he would forget to turn the vox off. I guessed it was a .5 to 1 watt, something like the ones Audiovox made. I was speculating that I was within a half mile of him. 
 
If you are getting a good signal, odds are someone is doing it intentionally, people wanting to do "neat" stuff all time, and either don't care it is not legal, or ignorant to the rules. 

stuff
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http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h358/erscom/off%20grid%20site/DSCN0014_zps8e6f9f0a.jpg
 
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