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I would check the antenna. Use a Nano VNA if possible and check the frequency the antenna resonates at along with the bandwidth. As you stated it's a home brew, its possible it is off frequency.

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@Jaay Because it's a contest -- and I'm winning!

Or, you can do like the rest of the doofuses, cut first and then if it doesn't work, get on the Internet and tell everyone how crappy the product is.

It can be done as a voting system which isn't cheap. The two repeaters listen to the incoming signal then the one with the better receive "score" triggers its transmitter. Yes, the repeaters are interconnected but it's for the purpose of control and not relaying messages.

NaNa NoNo has spoken.

Nice find!

Nana NoNo hasn't heard of a term describing squelch tail? Oh, the horrors......

Mark the spot? ('cause you're all ...)

You assume much with that statement.

one ahh shit wipes out 100 atta boys.

@WSGN731Welcome to the zoo! Before you ask, the best radio to install in your Jeep is the one that fits your requirements best. That, and there are as many recommendations for antennas as there are antennas,

As far as how high can I go with my antenna, there are rules covering antenna height and lighting/painting depending on how close to the airport you are. For most practical purposes, you can ignore them unless the highest point of the antenna exceeds 200 feet. Practically, plan on your height being 20 - 40 feet above your roof as a maximum.

That can only happen by connecting the local repeater to another network. If the control passes only control codes affecting the ability of the target to carry information, then the connection is valid, however, should any other type of information be transmitted through the connection the connection becomes invalid as different networks carrying information ae interconnected. With a stricter interpretation of the relevant section, it would be an invalid connection even if the purpose were to listen (monitor) traffic on the target radio.

OK Cogent, I'll call your bluff. What law firm are you using as an advisor for interpretation of the FCC's rules and Part 97 regulations? If you don't have an attorney of record providing regulatory guidance who has worked with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on the feasibility of this proposal, then it is nothing but a pipe dream borne from a desire to increase division revenues.

Cogent just wants people to purchase equipment through them for the revenue. The Commission has made their position clear in that GMRS repeaters are not to be interconnected for carrying conversations. The spectrum assigned to FRS/GMRS in the Commission's jurisdiction isn't large enough to support linked repeaters without causing undue interference to other users.

Sounds as if you have a defective radio. Contact the seller for help and/or replacement l.

Different licensing pools.

@OffRoaderX We don't know how the OP plans to mount the antenna for his proposed repeater. He may very well be within one of the propagation nodes for whatever antenna he chooses, and then, he may not be. Your testing of HH with your repeater's antenna above you has you within an area of very low propagation for your antenna and therefore, your results are applicable only to you. As to suggesting amateur radio, this is an option just as using GMRS, MURS or FRS are options. GMRS and amateur radio services are the only services having repeaters available for use by other licensed users and therefore fill the requirement for repeater availability. It is well known you are a vehement adversary of ham radio preferring to classify all amateurs as sad hams. Does that make you a sad GMRS user? l believe you need to be more moderate with your tar brush remembering when you point your finger, three are pointing back at you.

For just you and your friend, a pair of FRS radios will work between your locations as outlined. A repeater on your balcony will probably overload your HH radio when you try to connect through it. If you both get licensed ($35 for 10 years) then you can go to GMRS, or, you both could study for a week or two with one of the many license prep manuals and the YouTube videos to pss your Amateur Tech license exam and use existing amateur repeaters across the country.

Yes.

Maybe Socalgmrs swallowed a bag of cow manure and is just regurgitating some. OBTW, he's the only entry on my ignore list.

I'm surprised they haven't gone metric as the numbers would be larger.

LMR 400 available from many different suppliers. Antenna depends on height, and need.

Helene took out most of the towers in western NC because the power was lost. Very few cell sites have any type of backup power.